Karachi: A Pakistani court on Thursday overturned the death sentence of British-born top al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was convicted in the abduction and murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.
Pearl, the 38-year-old South Asia bureau ch…
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Daniel Pearl killing: Pakistani court overturns death sentence of prime accused Ahmed Omar Sheikh, acquits three others
Daniel Pearl murder: Pak court commutes death sentence of one, acquits 3
A Pakistani court on Thursday overturned the death sentence of British-born top al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was convicted in the abduction and murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl here in 2002.
Pearl, the 38-year-old South Asia bureau chief …
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Deep Events and the CIA’s Global Drug Connection
This article was first published on September 19, 2008.
The text published below does not include text and endnote numerals. To consult Peter Dale Scott’s article entitled Deep Events and the CIAs Global Drug Connection, with numbered references and endnotes…
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Rioting, Mass-Breakouts in Iranian Prisons as Coronavirus Outbreak Worsens
Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak triggers a “series of violent prison disturbances in the country.”With the worsening of the Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak in Iran, prisons across the country are witnessing rioting and mass breakouts, Iranian state-run media confirmed.…
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Swedbank to rebuild anti-money laundering systems after damning report
Swedbank is overhauling its anti-money laundering (AML) IT infrastructure in the wake of a highly critical report that identified deficient AML detection, control and customer validation systems as the key factors that contributed to the Swedish banks systema…
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The Need to Report Carbon Emissions Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
JPMorgan Chase, the first American bank to create and successfully test a digital coin representing a fiat currency, also provided the most fossil fuel financing out of any bank in the world, according to a 2019 report titled “Banking on Climate Change.” The …
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China and UK’s Planned Digital Currencies Appear to Have Little in Common
As major central bank digital currency (CBDC) projects develop apace, it is becoming clear that not all digital coins will look, or even function the same way.
A recent analysis by Chinese financial media group InterChain Pulse reveals that two of the most v…
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Western Union Provides Update on Impact from COVID-19 and 2020 Financial Outlook
DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movements and payments, has continued to closely monitor the development of the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic in an effort to protect and se…
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Sanctions and Financial Crime: Together or Apart?
The American federal law PL 115-44 (CAATSA) is well-known in Russia. It is associated with the codification of a large array of sanctions and other measures related to the Ukrainian crisis, the situation in Syria, Russian influence in Europe and Eurasia, etc.…
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KYC and AML Compliance for Crypto Exchanges. Guide 2020
The beginning of 2020 was quite stressful for most cryptocurrency exchanges. On January 10, 2020, the 5th Anti Money Laundering (AML) Directive took effect. Some platforms announced their closure, while some threw all their strength into the struggle to meet …
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