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British MPs accuse Theresa May of turning 'blind eye to President Putin's kleptocrats'

British politicians accuse Theresa May of turning a "blind eye to President Putin's kleptocrats". A parliamentary committee has accused the government of empty rhetoric after the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal.

Korruptionsexperten ermitteln gegen Airbus

Corruption experts investigate against Airbus. Airbus may have also boosted the sale of aircraft by means of fraud, bribery and corruption. This suspicion is now being investigated by the British law enforcement agency for serious fraud-related fraud, SFO (Serious Fraud Office).
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Dark web hackers boast of Tesco Bank thefts

Tesco case: Cyberint said it had found messages about Tesco Bank on several dark web forums. Hackers boasted of thefts from Tesco Bank months before the company reported losing £2.5m in an attack. The possibility of compromising NFC [near field communication] transactions was explored by academia years ago, and it appears that fraudsters have finally made progress in the area," the organisation's Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment said.
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Panama Papers: 22 people face tax evasion investigations in UK

In UK twenty-two people face civil and criminal investigations into suspected tax evasion following the disclosure of the Panama Papers, the chancellor has told MPs. Another 43 wealthy individuals are under review as a result of inquiries following Mossack Fonseca leak. Further investigation into areas including links to organised crime will take place in the coming months, the Cabinet minister added.

Steuerhinterziehung: Arsenal-Star Alexis Sanchez im Visier der Steuerbehörden

Arsenal's top striker Alexis Sanchez is suspected of having evaded nearly one million euros of taxes.
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Rolls-Royce 'made secret payments'

An investigation by The BBC and The Guardian has found new evidence that suggests Rolls-Royce was involved in Corruption: the company made secret payments of around £10m to an unregistered Indian agent. In addition of a suspicious payment of cash that may have helped Rolls-Royce win a major contract for engines on Hawk aircraft.
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Rolls-Royce 'made secret payments'

An investigation by The BBC and The Guardian has found new evidence that suggests Rolls-Royce was involved in Corruption: the company made secret payments of around £10m to an unregistered Indian agent. In addition of a suspicious payment of cash that may have helped Rolls-Royce win a major contract for engines on Hawk aircraft.
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Rolls-Royce middlemen may have used bribes to land major contracts

Rolls-Royce plc, Britain’s leading manufacturing multinational, hired a network of agents to help it land lucrative contracts in at least 12 different countries around the world, sometimes allegedly using bribe.
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Alleged former IRA chief gets 18 months in jail for tax evasion

The alleged former chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) Thomas 'Slab' Murphy was sentenced on Friday to 18 months in prison for not paying tax in a embarrassing decision for close allies in the Sinn Fein political party on election day.
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