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Piracy increasing on Somali coast
Saturday, 13 August 2005AdministratorAverage rating
The ICC’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reports that acts of piracy are increasing at an alarming rate off the eastern coast of Somalia. Fifteen violent incidents have taken place since mid-Mar ...
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FIB uncovers pre-IPO scam
Wednesday, 03 August 2005AdministratorAverage rating
The ICC Financial Investigation Bureau (FIB) is warning investors based in the Middle East to be wary if offered the opportunity to invest in any pre-IPO (Initial Public Offering) companies. The FIB ...
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IMB Report Finds Piracy Declining
Monday, 18 July 2005AdministratorAverage rating
According to a recently released report from the ICC’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB), the number of reported piracy attacks worldwide is down approximately 30%. Between January and June 2005, 1 ...
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Parmalat scandal examined at CCS lecture series
Tuesday, 28 June 2005AdministratorAverage rating
The 6th annual ICC Commercial Crime Services Lecture and Workshop, held in London on 23 June, was host to over 150 participants in policing, banking, law, fraud investigation and forensic accounting. ...
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Piracy heats up in Somali waters
Sunday, 19 June 2005AdministratorAverage rating
ICC’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB) warns that acts of piracy are on the rise in Somali waters. Since March 2005, there have been at least five attempted hijackings, two of which escalated into ...
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Black-listed Nauru banks re-emerging
Saturday, 04 June 2005AdministratorAverage rating
ICC’s Financial Investigation Bureau (FIB) is warning that several blacklisted Nauru-registered banks still appear to be in operation. In 2002, the South Pacific island was designated a money launder ...
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Trade Fraud hits Iranian shipments
Sunday, 08 May 2005AdministratorAverage rating
Fraudulent activity in Iran’s secondary trade finance market has attracted the attention of the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), a unit of ICC’s Commercial Crime Services.
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Confronting criminal threats to banking and trade
Saturday, 16 April 2005AdministratorAverage rating
Commercial crime experts gathered here last week to inform delegates at a conference hosted by ICC’s Commercial Crime Services (CCS) of current vulnerabilities in trade, shipping and banking and to s ...
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Share buy back scam targets investors in Middle East
Tuesday, 05 April 2005AdministratorAverage rating
Investors in the Middle East are the most recent target of a cunning share buy back scam. The ICC Financial Investigation Bureau (FIB) has received details of the case and is following the fraud oper ...
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High costs of low value fraud
Sunday, 27 March 2005AdministratorAverage rating
The re-emergence of a financial fraud specializing in low value commodities has the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) warning banks to be on their guard.
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