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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found that Elite Sports and JD Sports breached competition law by fixing the retail prices of a number of Rangers-branded replica kits and other apparel products from September 2018 to July 2019. Rangers FC also participated in the collusion, but only to the extent that they fixed the …

The Oaxaca prosecutor’s office said it got the connection to the process from a man who seized property in San Felipe del Agua, in the state capital. OAXACA.– After the revelation of the modus operandi of the “Cartel del Despojo” in Oaxaca, which was linked to the murders of a magistrate, a PAN candidate and …

As drugs cross the southern border, only about 18% of vehicles entering from Mexico are searched by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, their K-9s and X-ray equipment, according to Guadalupe Ramirez, CBP’s director of field operations. for Arizona. The vast majority of drugs seized at the southern border are transported through ports of entry, …

As far as he thinks about it, President Joe Biden probably expects to be canonized by millennials whose student loan debt he is reducing. Depending on how the question is posed, however, the movement is not popular. In a Trafalgar Group poll released September 12, more than half of likely voters – 55.6% – and …

On September 8, as Arizona Governor Doug Ducey toured a wall of stacked shipping containers along the state’s southern border in Yuma, he said the barrier would stem the flow of immigration illegal and drug trafficking from Mexico to the United States. A month earlier, Ducey, a Republican, had signed an executive order authorizing the …

Workers stand at a construction site of a planned floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the port of Wilhelmshaven, Germany, August 16, 2022. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo Join now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register BERLIN, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Germany’s Cartel Office said on Thursday it had no competition concerns over planned cooperation …

Economist Chris Richardson wrote an article in FRANCE explaining how Treasurer Jim Chalmers can “pull a rabbit out of the budget hat” thanks to soaring commodity prices. However, this comes at the expense of workers, whose real incomes are collapsing: The good news is for resource companies and the business community more broadly… The bad …

PHUKET: Phuket Deputy Governor Amnuay Rodkwan Yodrabham’s statement Friday, September 9, that Phuket taxi drivers “must do better” must be a contender for understatement of the year. Vice Governor Amnuay delivered his message at a meeting of taxi drivers to ‘rehearse’ the rules and regulations governing taxi drivers, their behavior and operations. This meeting took …

DAVID McHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany — OPEC and allied oil-producing nations, including Russia, cut supplies to the global economy slightly on Monday, underscoring their displeasure as recession fears help drive down crude prices — as well than the cost of gasoline. The October decision reverses a largely symbolic increase of 100,000 barrels per day …

Thousands of crypto specialists and law enforcement financial investigators gathered for a two-day event in The Hague organized by EU police forces. Speakers at the 6th Global Conference on Criminal Finance and Cryptocurrencies discussed how, as they spread to virtually every country, they are committing new forms of crime and laundering dirty money. It has …

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities confirmed Monday that a “lucha libre” wrestler was found dead over the weekend in the north-central state of Guanajuato. The state’s attorneys office said the body of a wrestler known as “Maremoto” or “Tidal Wave” was found Saturday behind a National Guard barracks in the town of Irapuato. And …

The growing threats of violence gripping Mexico have made their way to popular tourist spots. State Department officials have issued a warning about an increased risk of violence toward Americans. Analysts say tourists are an easy target for drug cartels, especially if they come to sample the drug scene. TULUM, Mexico — With its turquoise …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Central American smuggler spoke exclusively and anonymously to investigative journalist Sara Carter about his illicit trade and the real state of the US-Mexico border, which he says is controlled by Mexican cartels, not by either government at this point. Carter told Fox News the trafficker voluntarily …

Mexico on Saturday took a former attorney general into custody as part of a controversial investigation it led into the disappearance of 43 students in 2014 – one of the country’s worst human rights tragedies. The “preventive detention” of Jesus Murillo Karam was imposed “to guarantee his appearance” during a hearing on Wednesday, according to …

Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, found this week’s images Border Patrol agents reportedly opened a previously locked door to disturbing illegal migrants. “How ironic President Biden is building a $500,000 border wall around his beach house [in Delaware]and I’m sure they won’t forget to lock the doors at night,” Arrington told Newsmax on Friday afternoon, while …

A waste management company has admitted to operating an illegal trash cartel in conjunction with two other companies to raise and fix prices. Bingo Industries pleaded guilty on Tuesday and was charged with criminal cartel offenses relating to the price fixing of demolition waste services in Sydney following an ACCC investigation and a referral to …

India plans to introduce a ‘leniency plus’ program – a new cartel detection tool – which would encourage companies already under investigation for a cartel to report other cartels unknown to the competition regulator . This proposed ‘leniency plus’ scheme is part of the recent Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022 introduced in the Lok Sabha during …

Relatives of a woman who died in a fire at a convenience store that was set on fire by unknown assailants, in a simultaneous attack of fires in different parts of Ciudad Juarez, according to local media, react outside the store on August 11 . REUTERS/Jose Luis González Hundreds of Mexican troops were sent to …

Authorities have made a series of arrests of drug cartel figures in western Mexico that have sparked the destruction of vehicles and businesses in two states in an apparent response. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador did not identify those arrested in Jalisco state on Tuesday, but said soldiers confronted criminals, including “bosses”, in a “two-gang …

JoyNews investigations have revealed how politically connected individuals and a smuggling cartel in the Central and Volta regions are hoarding and reselling pre-mixed fuel to fishermen at exorbitant prices. Pre-mixed fuel is supposed to be sold to fishermen for just over 7¢ but is distributed to them at 20¢ per litre. Vice President Dr Mahamudu …

Taxi drivers say sky-high insurance premiums are forcing some to consider early retirement instead Ontario taxi drivers say they are treated like criminals, or worse. Since just before the pandemic, taxi drivers say insurers have forced them to buy commercial vehicle insurance through the facilities market – usually for drivers who can’t be approved for …

FILE – In this April 10, 1989 file photo, Mexican drug smuggler Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo looks on at an undisclosed location. A court in Mexico on… Read more FILE – In this April 10, 1989 file photo, Mexican drug smuggler Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo looks on at an undisclosed location. A Mexican court on …

The Daimler AG sign is pictured at the IAA truck show in Hanover, Germany September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo Join now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register BRUSSELS, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Refuse collection trucks were included in a European truck cartel fined by the European Commission in 2016, the EU’s top court …

CHICAGO (WLS) — On Monday, lawyers for Mia and Olivia Flores will plead before a federal judge in Chicago that they had immunity from prosecution, saying it was part of the deal their notorious twin husbands made to turn on El Chapo. They are the husband of Pedro and Margarito Flores, twin brothers who were …

Juarez doctors stage protests after two of their peers were gunned down in rural communities JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) – Doctors in Juarez are refusing assignments to rural communities in northern Mexico where criminals have murdered two of their peers in the past two weeks. “The situation is worrying,” said Dr. Daniel Garcia, an internist …

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition vice-presidential candidate Martha Karua has promised Kenyans that an administration led by Raila Odinga will tackle the cartels if elected next month. Karua accused the cartels of plundering the country’s resources, making life unbearable for a majority of Kenyans as they seek to profit from fraudulent businesses. She lamented …

India’s Competition Commission has finalized a report on its investigation into the alleged cement cartel operating in the eastern and southern regions of the country, people knowledgeable have said. CNBC-TV18. The CCI opened the investigation in 2019. No less than 20 cement companies and manufacturers’ associations have been under the CCI scanner. The CCI alleged …

The Kinahan Cartel started a new so-called franchise system in Ireland based on the use of people, Irish and foreign, who were previously unknown to An Garda Sióchána. Gardaí believe the drug distribution center discovered last week in Co Kilkenny, disguised as a food company, was an example of the new tactics being deployed by …

Families of slain American women and children unlikely to collect $4.6 billion judgment North Dakota federal judge assessed on La Linea EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The families of nine American women and children killed in 2019 by members of a drug trafficking organization in Mexico will struggle to obtain a $4.6 billion judgment …

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Joe Longo, ASIC Chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) ASIC, Australia’s sleepy corporate regulator, is doing little to prevent thousands of retail shareholders from getting suckered into poorly structured fundraisers compiled by global investment banks and investment boards. complicit administration. Instead, it focuses on harassing and shutting down “finfluencers” to …

Cesar G Rodriguez, LAREDO MORNING HOURS July 8, 2022Updated: July 8, 2022 3:53 p.m. US Attorney’s Office. Courtesy/Office of the U.S. Attorney Two men have pleaded guilty to smuggling methamphetamine in fire extinguishers for an organization affiliated with Cartel Del Noreste, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Bonifacio Turrubiates, 48, of Laredo, pleaded guilty on …

Fifty-three illegal immigrants died in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio on June 27 after entering the United States illegally Over the rest of last week, several additional smuggling incidents were revealed to have resulted in the deaths of migrants as smugglers tried to evade law enforcement. Many have rightly blamed President Joe Biden’s open border …

An author has shared her theory that the nine Mormon mothers and their children who were massacred in 2019 were killed in a revenge attack by the cartel that was designed to send a message to their husbands and fathers after a deal went wrong. Nine members of the LeBaron and Miller families were shot …

A Brit who spent 15 years with Colombia’s deadliest drug cartels has described a world of blood, cocaine and a bizarre mix of black magic and ‘holy’ hitmen. He also described the time a narco gunman threatened to kill him while he was covering the country’s bloody drug wars. ten British journalist Toby Muse spent …

The leaders of NATO, Turkey, Sweden and Finland after meetings in Madrid on Tuesday, on their way to sign an agreement that paves the way for Finland and Sweden to pursue NATO membership .Credit…Bernat Armangue/Associated Press MADRID – NATO leaders will officially invite Finland and Sweden to join the alliance on Wednesday after Turkey lifted …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) claims that drug lords sponsor politicians in elections in exchange for favorable laws to aid their illicit trade. NDLEA Chairman Buba Marwa revealed this in an interview with Channels TV, saying that officers have in the past arrested politicians in possession of illegal drugs. “We have arrested politicians …

Mexican cartels are playing a larger role in Colombia’s coca production, bringing more potent plants, more advanced weaponry, and a greater risk of drug-related violence. For years, major Mexican cartels like Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generacion have purchased cocaine from Colombian groups, but have traditionally taken a hands-off, transactional approach. However, Colombian law enforcement, residents …

In a special operation, agents from the Honduran Special Operations Command and the National Anti-Drug Police Directorate of the Honduran National Police captured Herlinda Bobadilla, alias La Chinda, accused of leading a drug trafficking cartel on the Caribbean coast of Honduras with his sons, National Police said. According to the police report, the authorities captured …

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KARACHI: Pakistan Competition Commission (CCP) Chairman Rahat Kaunain Hassan said on Friday that cartels must be dismantled by strictly enforcing competition law to bring prices down by 25-30%. In a plea session held at the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), she said the commission imposed penalties of around Rs 70 billion for different …

By 2034, the United States will face a shortage of 38,000 to 124,000 doctors. The supply of doctors is tightly controlled by the number of places in medical schools and medical residencies, both of which are set by the Accreditation Council for Higher Medical Education. This means that American doctors can legally limit their competition …

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s vice chancellor is proposing new powers for the country’s antitrust agency to crack down on oil companies amid disappointment over the limited effect of a cut in fuel taxes. A three-month reduction came into effect on June 1 as part of a wider package of measures aimed at mitigating the financial …

Authorities in Sinaloa state in northern Mexico have made a series of arrests of synthetic drug labs, highlighting how the state has become a center for the production of fentanyl and methamphetamine. Between June 3 and 8, members of the Mexican military seized a total of 16 clandestine laboratories in a number of towns near …

KUALA LUMPUR: A report on suspected cartels controlling the price and production of chicken will be presented to the Malaysian Competition Commission (MyCC) board on June 27, its chief executive Iskandar Ismail has said. He said the board of directors headed by chairman Datuk Seri Mohd Hishamudin Md Yunus would then decide whether the investigation …

If confirmed, the companies involved can expect fines. The provisional conclusions are: Elite Sports and JD Sports have fixed retail prices for a number of Rangers branded replica kits and other apparel products from September 2018 through at least July 2019. Rangers FC also took part in the alleged collusion, but only to the extent …

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Angel Dominguez Jr., grew up in the border town of Roma, Texas, after his family emigrated from Jalisco, Mexico when he was 8 years old. Along the way, he gained dual citizenship and joined the Marine Corps after high school. While stationed in North Carolina in November 1994, he flipped …

The U.S. government has imposed sanctions on six leaders of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) in Mexico, the Treasury Department said in a press release Thursday. WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News/Sputnik – June 02, 2022) The US government has imposed sanctions on six leaders of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) in Mexico, the …

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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Friday he wanted to change the name of a notorious drug-producing area known as the “Golden Triangle” to the “Triangle of good and hard-working people”. The remote mountainous region of northern Mexico is where the borders of the three states of Chihuahua, Sinaloa and Durango meet. For …

A fugitive member of Colombia’s Gulf Clan drug cartel, wanted by the United States, has been killed by police in the South American country, the government said Thursday. President Ivan Duque announced on Twitter that Juan Larinson Castro Estupinan, alias “Matamba”, a former leader of the Gulf Clan and one of Colombia’s most wanted criminals, …

The Malaysian government revealed yesterday that it is banning the export of all poultry in the country as it investigates illegal cartel activity controlling the price and shipment of its produce. Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has said Malaysia will halt exports of 3.6 million chickens per month from June 1, to investigate allegations of …

Pablo Escobar, perhaps the most notorious and recognizable cartel kingpin of recent years, his notoriety attributed in part to being the face of the infamous Medellín Cartel in Colombia’s 1980s and 1990s, but also to have been the subject of the resounding success of Netflix, Narcos where his reputation as the most fearsome man in …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Earlier this month, the DC-based foreign policy establishment seemed dismayed by claims in former Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s new memoir that former President Donald Trump asked about the launch. missiles in Mexico to “destroy drug labs” and eliminate cartels. My reaction: We shouldn’t reject President Trump’s idea …

A schoolboy as young as 14 was among six cartel hitmen who were caught in a major attack by army soldiers in Mexico. Troops stormed into Sonora state and arrested the group of gunmen, which also included two other minors, aged 16 and 17, on Monday morning May 9. The soldiers, from the SEDENA army, …

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Foreign drug cartels that established illegal outdoor marijuana farms in Oregon last year are adapting as pressure on them begins to mount, officials said Thursday. of law enforcement. New challenges are emerging as a task force created by the Legislative Assembly met for the first time to determine how to tackle …

The US government has launched a new poster campaign offering rewards for arresting leaders of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel to accompany their campaign targeting the Kinahan mob. A new wanted poster offers a $45 million reward for information on various members of the Mexican cartel, including Rafael Caro Quintero and Ismael Zambada Garcia ‘El Mayo’. …

Jorge, a community activist from Colombia’s conflict-ridden province of Chocó, was already traveling to the city of Medellín when he heard some news that made him turn back to his home. Paramilitary militiamen in balaclavas and military fatigues had erected a series of roadblocks and declared an “armed strike”, burning vehicles, forcing businesses to close …

May 6, 2022 Our reporter, Guillermo Galdos, visited the once-peaceful town for Unreported World and spent two weeks with local police, who are now underarmed and outnumbered. https://traffic.libsyn.com/thefourcast/220505_RE_ECUADOR_V2-auphonic.mp3 Ecuador has become the new front line in an escalating war on drugs. And ordinary people are the ones paying the price as the country’s murder rate …

Express press service HYDERABAD: The two African nationals who were caught smuggling cocaine worth Rs 80 crore at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Sunday may be transporters working for a major drug ring there, DRI officials suspect. Initial inquiries revealed that the two passengers, including the Angolan woman, were visiting India for the first time. …

GREEN LEVEL, NC (WJZY) – The wife of one of the suspected killers in a North Carolina shootout between rival drug cartels that left two men – including one teacher – was arrested in connection with the case. According to the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office, Santana Monique Stewart, who is the wife of Steven Alexander …

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Competition Commission (MyCC) has denied investigating certain politicians in connection with cartel operations in the poultry industry. Its chief executive, Iskandar Ismail, said ongoing investigations only focus on a group of poultry industry players whose actions may raise concerns under section 4 of the poultry industry law. competetion. “The claim that …

TIJUANA (Border Report) — About 30% of those deported from the United States to the city of Tijuana are former gang members, and drug cartels are literally waiting for them to set foot on Mexican territory to recruit them , says Víctor Clark Alfaro, associate professor in the Latin American studies department at San Diego …

They called him El Chopa or Señor de Vallarta. Saúl “N”, one of the leaders of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) was killed Friday afternoon during a confrontation with federal forces in Marina Vallarta, one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in the State of Jalisco. According to official information, El Chopa was traveling …

Abbott said San Antonio is seeing a rapid increase in cartels advertising on the social media platform to recruit teenagers to help smuggle people and drugs. SAN ANTONIO — Texas Governor Greg Abbott called out social media platform TikTok on Thursday, accusing the social media platform of allowing the cartel to recruit teenagers to help …

Economy Department of Education fails to crack down on uniform cartels Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Attendants serve parents and their children at the Patmat bookstore and uniform stores in Nakuru city on December 28, 2020, ahead of the reopening of schools on January 4, 2021. FILE PHOTO | NMG By BRIAN NGUGIMore from this author …

A FUGITIVE cartel lord wanted in 200 countries has been arrested after his model girlfriend posted his picture on social media. Brian Donaciano Olguin Berdugo – better known as Pitt, 39, was arrested at an apartment complex in the city of Cali, in the Colombian department of Valle del Cauca. 3 It is believed that …

A man who wanted to smuggle two .50 caliber rifles for the Cartel Del Noreste has been sentenced to prison, according to court documents. Manuel Dominguez, 30, of Laredo, had pleaded guilty on August 12 to a felon in possession of a firearm. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Diana Saldana sentenced Dominguez to 87 months …

New Delhi, April 8 (IANS): Delhi police on Friday busted an international narcotics cartel and arrested a Nigerian national and recovered heroin worth Rs 3 crore from the international market in his possession, police said. The accused, identified as Prince Emeka Lath (34), a permanent resident of Anambara in Nigeria, currently resides in Tilak …

By Victoria Preece, Chief Compliance Officer – allpay Limited “Compliance with competition law does not always receive the attention it deserves. I would like to see anti-competitive behavior taken seriously by UK companies and boards alongside corruption, fraud, health and safety and cybercrime risks. Lord David Currie, Chairman, Competition and Markets Authority (Competition Law Risk: …

CLEVELAND, Ohio — For years, Mexico’s two most powerful cartels have worked to control the illicit drug trade in northeast Ohio through price and availability. They use low-level couriers to transport large quantities of cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine here. They also use financial conduits to launder profits and local distributors to distribute their products, records …

Air France KLM: plans to appeal the decision Air France KLM: €350.6 million provisioned BRUSSELS, March 30 (Reuters) – Air France-KLM (AIRF.PA) and its Dutch subsidiary KLM on Wednesday lost their challenge to €1 million fines imposed again by EU antitrust regulators a year ago. five years for participating in an air cargo cartel. two …

A top Republican gubernatorial candidate said Thursday that Alabama officials are pushing to establish a “drug cartel” to sell medical marijuana gum to all communities across the country. Alabama. Tim James, a businessman and son of former Gov. Fob James, who is far behind outgoing Gov. Kay Ivey, also criticized the state’s new system for …

The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) is pushing for greater use of data science tools in its assessment and reviews of competition issues to uncover cartels and abuses of dominance in the context of the use increasing use of digital technology by businesses and consumers. Philippine Competition Commission logo “Big data can be the silent witness …

When the elite ‘big six’ signed up to sell the soul of English football on the altar of hard cash and become members of the ESL last April, Kinnear admits he felt obliged not only to defend the interests of Leeds in its opposition, but all those who are not involved in this controversial cabal. …

Srinagar March 12: (KNS) Police claimed on Saturday that they broke up an interstate drug mafia cartel, arrested five drug traffickers along with thirty-five thousand (35,000) Spasmo power of attorney capsules and 70,200 rupees produced narcotics at Srinagar According to a press release published at Kashmir Information Service (KNS)Srinagar Police as part of their fight …

SANDMAN DEFINITIVE ASSESSMENTS: CELTIC vs. THE NAVARRO CARTEL… “Boom, boom, boom, boomboom boom boomBoom, boom, boom, boom,Boom boom boom.” – ‘The Celtic Guns’ – A poem by Tony ‘Baldrick’ Robinson,Coach of St Mirren FC. ROXIE – 6.5/10 – As expected, head cheerleader in another seat, this time resisting the temptation to rush in and try …

Mafia boss Daniel Kinahan poses with a man once dubbed ‘Germany’s Don King’ in his latest social media photo. But hanging out with German-Turkish boxing promoter Ahmet Öner is unlikely to help Kinahan’s campaign “wash” his reputation. Öner, who called Kinahan a “brother”, has a reputation for making threats and has a criminal conviction for …

The citric kick from the limes that grow in abundance across Mexico – the world’s largest fruit producer – helps give the country’s cuisine its distinctive flavor. But aggressive price-fixing by criminal groups has driven prices up, prompting some restaurants to stop offering limes with their tacos — and leaving diners in a sour turn. …

Mafia boss Daniel Kinahan smiles for the camera as he poses in sunny Dubai with heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. he Irish mob boss points his finger as he stands proudly alongside world champion Fury – who is not involved in crime – at TK MMA and Fitness in the United Arab Emirates. Fury and Kinahan …

A mass grave used by drug cartel killers has been discovered just 500 meters from government offices in Mexico. Already ten bodies have been recovered from the area of ​​60,000 meters of wasteland on the dirt road to San José de los Sauces, near the municipal president’s palace in Escobedo Nuevo Leon and a short …

Cheran, Mexico Ordinary citizens have taken the fight against illegal logging into their own hands in the pine-clad mountains of western Mexico, where loggers are clearing entire hillsides for avocado plantations that drain local water supplies and attract drug cartels hungry for extortionate money. In some places, like the indigenous township of Cheran in the …

By Mark Stevenson CHERAN, Mexico (AP) — Ordinary citizens have taken the fight against illegal logging into their own hands in the pine-covered mountains of western Mexico, where loggers are clearing entire hillsides for plantations of draining avocado trees. local water supplies and attract drug cartels eager to extort money. In some places, like the …