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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 months, FIB fraud investigators have been called upon repeatedly to help shut down bogus websites.
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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 report for 2004.
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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 “Flora” on 8 January 2005.
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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’ Geraldine Travers. A veteran con artist, Travers is currently languishing in jail, her jet-set days of high stakes crime and deception now completely unravelled.
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The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) is concerned about the safety of the crew and their vessels following the recent disappearance of a tug and a barge in South East Asia.