Ukraine Nabs Ex-Customs Official for $5.7 Million Cargo Theft
A Ukrainian court ordered the arrest of Denys Aminiev, af ormer customs official in Odesa alleged to be involved in stealing $5.7 million worth of cargo from sealed shipping containers.
A Ukrainian court ordered the arrest of Denys Aminiev, af ormer customs official in Odesa alleged to be involved in stealing $5.7 million worth of cargo from sealed shipping containers.
Two men in charge of a new US$3 billion railway in Kenya were arrested Saturday on suspicion of corruption over land allocation, according to a statement posted on the country’s Office of the Public Prosecutor Twitter feed.
Despite receiving a subpoena over possible corruption from the US Department of Justice, Glencore, the world’s largest mining company, announced a surge in profit in its half-year report, with a 13 percent increase in net income over last year.
A Moscow court sent four people to prison for life and one for 20 years after they were found guilty of killing 17 people in roadside attacks around the capital over a period of two years, authorities said on Thursday.
Former Thai Buddhist monk, Wirapol Sukphol has been sentenced to 114 year in prison on convictions for fraud, money laundering and computer crimes.
Three smugglers attacked a Ukrainian border guard in a village bordering Romania Tuesday, after the guard’s detachment caught them flying illegal cigarettes across the border on a drone.
Three British waste disposal companies are under investigation by the UK’s Environment Agency for sending more than 1,000 tons of falsely labelled recyclable waste to Poland, according Angus Anderson, the agency’s communications officer.
Polish police arrested five alleged members of an international organized crime group involved in illegal trade of tobacco and seized over 39 million cigarettes, Europol announced on Wednesday.
A luxury yacht that was allegedly purchased with misappropriated cash from Malaysia’s state-owned investment fund, 1MDB, was returned to the country on Tuesday on personal request of the Malaysian Prime Minister.
Six men who used small boats and tried to use a jet-ski to smuggle migrants from the north coast of France to the UK were found guilty on Tuesday after a nine week trial and three year investigation, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA).