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IMB identifies suspicious cement transactions
Tuesday, 22 July 2008AdministratorAverage rating
Recent research conducted by the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has uncovered a series of highly suspicious transactions in the cement trade.
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IMB piracy report highlights trouble in African waters
Wednesday, 09 July 2008AdministratorAverage rating
The most current piracy statistics and analysis released by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) indicates a recent spike of incidents, largely attributable to increa ...
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IMB issues piracy warning to vessels in the Gulf of Aden
Monday, 30 June 2008AdministratorAverage rating
The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) welcomes the recent UN Security Council Resolution calling upon naval units in the Horn of Africa to provide assistance to vessels attacked by pirates and ...
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Corporate corruption expert speaks at CCS lecture
Thursday, 19 June 2008AdministratorAverage rating
The 2008 Commercial Crime Services (CCS) Annual Economic Crime Lecture, held 19 June in London, addressed the complex issue of corporate corruption.
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CCS lecture to address the challenges of curbing corporate corruption
Saturday, 17 May 2008AdministratorAverage rating
Despite a surge of activity that sought to curb business corruption in the 1990s, there is little evidence of a real fall in incidents of bribery in international business transactions, or in the wid ...
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Piracy figures up by 20% for first quarter of 2008
Monday, 14 April 2008AdministratorAverage rating
There were 49 attacks reported to the Piracy Reporting Centre in the first three months of 2008 as compared to 41 for the corresponding period in 2007, states the ICC International Maritime Bureau (I ...
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Le Ponant crew released
Saturday, 12 April 2008AdministratorAverage ratingThe French sailing cruise vessel LE PONANT, hijacked near the approaches to the Gulf of Aden on 4 April 2008, was released by its hijackers on 12 April 2008. Around ten pirates armed with automatic w ...
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French yacht hijacking part of growing Somali piracy trend
Tuesday, 08 April 2008AdministratorAverage rating
A French yacht has been hijacked off the Somali coast, just the latest incident in waters identified by the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) as being amongst the world's most dangerous.
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FIB provides expert testimony aids money laundering case
Tuesday, 01 April 2008AdministratorAverage rating
Expert witness testimony supplied by the Financial Investigation Bureau (FIB) has helped conclude a major fraud and money laundering case.
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FIB warns of fake One Billion Euro Letter of Credit
Friday, 15 February 2008AdministratorAverage rating
ICC financial watchdog, the Financial Investigation Bureau (FIB), has been asked to investigate a one billion Euro (€1,000,000,000.00) Standby Letter of Credit believed to be fraudulent.
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