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Despite the news Wednesday, Brian Kelly, CEO of BKCM, said the crackdown could be an upside for digital currencies.

The memo from March 2012 — which includes a handwritten notation to keep «the minister» informed — says the crackdown «will likely result in a significant amount of customs duty being reassessed, and will not be well - received by the importing community.»

Hossein Askari, a business professor at George Washington University and a one - time adviser to a former Saudi minister of finance, said the crackdown was «not just to get rid of people who are threats» but also to address the country's financial issues.

China Aid said the crackdown began on 21st October 2016, following a special investigative force on seven months prior.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the crackdown — which would be a direct hit on both New York City and New York state — was necessary to protect US citizens from those undocumented immigrants who are dangerous criminals.

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But Trump has said Duterte is doing a «great job» with his crackdown.

Saudi's Attorney General said in November that the government estimated that «at least $ 100 billion has been misused through systematic corruption and embezzlement over several decades» and said 208 individuals had been arrested as part of the crackdown, with seven released without charge.

EU regulators are expected to order Amazon on Wednesday to pay Luxembourg millions of euros in back taxes, a person familiar with the matter said, the latest global company to be hit by an EU crackdown on unfair tax deals.

Speaking to Reuters just ahead of his release Saturday, Alwaleed said that there were no charges against him following his arrest as part of a nationwide crackdown on corruption last November.

To get around the crackdown, some firms opened offshore platforms that enable Chinese citizens to buy cryptocurrencies via local bank and online - payment accounts, the people said.

Expanding a broad crackdown on fraudulent initial coin offerings, U.S. regulators have sent a number of subpoenas to firms they suspect might be violating securities laws, said a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

The bitcoin analyst said that the cryptocurrency crackdown was expected due to «irrational excesses» in the Chinese market.

Voter turnout was low at 43 percent, however, although the regional government said 770,000 potential voters were not able to vote following the Spanish police's crackdown on voters and polling stations.

April 24 (Reuters)- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it launched a crackdown on the sale of e-cigarettes and tobacco products to minors, particularly those developed by Juul Labs Inc..

ROME (AP)-- Italian authorities detained 38 people in a crackdown on a migrant trafficking ring that used a Rome cosmetics shop as a base for illegal financial transactions, officials said Monday.

But he said staff should «stay vigilant,» and, as part of a crackdown on unecessary meetings, save time where possible.

The Trump administration's immigration crackdown is bad for Silicon Valley and America's future as a global tech leader, say experts.

The Trump administration's crackdown on immigration is likely responsible for a slowdown in Hispanics» spending, says Jefferies.

Eswar Prasad, Cornell University, says the Chinese government's latest crackdown is a signal that it intends to maintain tight control of its capital account.

Some officials say that is unlikely as the report only covers the year to March 2015 so does not include the latest crackdown.

Nearly 700,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar after militant attacks on Aug. 25 sparked a crackdown led by security forces in western Rakhine state that the United Nations and United States have said constitute ethnic cleansing.

Some use broad language to outlaw online postings that «disturb the public order» or «convey false statements» - formulations that could enable crackdowns on political speech, critics said.

The bitcoin technology might be interesting but the investing frenzy around it over the last year should have prompted a government crackdown like the one in China, Charlie Munger says.

On bitcoin, the technology might be interesting but the investing frenzy around it over the last year should have prompted a government crackdown like the one in China, he said.

The two largest daily fantasy sports companies, FanDuel Inc. and DraftKings Inc., are in early - stage talks to merge, people familiar with the matter said on Monday, as the industry faces a crackdown by U.S. states over whether it runs illegal gambling.

However, critics say many of the projects barely exist beyond whitepapers or are outright scams, and both the Securities and Exchange Commission and the CFTC have increased their crackdown on fraudulent schemes.

April 24 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it launched a crackdown to curb the sale to minors of e-cigarettes and other tobacco products developed by Juul Labs Inc..

Some say many of the media affected by the current crackdown backed purges against other sectors in the past.

Harris said China could get stricter on laws other than tariffs as part of a larger crackdown on U.S. companies.

Byrne, who said he rarely applauds the SEC, said he appreciated the recent crackdowns, likening it to the crackdown of guys driving «around with stacks of stock certificates, selling to Grandma over the backyard fence» in the early 20th century.

The Trump administration has said it is taking action as a crackdown on China's theft of U.S. intellectual property.

BEIRUT, Lebanon — More than 200 people have been summoned for questioning, and most are still detained, in a wide - ranging crackdown that Saudi Arabia says is aimed at rooting out corruption and reclaiming embezzled funds, the government said Thursday.

China was said to be a dwelling to most of cryptocurrency mining operations before Beijing started discouraging it in 2017 as part of a huge crackdown on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies though it is still unclear how much of mining activity has moved offshore or been closed down.

Sawiris said his view of Saudi Arabia was negatively impacted by a corruption crackdown that led to the arrest of high - profile princes and billionaires in November.

Myanmar's government leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with United Nations Security Council envoys on Monday over the plight of nearly 700,000 mainly Rohingya Muslims who fled to Bangladesh amid a military crackdown, pledging to investigate any credible accusations of abuse, said diplomats who attended the meeting.

BEIJING — China's central bank will launch a crackdown on all types of virtual currencies this year, a vice governor of the central bank said Thursday.

Hong Kong regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) said on Friday it would crackdown on cryptocurrency exchanges that operate in the Asian financial hub without a license or violate local securities laws.

Earlier this month, Emaar Development PJSC struggled to complete its offering as a crackdown on corruption in Saudi Arabia hurt market sentiment and led investors to pull orders, people familiar with that deal said.

In a statement, the president and founder of the group China Aid, Bob Fu, said, «His arrest marks a major escalation in the crackdown against those who oppose the forced demolition of crosses.

Activists and supporters, however, have said that the arrest was motivated by Gu's opposition to the government's recent crackdown.

More than 5,000 people have died in Syria since President Bashar al - Assad began a brutal crackdown in mid-March on anti-government protesters calling for his ouster, the United Nations said earlier this month.

Benedict Rogers, East Asia team leader at religious freedom charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) said the vote is an «extremely significant development, which will in all likelihood mean a continuing crackdown on human rights generally, and religious freedom in particular».

«Brutality helped him stay in power,» said Wright, speaking of Gadhafi's regular crackdowns on the organization.

However, despite the state - sponsored crackdown, the group which «exists to strengthen and expand the Church in the Iran region and beyond», said the intimidation isn't stopping people from embracing Christianity.

In her first public address since a bloody military crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority that has been described as «a textbook example of ethnic cleansing» by the United Nations, Aung San Suu Kyi didn't criticise the army and said she did not «fear international scrutiny».

However, Fu said the reason the crackdown has been getting increasingly worse in the past five years is because the number of Christians in China is rapidly growing.

«Far from a crackdown, the Vatican is asking the LCWR to prayerfully return to their roots and to the reasons their religious institutes were founded,» says Raymond Arroyo, a host on the Catholic Cable Channel EWTN.

China's crackdown happened despite the fact that many countries benefit greatly from welcoming foreign groups, said Arch Puddington, senior vice president for research at Freedom House.

However, Pastor Yonghai, who has been arrested three times for offences including «smearing the government» in an article about the growth of Christianity, said the current crackdown is nothing compared to decades before.

Yes, I can think of THOUSANDS of differences between this and the crackdown of nuns (and I am pretty sure I will get any «answers» saying that), none of them changes the fact these nuns are wrong (according to Church's doctrine), and it does not make it any difference that they are women.