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US and Korea seek extradition of crypto fugitive
AFP, Published on 29/03/2023
» PODGORICA, Montenegro: The United States and South Korea have sought the extradition from Montenegro of fugitive cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon, the country's minister of justice said on Wednesday, just days after he was arrested in the Balkan nation.
Montenegro says it has arrested Korean Crypto fugitive Do Kwon
AFP, Published on 24/03/2023
» PODGORICA (MONTENEGRO) - Fugitive South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon, accused of orchestrating a multi-billion-dollar fraud that shook global crypto markets last year, has been arrested in Montenegro along with another South Korean national, the interior minister said Thursday.
Police nab Pakistani passport forger with IS links
AFP, Published on 19/01/2018
» A Pakistani passport forger whose fakes may have been sold to Islamic State operatives has been arrested in Thailand, police said Friday, ending a career that helped people slip into Europe illegally.
Al Nasr forfeit Asian game over striker's false passport
AFP, Published on 12/09/2016
» KUALA LUMPUR - Al Nasr were ordered to forfeit their AFC Champions League quarter-final first leg 3-0 on Monday after Brazilian-born striker Wanderley was found to be playing under a false Indonesian passport.
Flying on a fake ID: refugees' path less travelled to Europe
AFP, Published on 21/10/2015
» PARIS - Ali, a Palestinian-Syrian banker desperate to reach the Netherlands, had to hide his surprise when he finally met a shadowy forger known as "The Whale" at an Arab-style shisha cafe near Athens.
Sudan Christian's lawyers to seek dismissal of forgery rap
AFP, Published on 28/06/2014
» Lawyers for a Sudanese Christian woman who has sought refuge at the US embassy will seek dismissal of forgery charges against her so she can then leave Sudan, one of them said Saturday.
Indian cricket board vows to keep defiant Modi out
AFP, Published on 28/12/2013
» India's cricket chiefs on Saturday vowed to enforce a life-long ban on Lalit Modi after the disgraced Indian Premier League founder contested elections for a state association in absentia.
13 on trial for child trafficking in Algeria
AFP, Published on 28/05/2013
» Thirteen people, including dual nationality French-Algerians, went on trial in Algiers on Monday accused of kidnapping Algerian children and selling them for adoption in France.