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New trading frauds threaten banks and buyers
Saturday, 22 April 2006AdministratorAverage rating
ICC’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB) continues to uncover fraudulent activity in the shipping industry, recently discovering a number of trade scams emanating from China and Estonia.
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FIB expert witness testimony helps jail fraudsters
Sunday, 26 March 2006AdministratorAverage rating
Six fraudsters are now behind bars in large part due to expert witness testimony provided by ICC’s Financial Investigation Bureau (FIB). In two recent European court cases, law enforcement agencies r ...
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indonesian-trade-fraud-leaves-paper-trail
Friday, 24 February 2006AdministratorAverage rating
ICC’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has uncovered five cases of trade fraud in the shipping of paper and board products from Indonesia in the past three months.
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Iraq declared new piracy hotspot
Tuesday, 31 January 2006AdministratorAverage rating
Iraq has been cited as a new world piracy hotspot in the 2005 Annual Report on Piracy and Armed Robbery released by the International Chamber of Commerce.
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Somali pirates detained by US Navy
Tuesday, 24 January 2006AdministratorAverage rating
Acting on a report from the International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB), Kuala Lumpur based Piracy Reporting Center, the US Navy intercepted and apprehended a band of suspected pirates
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Hijacked tanker recovered
Sunday, 25 December 2005AdministratorAverage rating
A 10,734 GRT chemical tanker, hijacked by pirates shortly after the cargo was loaded and the voyage commenced has been recovered as a result of co-ordinated actions by law enforcement agencies in Sou ...
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FIB fraud warning prevents huge losses
Monday, 19 December 2005AdministratorAverage rating
A company based in China has saved hundreds of thousands of dollars by heeding a financial fraud warning recently posted on the ICC Financial Investigation Bureau’s (FIB) website www.icc-ccs.org.
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Wall Street address behind boiler room scam
Tuesday, 22 November 2005AdministratorAverage rating
Investment watchdog the Financial Investigation Bureau (FIB) has uncovered the details of a recent boiler room scam that appears to be operating from a prestigious address in the heart of New York’s ...
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ICC appeals for naval protection against piratesICC appeals for naval protection against pirates
Monday, 07 November 2005AdministratorAverage rating
An alarming rise in the number of piracy attacks off the coast of Somalia is reported by the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB). After a quiet spell of nearly two years, says the bureau, serious ...
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Unprecedented increase in piracy attacks off Somalia
Tuesday, 18 October 2005AdministratorAverage ratingThe International Maritime Bureau has reported an unprecedented increase in the number of serious attacks off Somalia. Recently two vessels have been attacked around 90 miles off the coast over two c ...
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