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New Centre launched to tackle financial crime in Europe

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Created: 15 June 2020

Fraud DiscoveryA new initiative launched by Europol will give Europe more bite to tackle financial and economic crime and help disrupt the flow of money to organised crime networks by following the money to trace, seize and confiscate criminal assets in the EU and beyond.

 

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Piracy and armed robbery a threat to ships’ crews, warns IMB

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Created: 09 April 2020

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London and Kuala Lumpur, 14 April 2020 – Seafarers face continuing threats from pirates and armed robbers on the world’s seas, says the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB), reporting 47 attacks in the first three months of 2020, up from 38 in the same period last year. Pirates boarded 37 ships in the first quarter of 2020.

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Coronavirus: Investment fraud and cyber scam warnings

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Created: 25 February 2020

iStock-1205873399There are warnings that scammers are taking advantage of the coronavirus outbreak to carry out investment frauds.

Such frauds involve claims that a company’s products or services will be used to help stop the COVID-19 epidemic, according to an alert issued by the United States’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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Unprecedented number of crew kidnappings in the Gulf of Guinea despite drop in overall global numbers

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Created: 13 January 2020

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London and Kuala Lumpur, 14 January 2020 – Despite overall piracy incidents declining in 2019, there was an alarming increase in crew kidnappings across the Gulf of Guinea, according to the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) annual piracy report.

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Gulf of Guinea kidnappings

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Created: 18 December 2019

5The International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB) is concerned at the unprecedented level of crew kidnapped in the Gulf of Guinea and is advising all ships to be extra vigilant when transiting through the Region.

 

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  1. Maritime piracy incidents down in Q3, yet Gulf of Guinea remains a hot spot
  2. UK announces fresh action in fight against ‘dirty money’
  3. Seas off West Africa world’s worst for pirate attacks, IMB reports
  4. High-level piracy meeting calls for urgent action to ensure seafarers’ safety
  5. CCS Economic Crime Lecture: Sanctions compliance – changes and challenges
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