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$273m seized from ex-Malaysia PM with $5670 salary

Daily Dispatch June 27, 2018

A vast trove of valuables seized in raids on properties linked to Malaysia’s scandal-mired former leader, including cash, jewellery and luxury handbags, are worth up to $273 million, police said Wednesday. The searches, part of investigations into scandal-hit sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, netted

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Hunters ‘kill 32 herdsmen’

Daily Dispatch June 25, 2018

At least 32 herdsmen were killed and 10 declared missing in an attack believed to be carried out by ethnic hunters in Central Mali. Armed Dozo hunters, linked to the Dogon ethnic group, ambushed the isolated village of Koumaga in the Mopti region on Saturday, killing dozens of herders, including children. “They surrounded the village, separated […]

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With Fake Brazilian Passport, Nigerian Attending World Cup In Russia Migrates Illegally To Finland

Daily Dispatch June 21, 2018

An unidentified Nigerian has allegedly taken advantage of the Russia 2018 World Cup to illegally gain entry into Finland. According to a Finnish border guard, who spoke with Reuters, the global showpiece currently taking place in Russia has seen footballl fans use their World Cup identity documents to migrate into Finland, a neighbouring country with […]

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Rats invade ATM, tear $18, 173 to shreds

Daily Dispatch June 20, 2018

Police in India have blamed rats for nibbling on currency notes worth more than $18,173 stored in an ATM of the State Bank of India in Tinsukia district. According to Hindustan Times, the police said they received a complaint from officials of the local branch of the state-run lender on June 14, saying they found […]

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Police arrest man who infected more than 200 with HIV

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2018

An HIV-positive man who might have consciously passed on the deadly virus to more than 200 sexual partners has been arrested in Italy. A spokesman for police in Ancona, a city on Italy’s eastern Adriatic coast, told dpa on Thursday that 35-year-old Claudio Pinti had been arrested two days earlier. Despite having been diagnosed “for at least […]

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FBI arrests 2 Nigerians in US over cyber-fraud

Daily Dispatch June 13, 2018

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested two Nigerians for allegedly defrauding businesses and U.S. citizens of several millions of dollars. According to the agency, the fraud was a significant effort to disrupt Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes. The FBI said the suspects aimed at intercepting and hijacking cash transfers from businesses and […]