Citizens of Armenia among “Armenia Power” street gang members? | Armenia News - NEWS.am

Citizens of Armenia among “Armenia Power” street gang members? | Armenia News - NEWS.am: "The Armenian Foreign Ministry declined to comment the information that there are Armenian citizens in the street gang “Armenian Power” arrested in California last week. According to some information, more than a dozen members of the group were born in Armenia and some of them retained citizenship of Armenia. However, the Foreign Office told RFE/RL that they...

Crime boss Tanveer Jaffery dubbed 'Mr Persil' jailed for 10 years

Crime boss Tanveer Jaffery dubbed 'Mr Persil' jailed for 10 years The boss of one of the underworld's biggest money laundering outfits has been jailed for ten years, it has emerged. Tanveer Jaffery, 61, received an estimated £50million from crime gangs around the world then 'cleaned it' to appear legitimate. Once the money had been cleaned by Jaffery - dubbed 'Mr Persil' - it was fed back to the hardened crooks to spend as they pleased." DISCLAIMER:Text...

Fallout from Contra Costa drug agent's arrest begins

Fallout from Contra Costa drug agent's arrest begins - San Jose Mercury News: "Public defenders on Thursday quickly moved to re-examine cases against their clients following the arrests of a Contra Costa County drug task force chief and a private investigator accused of running a...

Pinoys knew they were smuggling drugs: Ang-See |

Pinoys knew they were smuggling drugs: Ang-See | ABS-CBN News | Latest Philippine Headlines, Breaking News, Video, Analysis, Features: "Anti-crime crusader Teresita Ang-See said the 3 Filipinos on death row in China knew that they were smuggling illegal drugs. Ang-See, who served as an interpreter for Chinese authorities who investigated the cases, said the 3 Filipinos had a deal with drug syndicates. She told TV Patrol on Thursday that it was...

Stars' accountant faces £117m fraud inquiry by Revenue | Business | The Guardian

Stars' accountant faces £117m fraud inquiry by Revenue | Business | The Guardian: "An accountant whose clients included Fiona Bruce and Sadie Frost has won a partial victory against the taxman — but still faces a full-scale criminal investigation into an alleged £117m fraud. A judge has ruled that HM Revenue & Customs should not have banned Sussex-based accountancy firm Christopher Lunn & Co from filing tax returns because it had not given...

Armenian gang: Raids targeting Armenian Power gang net 74 fraud suspects - latimes.com

Armenian gang: Raids targeting Armenian Power gang net 74 fraud suspects - latimes.com: "U.S. prosecutors accused an Armenian organized crime gang of bilking victims out of an estimated $20 million in an audacious series of financial scams that included replacing the credit-card machines at more than a dozen 99 Cent-Only stores with their own scanners designed to steal customers' banking information. The charges filed Wednesday against alleged members...

Mob arrests raise issues of crime, port security

Mob arrests raise issues of crime, port security - BusinessWeek: "recent federal sweep netted more than 120 defendants, among them several dockworkers and longshoremen union officials. The FBI called it one of the largest Mafia takedowns in history. The indictments seem to indicate...

The investment banker Littlewood, 37, his Singaporean wife Angie Lew, 39, and a friend Helmy Omar Sa'aid, 34, made about S$1.2 million over eight years of insider trading.Probe on rogue trader took two years

Probe on rogue trader took two years: "The investment banker Littlewood, 37, his Singaporean wife Angie Lew, 39, and a friend Helmy Omar Sa'aid, 34, made about S$1.2 million over eight years of insider trading. Littlewood's method of operations was to eavesdropp on colleagues and spy on their computers to find out pending takeover annoucements, then inform his accomplices to buy shares in the lead up to the announcements. They would then sell...