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☆ UK crime agency arrests 'wealthy Russian' over money laundering
  + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
LONDON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Britain's National Crime Agency said on Saturday it had arrested a "wealthy Russian businessman" on suspicion of money laundering and other offences as part of a crackdown on corrupt oligarchs. The unidentified 58-year-old was among three men arrested by officers from the Combatting Kleptocracy Cell (CKC) on Thursday at a "multi-million pound residence" in London, the NCA said. He was detained on suspicion of money laundering, conspiracy to defraud the Home Office (interior ministry) and conspiracy to commit perjury, the NCA said. These included a number of asset freezing orders on accounts held by people linked to sanctioned Russians. Britain has so far sanctioned more than 1,200 individuals and over 120 entities following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
☆ Swiss engineering group ABB fined $4.3 mln
  + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
[1/2] The logo of Hitachi ABB is seen at an office building in Zurich, Switzerland September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File PhotoZURICH, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Swiss engineering and technology group ABB (ABBN.S) has been fined 4 million Swiss francs ($4.3 million) by the country's Attorney General in connection with a bribery case in South Africa. The company agreed to pay 2.5 billion rand ($144.51 million) in punitive reparations to South Africa within 60 days from Dec. 1, the NPA's statement said. This is in addition to 1.6 billion rand ($92.48 million)the company paid back to South African state power utility Eskom in 2020. ABB was found guilty of improper payments and other compliance issues at the Kusile power station after a wide-scale investigation into state corruption concluded in June 2022.
☆ 49 arrested as police bust European cocaine ‘super cartel'
  + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
Europol said 49 suspects have been arrested during the investigation, with the latest series of raids across Europe and the United Arab Emirates taking place between Nov. 8-19. The Netherlands was the country where most of the arrests were made, with 14 suspects arrested in 2021. Dutch authorities said one of the suspects arrested in Dubai allegedly imported thousands of kilos of cocaine into the Netherlands in 2020 and 2021. A 40-year-old Dutch-Bosnian citizen was also arrested in Dubai following an investigation based on intercepted Sky messages, according to Dutch police. He is suspected of importing into Europe cocaine and raw materials for the production of amphetamines.
☆ British crime agency recovers $65 mln of suspect money in Barclays accounts
  + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( Sam Tobin | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
LONDON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) on Friday obtained a civil recovery order relating to nearly 54 million pounds ($65 million) of suspected criminal property held in accounts with Barclays (BARC.L). The NCA's lawyers told London's High Court that the money is likely "the proceeds of unlawful conduct", a view shared by Barclays which first approached the agency about the money. Judge Robin Knowles said he was prepared to make the civil recovery order "without hesitation". The NCA said that the case was "a great example of how the public and private sector can work together to recover proceeds of crime". "The proactive identification of these funds by Barclays was the reason we could take this action," said Adrian Searle, director of the National Economic Crime Centre within the NCA.
☆ Malawi vice president arrested over corruption, says graft watchdog
  + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
BLANTYRE, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Malawi's Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested the country's Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima over graft allegations, it said on Friday. Chilima would be taken to court where he was expected to be charged with three counts of corrupt practices by a public officer, among other charges, the corruption watchdog said in a statement. The statement alleged Chilima was rewarded for assisting Xaviar Limited and Malachitte FZE, two companies connected to British businessman Zuneth Sattar to be awarded contracts by the Malawi Government. In August, the Financial Times reported that Sattar was under investigation by Britain's National Crime Agency over alleged abuse of Malawi's public procurement system. Earlier this year, Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera dissolved his entire cabinet on charges of corruption against three serving ministers.
☆ British businessman charged over helping Russian oligarch evade U.S. sanctions
  + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
NEW YORK, Oct 11 (Reuters) - British businessman Graham Bonham-Carter was arrested on U.S. charges of conspiring to violate sanctions placed on Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, prosecutors said on Tuesday. Bonham-Carter was arrested in the United Kingdom, and federal prosecutors in Manhattan said they will seek his extradition. Prosecutors said Bonham-Carter made payments for U.S. properties owned by Deripaska and tried to move the aluminum magnate's artwork in the United States overseas. A lawyer for Bonham-Carter, who is also charged with wire fraud, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Prosecutors said Bonham-Carter has worked for entities controlled by Deripaska since around 2003, and managed his residential properties in the United Kingdom and Europe.
☆ Instagram will notify users if a child goes missing in their area, sharing pictures and abduction location
  + stars: | 2022-06-02 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Instagram is rolling out a feature to help locate missing children. Shareable AMBER Alerts will display in a user's feed when they are within the search area. An AMBER Alert will appear in a user's feed if they are within the search area of a missing child. The alerts are triggered by law enforcement and cover only the area where there is an active search for a missing child. "Photos are the most important tool in the search for missing children," said John Bischoff of the Missing Children Division at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.
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