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A Crypto Scheme in Czechia Linked to Russian Tutors of Czech

In videos that are circulating Czech social media, alleged crypto traders, speaking heavily accented Czech in a setting with skyscraper-dotted Moscow City in the background, claim to have made millions from an ingenious algorithm trading cryptocurrencies in the Korean stock market.

Glencore Ordered to Pay £280M for Bribery Scandal Across Africa

Glencore Energy UK Ltd will pay the equivalent of US$313.7 million after a court found that the company paid $29 million in bribes to state-owned companies across Africa in order to gain preferential access to the continent’s oil reserves, the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) reported Thursday.

India: Police Raid ‘The Wire’ Press Office

Reporters at India’s The Wire saw their New Delhi office raided by police Monday, based on a complaint filed by a political figure whom the publication wrote—in a later retracted article—that he wielded special privilege to censor social media posts, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Report: At Least 150 Tigers are Killed by Poachers Every Year

Every single year since the turn of the millennium authorities have seized illegal shipments of tiger parts equal to at least 150 animals, says a report published on Wednesday by TRAFFIC, the leading non-governmental organization monitoring the trade in wild animals and plants.