What is the US’s Crypto Week? Why has Bitcoin hit a record high? | Crypto News
Bitcoin has scaled $120,000 for the first time, a major milestone for the world’s largest cryptocurrency in the run-up to what could be a landmark…
‘A cancer’: UN warns Asia-based cybercrime syndicates expanding worldwide | Cybercrime News
Agency says gangs caused $37bn in losses in Asia as they gain new footholds in Africa, South America, and Middle East.Asian cybercrime syndicates have caused…
How do global perceptions of Africa affect the continent? | Demographics
Today on The Stream: We examine how negative global perceptions of the African continent affect its economies and the lives of its people.Research conducted by…
Malaysia’s scandal-hit 1MDB sues Amicorp, seeks $1bn for alleged fraud | Corruption News
The scandal-hit fund says Amicorp ‘played a vital role’ in facilitating the laundering of more than $7bn.Malaysia’s scandal-hit 1Malaysia Development Berhad fund has said it…
US and UK sanction gold smuggler Kamlesh Pattni | Corruption News
Pattni featured heavily in Al Jazeera’s Gold Mafia investigation, which looked at gold smuggling in Southern Africa.An international gold smuggling and money laundering network exposed…
US charges Venezuelan media tycoon with money laundering | Corruption News
Raul Gorrin Belisario, owner of Globovision, allegedly took part in $1.2bn scheme to launder corrupt oil money.The United States has charged a Venezuelan media mogul…
TD Bank pleads guilty to US charges, faces business restrictions | Money Laundering News
Federal authorities began probing TD’s internal controls after agents discovered a Chinese criminal operation bribed employees and brought large bags of cash into branches to…
Fugitive former Philippines mayor Alice Guo arrested in Indonesia | Cybercrime News
Guo fled the country after she failed to attend a Senate hearing investigating her alleged ties with Chinese organised crime.Alice Guo, a former mayor in…