-
Unprecedented increase in piracy attacks off Somalia
Tuesday, 18 October 2005AdministratorAverage ratingThe International Maritime Bureau has reported an unprecedented increase in the number of serious attacks off Somalia. Recently two vessels have been attacked around 90 miles off the coast over two c ...
Read more...Categories -
CCS conference to examine fraud and money laundering
Saturday, 01 October 2005AdministratorAverage rating
Everyone in business knows that financial fraud is a growing threat. The question is how best to deal with it. No financial services business is immune and now there is increasing pressure by regulat ...
Read more...Categories -
Anjouan banks suspect
Saturday, 17 September 2005AdministratorAverage rating
The ICC's Financial Investigation Bureau (FIB), has received numerous reports of irregularities stemming from banks registered in Anjouan, Comoros Islands, off the east coast of Africa. Specifically, ...
Read more...Categories -
Piracy increasing on Somali coast
Saturday, 13 August 2005AdministratorAverage rating
The ICC’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reports that acts of piracy are increasing at an alarming rate off the eastern coast of Somalia. Fifteen violent incidents have taken place since mid-Mar ...
Read more...Categories -
FIB uncovers pre-IPO scam
Wednesday, 03 August 2005AdministratorAverage rating
The ICC Financial Investigation Bureau (FIB) is warning investors based in the Middle East to be wary if offered the opportunity to invest in any pre-IPO (Initial Public Offering) companies. The FIB ...
Read more...Categories -
IMB Report Finds Piracy Declining
Monday, 18 July 2005AdministratorAverage rating
According to a recently released report from the ICC’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB), the number of reported piracy attacks worldwide is down approximately 30%. Between January and June 2005, 1 ...
Read more...Categories -
Parmalat scandal examined at CCS lecture series
Tuesday, 28 June 2005AdministratorAverage rating
The 6th annual ICC Commercial Crime Services Lecture and Workshop, held in London on 23 June, was host to over 150 participants in policing, banking, law, fraud investigation and forensic accounting. ...
Read more...Categories -
Piracy heats up in Somali waters
Sunday, 19 June 2005AdministratorAverage rating
ICC’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB) warns that acts of piracy are on the rise in Somali waters. Since March 2005, there have been at least five attempted hijackings, two of which escalated into ...
Read more...Categories -
Black-listed Nauru banks re-emerging
Saturday, 04 June 2005AdministratorAverage rating
ICC’s Financial Investigation Bureau (FIB) is warning that several blacklisted Nauru-registered banks still appear to be in operation. In 2002, the South Pacific island was designated a money launder ...
Read more...Categories -
Trade Fraud hits Iranian shipments
Sunday, 08 May 2005AdministratorAverage rating
Fraudulent activity in Iran’s secondary trade finance market has attracted the attention of the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), a unit of ICC’s Commercial Crime Services.
Read more...Categories
winteriscoming