A report (pdf) written by James O. Finckenaur and Ko-lin Chin, published January 2007 by the U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice. Based on research undertaken between July 2003 and August 2004.
The rise in organized crime with links to larger crime syndicates in Hong Kong and Shanghai has led the South African government to increase surveillance of Chinese nationals.
Thousands of motorists who use a bank card to buy petrol are thought to have lost millions of pounds in an international criminal operation. It is believed cards are being skimmed at petrol stations, where the card details and pin numbers are retrieved and money withdrawn from the account. About 200 of the UK’s 9,500 petrol … MOTORISTS HIT BY CARD CLONE SCAM
According to the Interim report of the Panel of Experts established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan (5.4 Mb! Word doc) organized crime and acts of banditry have now become a source of livelihood for the many groups operating in Darfur and in other neighbouring States. Information received by the Panel indicates that some organized … ORGANIZED CRIME IN DARFUR
TOKYO — The mayor of the Japanese city of Nagasaki was shot to death by an organized crime chief apparently enraged that the city refused to compensate him after his car was damaged at a public works construction site, police said. The shooting was rare in a country where handguns are strictly banned and only five politicians … JAPAN: MAYOR OF NAGASAKI SLAIN BY AN ORGANIZED CRIME FIGURE
Money laundering, terrorism financing and corruption are among the key issues scheduled for discussion at the Global Financial Crime Congress jointly organized by Interpol and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The three-day Congress aims to identify and assess the latest developments, technologies and strategies which are working in combating financial crime, in addition … INTERPOL-UNODC GLOBAL CONGRESS TO ADDRESS INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CRIME ISSUES
The nexus with transnational organized crime is increasingly a focus for security planners in their analyses of terror groups. Their approach is best described by the phrase “methods, not motives.” While the mo- tives of terrorists and organized criminals remain divergent most often, our research indicates this is not always the case. For that reason, … METHODS AND MOTIVES: EXPLORING LINKS BETWEEN TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME & INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
Organised crime networks could infiltrate the mainstream financial sector to run money-laundering schemes from inside legitimate financial institutions, Australia’s federal anti-money laundering agency is warning.
The tit-for-tat violence involving Kazhakuttom-based gangs had claimed at least three lives in the past one-year. Several others were injured in revenge attacks carried out by hit squads wielding swords and country-made bombs. The inter-gang violence that spiralled out of control had triggered a sense of insecurity among residents and traders. However, the Thiruvananthapuram city police are … INDIA: FIGHT AGAINST ORGANISED CRIME ON
A growing partnership between the private sector and the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (Soca) is helping to improve the efficiency of the government’s money-laundering controls, Sir Stephen Lander, the agency’s chairman, has said.
