Philippine authorities say that they have rescued alleged victims of a “crypto trafficking ring” who were recruited to work in a call center in Cambodia and scam people out of their cryptocurrencies. ...
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Andrew Tate Loses Bid To End 30-Day Detention On Rape And Human Trafficking Charges
Topline A Romanian court on Tuesday rejected controversial social media star Andrew Tate’s appeal of his 30-day detention on charges of human trafficking, organized crime and rape, multiple outlets re...
Former Matt Gaetz Associate Joel Greenberg Sentenced To 11 Years For Child Sex Trafficking
Topline Joel Greenberg, a former Florida tax collector and associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), was sentenced to 11 years in prison Thursday for sex trafficking of a minor and five other federal cha...
Epstein’s Estate Will Pay $105 Million To U.S. Virgin Islands Over Sex Trafficking Claims
Topline Jeffrey Epstein’s estate agreed to pay $105 million to the U.S. Virgin Islands over claims he used the territory to operate his sex trafficking ring under the cover of running a financial firm...
Charlie Munger Compares Bitcoin to Child Trafficking, Likes Central Banks
Berkshire Hathaway’s Vice Chairman remains staunchly skeptical of crypto in the wake of FTX’s collapse. Having previously characterized Bitcoin as “rat poison” and a “venereal disease,” Charlie Munge...
Former boxer Goran Gogic charged with trafficking $1 billion worth of cocaine
Goran Gogic of Germany ends up on the floor in the Heavyweight fight against Pedro Carrion during the Arena Boxing Night at the Alterdorfer Sporthalle on December 15, 2006 in Hamburg, Germany. Friedem...
MakerDAO Co-Founder Dies Days After Tweets of Sex Trafficking by the CIA
Nicolai Arcadie, Michigan, co-founder of the popular decentralized finance (DeFi) stablecoin issuer MakerDAO, reportedly died last week in an undisclosed hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico. MakerDao C...
MakerDAO co-founder found dead after tweets of sex trafficking by CIA
Co-founder of MakerDAO, Nicolai Arcadie Muchgian, has been found in Puerto Rico, according to multiple sources citing a Police Bureau report. The 29-year-old cryptocurrency developer reportedly died e...
This hedge fund manager who made winning bets in 2020, says investors should brace for a decades-long bear market
On the heels of last week’s bullish turn for stocks, the setup is looking slightly less positive for Monday. Hong Kong stocks may be affecting the mood with a giant slump after China’s leader cemented...
California man indicted for laundering crypto in drug trafficking scheme
The Department of Justice announced charges against a California man Friday over allegedly attempting to launder drug trafficking proceeds through crypto channels. John Khuu allegedly distributed fake...
US DOJ charges man for using BTC to launder $5.4M in drug trafficking money
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted California-based John Khuu for allegedly laundering $5.4 million in proceeds from drug trafficking by using Bitcoin. According to the charges, Khuu s...
Ghislaine Maxwell Appeals Sex Trafficking Conviction And Sentence
Topline Disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has filed an appeal after she was convicted of grooming and trafficking young girls to be abused by sex offender financier Jeffrey Epstein and sen...
R. Kelly Sentenced To 30 Years For Sex Trafficking And Racketeering
Topline Singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday, after being convicted last year on several counts of sex trafficking and other related crimes following accusations that have tra...
Ghislaine Maxwell Given 20 Years For Sex Trafficking Jeffrey Epstein’s Victims
Topline Disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday after being convicted on multiple counts of sex trafficking and grooming girls as young as 14 for the ...
China Explains Role of Crypto in Drug Trafficking in Latest Report
In a report dated June 23, China has underlined the role of crypto in drug trafficking, stating, “Drug capital circulation is extended from online banking transfers to virtual currencies and game coin...
China identifies use of crypto in drug trafficking as new phenomenon
A new report has highlighted the Chinese government’s acknowledgement of the new threat posed by cryptocurrencies in facilitating drug trafficking. The 2021 report states that the government identifi...
Opinion: ‘The stock market is not going to zero’: How this individual investor with 70 years of experience is trading the bear market
Not many investors can claim a lifetime of stock-market success. Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A, -1.94% BRK.B, -1.39% comes to mind, of course, but what about Warren Kaplan? Who? Kaplan is...
Putin’s War Kills At Least Two Children Every Day in Ukraine
Children, the most vulnerable members of societies, are most affected by the consequences of war. During conflict situations, children face the threat of killings, abuse, sexual violence, abductions, ...
Gloomy Goldman offers 20 ‘safety’ stocks with valuations below the previous 2 bear markets
It’s tight quarters in Wall Street’s bear sleuth these days. Goldman Sachs just downgraded their 2022 U.S. growth forecast (to 2.4% from 2.6%) and 2023 (to 1.6% from 2.2%), as senior chairman Lloyd Bl...
More Than 5 Million Refugees Have Fled Ukraine Since Start Of Russia’s Invasion
Topline More than 5 million refugees have left Ukraine since Russia launched its invasion two months ago, the United Nations’ refugee agency said on Wednesday, as it warned of the risks of trafficking...
Oil suffers ‘spectacular’ collapse, falls into bear market territory just 5 days after settling at nearly 14-year highs
U.S. and global benchmark crude oil entered bear market territory on Tuesday, just five trading days after they settled at their highest prices since 2008. “The collapse has been spectacular,” Fawad R...
U.S. Agency Links Crypto ATMs to Human and Drug Trafficking Trade
The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO), is blaming crypto ATMs for the increased use of digital currencies to facilitate the global human and drug trafficking trade. In a report rele...
Feds Say Bitcoin ATMs May Be Facilitating Sex Trafficking
The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) has published a report detailing how cryptocurrencies—and crypto kiosks—may be used to facilitate human and drug trafficking. A crypto kiosk is...
These 20 stocks have short interest of 19% or more, and AMC and GameStop are not even in the top half
Short selling is a trading technique that gets especially popular during bear markets in stocks. Short selling — or betting on a decline in prices — can come to the fore if investors suspect a company...