"Of the US$245 billion lost each year to corporate tax abuse, over 2/3 are extracted by jurisdictions that are members of the main org responsible for writing the global standards..."
"What we absolutely won't do is take personnel advice from a talk show host *or the Chinese military*. Maybe those folks feel like they have something to prove — that's on them." - Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby
Kirby was responding to Tucker's comment that "the Chinese military is catching up to the U.S. military because it does not allow women to serve in the percentage the United States does."
[Coincidentally - Fun fact 👇 regarding Robert Thomson, current CEO of News Corp.]
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“The operation was concentrated on taking down the Sky ECC infrastructure, dismantling the distribution network & seizing the criminal assets of the distributors."
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"The cracking of the expensive messaging app called Sky ECC was what allowed over 1,500 police officers across Belgium to be simultaneously deployed in at least 200 raids."
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"The operation is targeting organised crime, including not only drug traffickers themselves but also informants, money launderers, and people who have accepted bribes..."
"In fact, the study found that among far-right sources, those known for spreading misinformation significantly outperformed non-misinformation sources."🤔
Far-Right Misinformation Is Thriving On Facebook. A New Study Shows Just How Much npr.org/2021/03/06/974…
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"It's almost twice as much engagement per follower among the [far-right] sources that have a reputation for spreading misinformation," Edelson said.
"So, clearly, that [far-right] portion of the news ecosystem is behaving very differently."🤔
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Here is the study page by Cybersecurity for Democracy.
"Center and left partisan categories incur a 'misinformation penalty', while right-leaning sources do not."🤔
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"The force will pursue members of the ELN -- the last active guerrilla group in Colombia, as well as drug gangs and ex-FARC rebels who have abandoned the terms of a 2016 peace deal."
Colombia launches 'elite force' to hunt rebels, drug gangs f24.my/7Pgw.T
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Duque did not refer to Venezuela. When he first announced the creation of the elite force earlier this month, he said many of its targets "are protected in Venezuela" though he did not mention direct military action in the neighboring country.
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"The US is offering $5 million for info that could help disrupt the criminal org of Kyrgyzstan’s most powerful gangster, Kamchibek Kolbayev, who was suddenly released from pre-trial detention this week."
"The US Embassy in Bishkek described Kolbaev as a “transnational organized-crime boss whose network engages in drug trafficking, human trafficking, arms trafficking..."
"Operating on a global scale in dozens of countries, this criminal organization has been identified as one of the biggest drug traffickers in Europe..."
"Unlike the cartels that control the cocaine supply chain all the way from coca fields to the street, Group America specializes in being the middleman."