Being subjected to financial and travel sanctions is not a small matter. And when the subject of one of those sanctions turns against the regime that he was a member of and which resulted in the sanctions, then he should expect credit for that....
Corruption: government lawyer convicted of taking bribes in immigration cases
Constantine Peter Kallas, 40, of Alta Loma, former Assistant Chief Counsel with the USA's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) has been sentenced to more than 17 years in jail after being convicted of taking bribes from persons makin...
Business Crime: convictions in international phishing scam
Five convictions in a US court bring the total number of guilty verdicts in a large international operation to 46 with more cases still outstanding.
Sanctions: United Nations reports breaches of Iran sanctions
Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan of Turkey, chairman of the United Nations committee monitoring the arms embargo imposed on Iran over its nuclear programme has told the Security Council that he has "serious concern" over further "allege...
Intellectual Property: Microsoft tries to squash Android
Microsoft says ""The Android platform infringes a number of Microsoft's patents, and companies manufacturing and shipping Android devices must respect our intellectual property rights. To facilitate that we have established an industry...
Jeffrey Bennett, 57, of Corona, California, a former mayor of the town, has pleaded guiltyin United States District Court to one count of making...
Sanctions: US BIS creates retroactive review of contracts
THE USA's Bureau of Industry and Security has published a revision to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) Part 750 - application processi...
Corruption: Californian city mayor indicted on corruption charges
A federal grand jury has indicted the former mayor of Upland, California, USA and the mayor’s appointee to a municipal board on federal corruptio...
Business Crime: USA's FTC targets jobs scams
The USA's The Federal Trade Commission has launched "Operation Empty Promises." No, it's not targeting failed or even impossible politi...
Corruption: Malaysia fast-tracks special courts
Malaysia's Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said, in the budget speech a matter of weeks ago, that progress on corruption trials was too...
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