The U.S. said Qatar and Kuwait aren’t doing enough to block the financing activities of the extremist group Islamic State, exposing a sore point in a coalition formed to fight the militants. “Both countries have more work to do,” Mr. Cohen said on Thursday at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Washington think tank. The…
Announcement of the International Forum ” European Continental Forum” at Bukovel Ivano-Frankivsk (UA). The 1st international Forum entitled “European Continental Forum” takes place in Bukovel on the 8th to 9th December 2014. This event is organised by the Continental University Dragomanov and sponsored by AER. http://www.aer.eu/en/events/standing-committee-on-institutional-affairs/2014/international-forum-european-continental-forum.html
The banks — HSBC, Barclays, Standard Chartered, the Royal Bank of Scotland and Credit Suisse, European institutions that all have a major presence in New York — did not deal directly with the militants. But they have acknowledged transferring billions of dollars on behalf of Iran, which has long been suspected of funding and training…
Politiker in Paraguay in Drogenhandel verwickelt | amerika21. Asunción. Senatoren und Parlamentsabgeordnete der traditionellen politischen Parteien Paraguays sind in einem Bericht der Zeitung Última Hora (UH) am Sonntag direkter Verbindungen zu Drogenkartellen beschuldigt worden.
The 5 biggest organized crime groups in the world. Cyber crime is grabbing the headlines these days, but the largest criminal gangs are still making most of their money from drugs, sex, and extortion.
Mexican drug cartels target Australia < Asia-Pacific < LEARN < Flare Network. Drug criminals from Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel, the Sinaloa Federation, are basing themselves in Australia’s eastern states to distribute drugs, including ice, heroin and cocaine, the Herald Sun reports.
The Case of the Yakking Yakuza – The Daily Beast. The murderers were so confident they’d beaten the law that one of them bragged to a cop. A cold case opened up and the most violent gang in Japan may be shut down.
L’Institut international de recherche anti-contrefaçon de médicaments (IRACM) et l’Organisation mondiale des douanes (OMD) ont présenté hier à Paris le bilan de « l’Opération BIYELA 2 » qui s’est déroulé dans 14 pays d’Afrique *, pendant 10 jours et 15 ports maritimes, du 26 mai au 4 juin 2014. http://www.contrefacon-riposte.info/indicateurs/4606-bilan-de-l-operation-biyela-2-sur-les-produits-pharmaceutiques-illicites-et-ou-contrefaits-en-afrique
Una sociedad vinculada al titular de Helvetic Service Group, Néstor Marcelo Ramos –presunto testaferro de Lázaro Báez– compró el 40% de las acciones del FC Lugano, el principal club de fútbol del Cantón suizo del Ticino. La operación reafirma los lazos de ese deporte con el dispositivo internacional de sociedades atribuidas al empresario K. Source : http://www.perfil.com/politica/Caso-Baez-la-trama-del-lavado-desnuda-negocios-con-el-futbol-20140817-0010.html
Los locaux d’Interopl ont été cambriolés en date du weekend du 26 et 27 juillet dernier, dans la capitale sud-africaine. Parmi les objets dérobés par les malfrats, plusieurs ordinateurs contenant des dossiers sensibles sur des affaires en cours, notamment au sujet des réseaux mafieux russes, ukrainiens et chinois. La presse locale relate que les voleurs…
