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New IMB service helps seafarers pinpoint piracy attacks
Monday, 28 August 2006AdministratorAverage rating
Sea captains and ship owners whose vessels must travel through piracy hotspots have a new tool to help them prepare their voyage. The International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau ...
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FIB expert testimony confirms financial frauds
Saturday, 19 August 2006AdministratorAverage rating
ICC Financial Investigation Bureau’s (FIB) Expert Witness service has been instrumental in securing criminal convictions in several recent court cases. Police forces in Europe and around the globe ar ...
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Decline in piracy attacks slows down, says IMB.
Sunday, 23 July 2006AdministratorAverage rating
The number of reported piracy attacks world-wide in the first six months of 2006 remained at 127 compared with the same figure during the corresponding period in 2005, according to the ICC Internatio ...
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NASDAQ company stung by investment fraud operation
Thursday, 22 June 2006AdministratorAverage rating
The ICC Financial Investigation Bureau (FIB) has just completed an investigation of a NASDAQ-listed pharmaceutical company hit by operators of an investment fraud scam.
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IMB releases latest piracy statistics
Monday, 01 May 2006AdministratorAverage rating
As part of its ongoing monitoring and reporting of worldwide piracy attacks, ICC’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has recently released the latest version of the Report on Piracy and Armed Robbe ...
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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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