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Why ‘Following the Money’ Isn’t Enough to Stop Organised Crime Anymore
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Why ‘Following the Money’ Isn’t Enough to Stop Organised Crime Anymore

The way many organised crime gangs launder their cash has become so hard to trace that following the money “gets you absolutely nowhere”, according to the UK’s National Crime Agency. When they are not using major high street banks as giant drug cash laundromats, organised crime groups such as drug traffickers are increasingly using international networks of...

Two Britons testify against Interpol chief in UAE torture claim
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Two Britons testify against Interpol chief in UAE torture claim

Two British men who spent time in detention in the United Arab Emirates have testified in Paris that an Emirati security official who is now the president of Interpol was responsible for their alleged torture. Matthew Hedges, an academic imprisoned in the UAE for seven months on espionage charges he denies, and Ali Issa Ahmad, who was detained...