Hong Kong authorities propose replacing Medical Council members who underperform rather than punishing them as part of an overhaul. There was a public outcry over a 15-year delay in an alleged medical blunder inquiry. The ombudsman previously criticised the council for its excessively long complaint processes.
More than 300,000 people from over 60 countries have been recruited into Southeast Asia’s scam operations. Some were deceived or trafficked and subjected to a “litany of abuse” including torture, sexual assault and forced labour. The International Justice Mission has helped nearly 2,700 victims of forced labour and cyberscams since 2021.
Daniel Vorcaro, the majority partner of the liquidated Banco Master, was detained by the police at a São Paulo airport. He was about to take a private plane to cross land and flee to Dubai. His first detention lasted 12 days. The leak of juicy information obtained from his mobile phone has had the effect of an atomic bomb on …
On Mar. 12, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a staff advisory telling exchanges to tighten surveillance on event contracts. The regulator opened a 45-day rulemaking process that asks pointed questions about inside information, manipulation and whether some markets serve the public interest at all. Prediction markets are moving into ordinary retail finance distribution.
There are 900 billionaires in the US. Eleven billionaires with a combined worth of $1.35tn attended Donald Trump's inauguration or surrounding events. Skydance, a company controlled by David Ellison and backed by his father Larry Ellison, clinched a $110bn deal to buy Warner Brothers. Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta plans to spend $65m on this year's political campaigns to elect candidates who …
In 2020 María Corina Machado promoted an Operation for Peace and Stabilization (OPE) in Venezuela. The OPE's aim was to stabilize and guarantee order, recover national capabilities, restore national capabilities and restore democracy. Today the aim is to impose a transition without accountability for the most monumental looting in the recent history.
The intervention will see the military supporting police operations in areas plagued by organised crime, particularly illegal mining and gang violence. The presence of both security forces is intended to stabilise volatile communities and allow specialised police units to intensify investigations. The objective of the operation is to disrupt and dismantle syndicates involved in illegal mining, gang-related violence and illegal …
Poland and Costa Rica are investigating Epstein's trafficking network. Several European countries have opened new investigations and commissions examining possible crimes linked to Epstein’s network. US officials say there are no cases to prosecute, but leaders across the world say the investigations are necessary to ensure accountability for powerful individuals implicated in the files.