Greenfield To Lead New York’s Top Jewish Charity In 2018
City Councilman David Greenfield, chairman of the powerful Land Use Committee, isn’t running for re-election to take the helm of a non-profit that was racked by scandal three years ago.
Greek police raid home of suspect connected to spyware scandal
Greek media said Wednesday that a female suspect linked to a spyware scandal has been arrested. The suspect’s identity has not been made public but reports pointed to an employee and shareholder of Intellexa, a company that sells tracking software. Police from the cybercrime unit raided the home of the suspect and confiscated computers, hard…
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Greek Authorities Fine Spyware Firm Owned by Former Israeli Intel Officer
The Personal Data Protection Authority in Greece issued on Monday a 50,000 euro fine to Israeli-owned spyware company Intellexa. The company, owned by former Israeli intelligence officer Tal Dilian, is accused of failing to cooperate with an ongoing investigation into the use of spyware in Greece. According to Greek media, the Data Protection Authority launched…
DetailsGreek Ambassador’s ‘Cheating’ Wife Says She Had Nothing To Do With His Murder
All sides agree on two things in this fatal international love triangle: Kyriakos Amiridis, the Greek ambassador to Brazil, is dead, and his wife’s young police-officer lover killed him.
Greed, Fear, and Joseph Kabila
For the past 17 years, President Joseph Kabila has ruled the Democratic Republic of Congo with a rod of iron and copper and cobalt: the main exports of the mineral-rich but acutely poor state.
Greece’s Anti-Money Laundering Agency Seizes Kaili’s Paros Plot
ATHENS – Greek Member of the European Parliament Eva Kaili, who remains jailed in Brussels until a trial on charges of taking bribes from Qatar – as does her partner – now has seen land they own on the island of Paros confiscated by Greece’s anti-money laundering agency. That came as one of her lawyers,…
DetailsGreece asks Panama to check possible money transfers from Qatar to MEP Kaili
ATHENS — Greek authorities have asked Panama for information regarding possible money transfers from Qatar to accounts belonging to MEP Eva Kaili, who’s currently detained in Brussels pending trial over corruption allegations. The chairman of Greece’s anti-money laundering authority, Charalampos Vourliotis, sent an urgent request to authorities in Panama — a well-known tax haven with…
DetailsGreece Arrests Russian Suspected Of Running $4 Billion Bitcoin Laundering Ring
A Russian man suspected of laundering at least $4 billion of criminal funds by switching them into the digital currency bitcoin has been arrested in Greece, police said on Wednesday.
Greater Manchester Police Apologises Over Nazi Uniform Photo Tweet
A police force has apologised after posting an “unacceptable” image of two men dressed in Nazi uniforms on its official Twitter page.
Great-Granddaughter Of Rabbi Shteinman Drowns, Passes Away
After two week of doctors fighting for her life, one year-old Miriam Eidel Berlin, who had drowned in the bathtub in her Jerusalem home, passed away.