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Banking giant accused of laundering billions

by WND

Ex-employee in New York has 1,000 pages of customer account records

Romania's ex-PM Adrian Nastase sentenced to two years in corruption case

by NineOclock

Romanian High Court of Justice magistrates gave former prime minister Adrian Nastase on Monday a 2-year sentence and stripped him of certain rights in a corruption case known locally as the "Quality Trophy" file.

Vatican shaken by corruption scandal

by New York Times

An Italian television program about the transfer of a whistle-blowing Roman Catholic prelate has caused consternation at the Vatican and prompted speculation about a power struggle among senior clerics in the church.

Drug smugglers increasingly targeting 'lucrative' European market

by The Parliament

A senior official with Europol, the EU crime-busting agency, has voiced concern about "worrying" new trends in the illegal drugs market.

Five steps to end global tax evasion

by The Guardian

World leaders are failing us in the face of crisis. A new age of financial transparency could help claw back $3.1tn of unpaid tax

Russia prevents football corruption

by RBTH

Russia takes steps to eliminate match-fixing and illegal betting on football games ahead of the 2018 World Cup.

Finland impounds arms from ship

by The New York Times

Mann-registered ship was detained by authorities in Finland last week for smuggling missiles and explosives out of the country.

Organised crime controls illegal pesticides business in Europe

by MercoPress

The trade of illegal and counterfeit pesticides is proliferating in Europe reports Europol. The exceptional ‘low risk – high profit’ margin, combined with the lack of harmonisation in legislation and implementation, make this a fast growing area of organised crime.

Romania: 40 investigated in a € 126 mln fraud case

by Gandul

Dozens of officials of Romgaz management, the Ministry of Economy and the National Energy Regulatory are charged for having produced a loss of 126 million dollars by illegally approving the provision of gas at preferential prices for the Interagro factory, owned by Romanian billionaire Ioan Nicolaie.

FIFA pledges to protect match-fixing witnesses

by Associated Press

FIFA has pledged to protect witnesses who report match-fixing plots by organized crime syndicates, as soccer's world governing body launched a yearlong campaign against corruption on Tuesday.