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At a conference to announce the launch of fraud management services for the life insurance sector, V Manickam (pictured), secretary general of the Life Insurance Council, said organised crime in the insurance sector had become so rampant that...

Major UNFCCC carbon trading scheme hit by serious corruption allegations involving organised crime in Russia and Ukraine

A Mexican artist whose work powerfully and movingly illuminates the senseless violence of drug - related organised crime in her country has been named winner of the fifth Artes Mundi prize.

With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman sets out to destroy organised crime in Gotham for good.

With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart), Batman sets out to destroy organised crime in Gotham for good.

But together they rise to the top of the heap of organised crime in London, and it's told through the eyes and voiceover of Frances (Emily Browning), the local girl Ronnie falls in love with.

The phenomenon of organised crime in Italy is intrinsically connected with social development and is a powerful brake on institutional performance.

I had been heavily involved in organised crime in Liverpool for many years, living at 100 miles an hour but reaching the end of myself.

Major UNFCCC carbon trading scheme hit by serious corruption allegations involving organised crime in Russia and Ukraine

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«In collaboration with international partners [we] identified a Romanian OCG [organised crime group] with the capability to import large amounts of cocaine into the UK on a weekly basis using HGV transport,» a NCA spokeswoman told The Times.

In March 2015, on a trip to Naples — a blackspot for organised crime — the pope set down a marker of his hatred of the mafia, condemning it for its «stinking» corruption, especially of the young and poor.

At a hearing in Moscow's Tverskoy District Court to decide whether Magomedov and his associates should be detained before their trial, Judge Maria Sizintseva said they had acted as part of an organised crime group and had tried to put pressure on witnesses.

In October 2017, Europol issued a report on «internet organised crime.»

Terroll Lewis, formerly known as «Boost», was a member of the Organised Crime (OC) gang in Brixton, with a reputation for extreme brutality.

ROME, Dec 3 (Reuters)- Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta announced measures on Tuesday to try to combat a fresh rubbish emergency in the area around the southern city of Naples where organised crime and widespread abuse have created a chronic environmental crisis.

Either Guy Verhofstadt's book De Verenigde Staten Van Europa which won the first Europe Book Prize four years ago (in English, The United States of Europe), or Roberto Saviano's Gomorrah which won this year's prize, because it describes from the inside the spreading of cross-border organised crime about which we are doing much too little because the shocking scale of it is kept hidden.

If they knew the group were involved in organised crime then they can face charges, even if they don't know that a specific crime is being committed.

The power of the organised crime lies in its involvement into seemingly legal activities and in the control exercised over entire economic sectors through systematic extortion and violence.

There is concern that, with many Albanians also landing unchecked in isolated coves, the exodus will set back «by years» the progress made in tackling organised crime.

Her work focuses on the links between conflict, transnational organised crime and security, and the role that violent non-state groups play in these dynamics.

And in Mali, it trains the local armed forces in order to neutralise organised crime and terrorist threats.

Whereas the 2011 U.S. Strategy to Combat Transnational Organised Crime omitted wildlife trafficking as a primary type of transnational organised crime, by 2013, President Obama's Executive Order 13648 established a Task Force to produce a National Strategy for Combatting Wildlife Trafficking on the grounds it was in «the national interest of the United StateOrganised Crime omitted wildlife trafficking as a primary type of transnational organised crime, by 2013, President Obama's Executive Order 13648 established a Task Force to produce a National Strategy for Combatting Wildlife Trafficking on the grounds it was in «the national interest of the United States.&rCrime omitted wildlife trafficking as a primary type of transnational organised crime, by 2013, President Obama's Executive Order 13648 established a Task Force to produce a National Strategy for Combatting Wildlife Trafficking on the grounds it was in «the national interest of the United Stateorganised crime, by 2013, President Obama's Executive Order 13648 established a Task Force to produce a National Strategy for Combatting Wildlife Trafficking on the grounds it was in «the national interest of the United States.&rcrime, by 2013, President Obama's Executive Order 13648 established a Task Force to produce a National Strategy for Combatting Wildlife Trafficking on the grounds it was in «the national interest of the United States.»

Insulza's call comes on the heels of the adoption in Cartagena of Mexico's proposal to create an Inter-American Centre for Coordination against Transnational Organised Crime.

This is not to say that force is not required in the policy response to the poaching of critically endangered wild animals, but that the long history of the «War on Drugs» and organised crime teaches us that going after low level operators that can be easily replaced will do little to deter the king - pins at the top of the trade.

And these campaigns were not just fought by religious groups — the campaign against the Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill in 2004 united Rowan Williams, the NSS and evangelicals like the Barnabas Fund in its opposition.

«It was not operated by the United States government, but by figures from both Ghanaian and Turkish organised crime rings and a Ghanaian attorney practicing immigration and criminal law,» the State Department said in a statement released late on Friday.

Visas for Western countries are in high demand in Africa and embassies say the visa market is a big target for organised crime.

Yet monitoring, tracking and coordinating responses to organised crime are only part of the solution — and in your blogger's opinion, the least important.

In light of last month's VI Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, it seems obvious and commendable that the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, would call on the leaders of the region Friday to help coordinate the fight against transnational organised crimIn light of last month's VI Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, it seems obvious and commendable that the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, would call on the leaders of the region Friday to help coordinate the fight against transnational organised crimin Cartagena, Colombia, it seems obvious and commendable that the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, would call on the leaders of the region Friday to help coordinate the fight against transnational organised crime.

In February 2017, the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) froze the assets of Dr Opuni as part of investigations into his tenure as CEO of COCOBOD.

While a cursory look at the «Americas» section on either the BBC or the New York Times websites would tend to corroborate his stance, I can't help but wonder if zoning - in on organised crime represents a band - aid solution to the regions problems, instead of a holistic approach to dealing with the security issues posed by these organisations across the region.

In her 2015 review of attitudes towards the illegal wildlife trade, Felbab - Brown, of the US think - tank Brookings Institution, cautioned against the «over-securitisation» of the problem, resulting in a militarised and inappropriate response to what are instead problems of organised crime and corruptioIn her 2015 review of attitudes towards the illegal wildlife trade, Felbab - Brown, of the US think - tank Brookings Institution, cautioned against the «over-securitisation» of the problem, resulting in a militarised and inappropriate response to what are instead problems of organised crime and corruptioin a militarised and inappropriate response to what are instead problems of organised crime and corruption.

These could come from armed groups such as the ELN, or one of the many right - wing and criminal groups involved in the illicit drug trade and other forms of transnational organised crime that plague the country.

Colombia's borderlands are the regions that have been most affected by the conflict, but are also fertile grounds for myriad cartels and gangs involved in multiple forms of transnational organised crime.

«Border Force, Airport authorities and the airline community were vital in helping us to stop this organised crime group in its tracks and pull together the evidence which lead to them being sentenced to significant jail time today.»

Speaking to the Times after the European Serious Organised Crime Conference in Liverpool, he said he could not see a way the «awful scenario» would not happen, based on current trends.

It is also vulnerable to fake invoices, there are organised crime groups which are specialized in taking money from government because of fake invoices - because VAT works so, that if you have paid to you contrahents more as you are about to pay, the government pays you back the difference.

«Collecting information about a passenger's air travel is a vital tool in the fight against international terrorism and organised crime.»

«In this plan, Mr. Blay has, through a facility, acquired 275 buses for the 275 constituencies of the NPP in the country», the statement clarified, in response to moves by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) to drag the former First and Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament to the Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) as well as the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) for allegedly seeking to buy votes with the bus movIn this plan, Mr. Blay has, through a facility, acquired 275 buses for the 275 constituencies of the NPP in the country», the statement clarified, in response to moves by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) to drag the former First and Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament to the Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) as well as the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) for allegedly seeking to buy votes with the bus movin the country», the statement clarified, in response to moves by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) to drag the former First and Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament to the Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) as well as the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) for allegedly seeking to buy votes with the bus movin response to moves by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) to drag the former First and Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament to the Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) as well as the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) for allegedly seeking to buy votes with the bus move.

In March, home affairs ministers from the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Poland met at the German resort of Heiligendamm, where they discussed the key issues of terrorism, integration and illegal immigration, and drugs and organised crime.

Urges all Member States to promptly and correctly transpose into their national legislation all existing EU and international legal instruments concerning organised crime, corruption and money laundering; urges Member States and the Commission to complete the Roadmap on the rights of suspects and accused persons in criminal proceedings, including a directive on pre-trial detention;

The five protesters, all from campaign group Plane Stupid, have already been arrested under the Serious and Organised Crime and Police Act and will return to a central London police station for further questioning in April.

But would - be terrorists, those seeking to spy against this country or those who are the centre of organised crime should be aware that this country has the capability and partnerships to protect its citizens against the full range of threats in the 21st century, and that we will always do so in accordance with our laws and values but with constant resolve and determination.

Neighbourhood policing will be connected to national agencies, and these in turn will feed into action overseas to fight serious and organised crime.

Individuals and businesses suspected of being involved in organised crime could be handed the equivalent of control orders under new plans unveiled today.

«There are significant synergies in merging ARA with Soca, as Soca builds its understanding of organised crime and widens the tool - kit used to tackle it.»

There is currently a ban on using evidence from phone taps, but this could be lifted in the wake of comments from Lord Goldsmith, who said information gained in this way should be used in terrorism and organised crime cases.

The government is planning to block mobile phones in prison, in a bid to clamp down on organised crime.

There were moments, such as the fall of the Berlin Wall and the IRA ceasefi re in the late 1990s, when it looked as though the service would have difficulty justifying its existence, but it managed successfully to diversify into organised crime and since 9/11, has never looked back.

The Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office was set up on in 2005 to prosecute offences for the former HM Customs and Excise and Inland Revenue (now HM Revenue and Customs) and in 2006, for the Serious Organised Crime Agency.