"Dutch crime journalist John van den Heuvel, who has been under police protection for some time, was driving on the expressway when others appeared to chase him..."
"The son of Dutch investigative journalist Peter R. de Vries, who was assassinated on an Amsterdam street, was warned by police that his life is also in danger."
"Swedbank and Danske Bank, Denmarkβs biggest bank, remain under criminal and civil investigation by US regulators over money laundering scandals amounting to hundreds of billions of euros..."
"The investigation also shows transactions that can be linked to the most extensive tax fraud of its kind in Russian history, which was exposed by tax accountant Sergei Magnitsky..."
"...the bank has known about Yanukovychβs business since 2017, when Ukrainian authorities sent a request to Swedbank for information about that specific bank account."
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Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko, Europeβs last dictator, has been named 2021βs Person of the Year by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project in recognition of all he has done to advance organized criminal activity & corruption. occrp.org/en/poy/2021/
Other Finalists:
π¦π«Former President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani
πΈπΎPresident of Syria Bashar Al-Assad
πΉπ·President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan
π¦πΉFormer Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz
"The case, in which 2 other people have also been charged...investigation into one of the world's biggest money laundering scandals...more than 200 billion euros in suspicious transactions flowed through its Estonian branch from 2007 to 2015."
"The Knesset, Israelβs parliament, erupted after videos emerged showing Itamar Ben-Gvirβa follower of the notorious radical rabbi Meir Kahaneβpulling a handgun out of his holster and waving it in the direction of two young Arab garage attendants..."
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The story of Kahane is quite interesting and very relevant. Much of it takes place in America.
"Addressing the core causes & sources of transnational criminal activities is an urgent priority..."
FACT SHEET: The Biden Administration Launches New Efforts to Counter Transnational Criminal Organizations & Illicit Drugs whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/β¦
"The two executive orders, Establishing the U.S. Council on Transnational Organized Crime and Imposing Sanctions on Foreign Persons Involved in the Global Illicit Drug Trade will help to counter the threat posed by transnational criminal organizations to American communities."
"The Administration is formally establishing the U.S. Council on Transnational Organized Crime (USCTOC), bringing together 6 key departments and agencies..."