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N.Korean hackers sent stolen crypto to Cambodian payment firm
Published on 15/07/2024
» LONDON - A major Cambodian payments firm received crypto worth over $150,000 from a digital wallet used by North Korean hacking outfit Lazarus, blockchain data shows, a glimpse of how the criminal collective has laundered funds in Southeast Asia.
Vietnam tycoon on death row illegally moved money overseas
Reuters, Published on 06/06/2024
» HANOI - Vietnam real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, sentenced to death in the country's largest-ever financial fraud case, had illegally transferred money abroad, according to police, with state media on Thursday reporting US$4.5 billion had been moved.
Hong Kong phone scam cases drop in first quarter but losses quadruple
Published on 13/05/2024
» HONG KONG: The number of phone scam cases in Hong Kong dropped in the first quarter compared with the same period last year although losses quadrupled to HK$789 million (3.7 billion baht), with more mainland Chinese students in the city falling victim.
Destruction, lawlessness and red tape hobble aid as Gazans go hungry
Published on 25/03/2024
» CAIRO - In mid-March, a line of trucks stretched for 3 kilometres along a desert road near a crossing point from Israel into the Gaza Strip. On the same day, another line of trucks about 1.5 kilometres long and sometimes two or three across was backed up near a crossing from Egypt into Gaza.
Crisis-struck German maker of Playmobil toys cuts jobs
AFP, Published on 02/10/2023
» BERLIN - The crisis-hit German toy company behind Playmobil, the small plastic figures loved by children the world over, said on Monday that it was cutting 17 percent of its workforce.
Sarkozy faces 2025 trial over alleged Libyan corruption
AFP, Published on 25/08/2023
» PARIS - Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will be tried in 2025 over allegations he took money from late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi to fund one of his election campaigns, prosecutors said on Friday.
Six killed in banned Kenya protests
AFP, Published on 13/07/2023
» NAIROBI - Six people were killed on Wednesday in clashes between police and demonstrators who joined banned opposition protests against tax hikes, police officers told AFP.
Kenya police fire tear gas as protesters defy ban
AFP, Published on 12/07/2023
» NAIROBI - Kenyan officers on Wednesday fired tear gas on protesters who defied a police ban to join a demonstration against tax hikes called by opposition leader Raila Odinga.
Kenyans tear-gassed in tax protest
AFP, Published on 07/07/2023
» NAIROBi: Kenyan police fired tear gas on opposition leader Raila Odinga's convoy on Friday as rights groups condemned "arbitrary arrests" during anti-government protests over a cost-of-living crisis and a raft of controversial tax hikes.
When sanctions hit the wrong people
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 07/05/2023
» During the past year, Sergej Kozlov has been flagged by banks as a possible international terrorist on several occasions. The first time, he had been trying to find out why his salary was late.