Financial Crime Online

This week the US Supreme Court ruled against the handgun ban of District of Colombia (DC). DC has the most strict gun control laws in the US; a complete ban on handguns. The second amendment of the constitution of the US states that individuals have the right to own a gun for personal use (self [...]

Complinet reported yet another roundup of corrupt Spanish officials on the Spanish East coast. 23 individuals, including the mayor -Antonio Barrientos- of Estepona on the Costa del Sol, have been arrested on corruption charges. Amongst the arrested were also ‘the usual suspects’; real estate developers, ‘intermediairies of all sorts’ and former officials turned into businessmen. [...]

The Daily Telegraph (DT) cited from a British confidential report on the situation in Afghanistan. The growing opium will prolong the Taliban insurgency and therefor the deployment of troops. Although publically he is widely supported, doubts are growing whether president Karzai really is in control. DT reported that Karzai does not take up arms against [...]

What do cranes and planes have in common ? Safety standards and officials checking those standards. And companies willing to pay a bribe in order to pass those reviews without any trouble… Troublesome business; corruption can be deadly in several ways…
Manhattan was shocked by a second deadly collapse of a crane on a construction site [...]

Another high profile murder in Mexico. Politicians, police chiefs and officers; drug gangs kill whoever threats them in Mexico. Today a mayor in Western Mexico was shot to death.
President Calderon’s crackdown on drug gangs has resulted in massive bloodshed. This year, according to NY Times estimates, more than 1.400 people have been killed in related [...]