The details of an extraordinary deal for the sale of ventilators to Hungary have been revealed to journalists in Malaysia and Hungary. Under pressure of pandemic, the Malaysian businessman Vinod Sekhar sold at least 800 ventilators to the Government of Hungary for a figure close to $60m. It has been …
Quick rich merchants have profiteered from the vaccine market as never before during the pandemic. Take the case of Hungarian company Danubia Pharma. This is owned (according to Direct36 which broke the story) by a private limited company called Syntonite Med which is owned by a small time consultant with …
UK Border officials find a hundred fake test Coronavirus certificate a day, a UK Border official has said. But many slip through the net because they are unable to check them. This is especially the case when they are written in a foreign language. Lucy Moreton, professional officer for the …
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U.S. DOJ, Goldman worked to keep evidence from banker in 1MDB case, his lawyer allegesPublished 24-Mar-2021 by Nick KochanTRRI News A lawyer for a former Goldman Sachs executive alleged in court that the U.S. Justice Department and Goldman Sachs have formed an agreement to keep electronic devices used by Tim …
Dubai: A man has been accused of forging a COVID-19 test to leave the country through Dubai International Airport. Staff at Dubai International Airport in December 2020 found a 32-year-old Pakistani with a PCR test result that was out of date. He was told to take a new test. The …
Doubts hit $1 billion IPIC settlement in 1MDB dispute By Nick Kochan Malaysia was widely expected to announce a settlement close to $1 billion of the long-running dispute with the United Arab Emirates government over the role of IPIC, the Gulf state’s sovereign wealth fund, in the 1MDB scandal, sources …
Romania has a rising prisoner population but it has failed to provide extra amenities required to comply with the EU’s Article 3 specifying the conditions required to comply with a prisoner’s human rights. The result of this lack of investment in the prisons means that prisoners are having to endure …
Note new cases of vaccine fraud are multiplying faster than the virus itself, by conmen stealing the NHS logo and claiming to offer vaccination. This was seen at https://d3926qxcw0e1bh.cloudfront.net/post_photos/23/9c/239c3dfe3143146a8833eeb349ff8f51.png. A contributor to my local Next Door website wrote, “SPAM email re. NHS and Covid Vaccine. Hi everyone, please be aware …
The UK will be financially strapped after Covid and Brexit. It will be asked: why are we wrapping our businesses in regulatory red tape that came from Europe anyway? Some elements will say, anti money laundering directives from Europe and bribery and corruption initiatives from Europe and the ECB should …
