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Beth Kampschror

Mob Turns Green for Cash

Green isn’t just a color anymore. From solar energy to organic food, “green” describes loads of up-and-coming industries,...

Moscow Releases Mogilevich

A Moscow court has released a man suspected of being an organized crime boss and who is wanted in the United States, 18...

Russian Researcher Arrest

A Russian police official who was researching crime for a US university was arrested last month for alleged abuse of office,...

EU Cites Corruption

In the latest in a string of reports issued on Romania and Bulgaria since they became European Union members in January...

Swiss Case Lacks Convictions

A top Swiss court on Wednesday acquitted seven of nine defendants in one of the largest cigarette-smuggling cases to ever...

Bulgarian Ring Smashed

A Bulgarian counterfeiting ring accused of distributing more than €16 million in fake euro notes since 2005 was smashed by...

UNODC Report Sees Shifts

The production and use of synthetic drugs – ecstasy, amphetamines and methamphetamines – is feared to be increasing in the...

US Bill on Corporate Openness?

A Senate committee last week heard testimony on a bill that would require private corporations to disclose their owners, in...

US: Trafficking May Spike

Trafficking in persons – for labor, sexual servitude and organ harvesting – may spike because of the worldwide recession,...

EU: More Suspect Transactions

In a sign of increased cross-border cooperation, reports of suspicious financial transactions in the European Union (EU)...

Concerns about corruption grow

More than half of those questioned in a global public poll said that private sector corruption is a problem, according to...