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The Battle for Mineral Resources

In March 2012, two Romanians and a Serbian businessman met in a posh restaurant of the Pullman Hotel near downtown Bucharest to heatedly discuss how much to pay to bribe a judge and how to do it without getting caught. One of the men at the table was Aleksandar Andrejević, […]

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11/07/2013

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Taylor Network Back in Business

Until it was shut down last year, the company registration business of New Zealander Ian Taylor was one of the most outrageous examples of the criminal services industry – companies that enable organized crime, terrorists and corrupt government officials to steal money, evade taxes and hide ownership. Now Taylor is […]

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26/03/2013

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A Murderer’s Trail

Vitalie Proca shot an innocent man in Bucharest, Romania (foto:adevarul.ro) In November of 2012, a Mercedes pulled up to a home not far from downtown Bucharest, the capital of Romania. As the young driver got out of his car, a thin, blonde man in his early 30s emerged from the […]

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26/03/2013

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Offshore Secrecy: The Horsemeat Scanda

It’s now known as the horsemeat scandal – and it has consumers and policy makers unnerved. How could horsemeat get passed off as beef lasagna and hamburger meat in some of Europe’s largest super market chains? The scandal has raised questions about the safety and transparency of food networks. […]

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11/02/2013

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Executive Alleges Bribery at Ericsson

In a courtroom in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, a telecommunications executive and his employer have been fighting a pitched battle to see who is dirtier. Ericsson, the Swedish telecommunication giant, claims Thomas Lundin, their former general manager in Romania, pilfered $7 million from them. Lundin says the $7 million […]

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26/11/2012