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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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Violence resumes in Malacca Straits
Tuesday, 15 March 2005AdministratorAverage rating
Citing three blatant acts of piracy in the past two weeks, the ICC’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB) is reporting that violence is on the rise in the Malacca Straits.
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Copycat websites on the rise
Friday, 25 February 2005AdministratorAverage rating
The International Chamber of Commerce’s Financial Investigation Bureau (FIB) is warning business owners, investors and consumers to be alert to the growing problem of copycat websites. In recent mont ...
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Annual death toll from piracy rises
Monday, 07 February 2005AdministratorAverage rating
Pirates preying on shipping were more violent than ever in 2004 and murdered a total of 30 crew members, compared with 21 in 2003, the ICC International Maritime Bureau reported in its annual piracy ...
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Malaysian authorities arrest hijackers of Indonesian tug and barge
Friday, 14 January 2005AdministratorAverage rating
Acting upon information provided by ICC’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB) and the ship owners, Malaysian authorities located and boarded the hijacked Indonesian tug “Christian” and the barge “Flo ...
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FIB expertise helps catch ‘Lady’ fraudster
Wednesday, 12 January 2005AdministratorAverage rating
With the assistance of ICC’s Financial Investigation Bureau (FIB), law enforcement officials in Merseyside, northwest England, recently captured and successfully prosecuted self-styled ‘Lady’ Geraldi ...
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