Covid has unleashed a scourge of fraud and economic abuse on a global scale. This website will document it and its mutation as the pandemic enters a new phase of management and control. It will also look at how law enforcement handles the scourge and how it seeks to bring …
People’s health is at risk if they are tempted into buying a covid vaccine privately, says OLAF, the EU’s police force. It is investigating the criminal provision of fake or illegally obtained and therefore unreliable Covid vaccines by fraudsters cashing in on Covid panic. Such a fraud affects directly people’s …
Fury over Wirecard AG puts regulators in the frame Published 24-Jun-2020 by Nick Kochan The Collapse of Wirecard has sent German markets and shareholders groups into paroxysms of anger. The much vaunted long-termism of German investors could not be more at variance with the behavior of the Wirecard board. Hence the …
A whistleblower has contacted Hermitage Capital Management, the company of investor Bill Browder, disclosing the details of a full-service money laundering package provided by the Estonian branch of Danske Bank. This whistleblower, whose name is not yet known, provided Hermitage with the details of the full-service package available to Russian …
London judge rules auction-rigging case can go to full trial CommentEmailSavePrint Mar 06 2018 Nick Kochan A London commercial court judge has given a provisional ruling that a case alleging VTB Capital, a Financial Conduct Authority-regulated institution, rigged an auction to sell Bulgaria’s largest telecommunications company, should go to full trial. …
The issue for the referendum is no long the outcome but the flawed process, by Russian manipulation. could this effect high level rethink on the decision? My first thought, and hope!
The creation of a hard border between the northern and southern parts of Ireland raises the possibility of an upsurgence of terrorism. The the shared umbrella of the EU was the support for the invisible border This eased travel and traffic between the two sides. It was not a united …
Corruption puts South Africa in peril When corruption becomes endemic, it is not just isolated individuals or parts of the economy that are undermined, but the rules of the game are changed possibly irreversibly. This can have far-reaching consequences The body politic ails grievously as a result. Corruption …
Paul Manafort, former chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, is now alleged to have handled many hundreds of millions of the corrupt dirty money of the former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. For this he has been accused in the United States of money laundering, a charge he has denied. …
A former finance minister of Romania spoke in hushed tones yesterday of his regret at the UK’s impending departure from the EU. His reason was the loss to the EU of the UK’s security apparatus and facilities. He acknowledged that the British people had spoken, but he could not disguise …
