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Lithuanian Authorities Target Founders of Failed Cryptobank
Lithuanian authorities have formally names three founders of Bankera as criminal suspects for allegedly siphoning off millions from investor funds to private offshore personal loans and real estate.
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Probe Into Serbian Ruling Party’s Election Call Center Yields No Progress After Three Years
Unresolved vote-buying allegations from last elections shadow Serbia’s upcoming vote as police stall a three-year-old campaign finance probe.
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Citing Trump Crypto Fortune, US Democrats Try to Derail Bill to Regulate Digital Assets
Amid debates over proposed legislation to regulate digital currencies, members of the U.S. Democratic Party organized a “shadow hearing” to discuss the crypto wealth accumulated by President Donald Trump.
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Chinese bank helped Huawei spirit $1B out of London days after US indictment of the tech giant
The urgent operation exposes how readily ICBC’s local branch bypassed internal checks to boost a Beijing favorite.
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Chinese banking giant serves firms linked to oligarchs and autocrats to push Beijing’s agenda
Confidential records reveal how the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China’s London units courted high-risk clients to secure resources and alliances for Xi Jinping’s regime.
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Australia Charges Accountants in Multimillion-Dollar Loan Fraud Scheme
Australian police have charged three accountants for allegedly helping an organized crime syndicate obtain tens of millions of dollars in fraudulent loans, bringing the total number of people charged in the probe to 33, New South Wales Police…
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Zelenskyy Dismisses Senior Aide Suspected in $3.3 Million Money Laundering Case
Ukrainian investigators say senior officials and lawmakers used a state-owned bank and shell companies to launder criminal proceeds intended as bail in a separate corruption case. Iryna Mudra says investigators’ recordings were released in fragments and out of…
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West Bank: Israel-Backed Settler Violence Drives Displacement
Click to expand Image A Palestinian uses a flashlight on a nearby hill while taking part in a night watch with other volunteers to deter settler attacks on the West Bank village of Sinjil, July 16, 2026. ©…
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A Key Food Source Collapsed Off West Africa’s Coast as Chinese Ships Ground the Species Into Fishmeal
A Guinea-Bissau fisheries assessment obtained by OCCRP shows that the sardinella — an important food source — has been decimated in the years since two Chinese fishmeal-production vessels set up shop offshore. After the industry was banned earlier…
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Former U.S. Banker Jailed for Laundering Medicare Funds
A former Brooklyn bank manager was sentenced to 18 months in prison for helping a transnational criminal organization launder more than $8 million obtained through health care fraud.
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