The International Cyber Security Protection Alliance (ICSPA) has launched an initiative to pool cyber crime intelligence from business, government, law enforcement, security agencies and IT security professionals. Called Project 2020, the ...
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Chevron has proposed a deal to Brazilian prosecutors to resolve Real 40 billion ($19.17 billion) in outstanding legal actions over the Frade Field oil spill. In the proposal, discussed at a public hearing at federal prosecutors' offices ...
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The New York Court of Appeals carved out a rather large exception when it ruled that a man could not be accused of certain child pornography charges because he did not "possess" the images - he'd viewed them online. And in early 2011, the ...
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New Zealand's High Court ruled on Wednesday that Megaupload can take out a $4.8 million loan to pay its legal bills and rent for founder Kim Dotcom. The advance will be secured against $10 million in New Zealand government bonds held by ...
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Privacy advocates this week said they are dismayed, but not surprised about a New York Criminal Court judge's decision ordering Twitter to hand over all the data it has on an Occupy Wall Street protester being investigated for disorderly ...
Deutsche Welle writes reported that German steel casting giant ThyssenKrupp is suspected of a major bribery in Kazakhstan, as well as in Uzbekistan and China. Prosecutors of Essen, where the company’s head office is located, have ...
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ANSA reported that prosecutors in the city of Taranto on Monday issued a European arrest warrant for Mr Fabio Riva, an executive of the ILVA steel plant at the center of an environmental dispute between local prosecutors and the national ...
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Kazakhstan Today reported that prosecutors are probing former employees of German steel group ThyssenKrupp over alleged fraud connected to suspicious payments in Eastern Europe. According to Interactive Investors, ThyssenKrupp called in ...
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TOKYO–Japan Advisory did not show up for a hearing on Wednesday called to allow the Tokyo-based hedge fund to contest charges of insider trading,increasing the likelihood the securities regulator's case against it will be upheld. ...
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By John Lee. A U.S. Marine could face a maximum of 20 years in custody for accepting $150,000 in bribes from contractors while stationed in Iraq. Associated Press reports that 36-year-old Staff Sgt. Gilbert Mendez, who worked as a ...
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New Zealand's High Court ruled Wednesday that Kim Dotcom and a Megaupload colleague can pursue damages against police and one of the country's spy services for illegally intercepting their communications. In her judgment,Justice Helen ...
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Environment Minister Corrado Clini said Tuesday that the government was ready to take on prosecutors in order to keep the troubled ILVA steel plant in the southern city of Taranto open. ILVA said Monday's court order for the seizure of ...
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General Re's former chief executive Ronald Ferguson and four other executives have struck a deal with the US government to prevent a second criminal trial over allegations of creating fake reinsurance transactions to strengthen American ...
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The Minister, Sergio Diaz-Granados, said that measures announced by President Juan Manuel Sntos, aim to boost the textile and apparel sector in Colombia. The President’s words came within the context of "Weaving Colombia," a major ...
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Reuters reported that Italian prosecutors arrested seven people on Monday on suspicion of bribing officials to cover up a health and environmental scandal at Europe's largest steel plant. Noxious emissions and choking fumes from the ILVA ...
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