A new report by the United Nations has revealed that global banks are being used to enable payments in illegal deals by North Korea. “Global banks are involved in two main problems,” Hugh Griffiths, the head of the UN panel overseeing sanctions on North Korea,...
The story goes something like this: During the reign of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar — estimated to have supplied up to 80 percent of the cocaine to the U.S. at the height of his business — his cartel was taking in so much cash that the...
Water always finds the lowest point — that’s a fact of life. So, too, is this: Underaged consumers will always try, and often find ways to, circumvent restrictions on purchases of goods that they are not supposed to buy until they reach maturity or, at...
December 03, 2018
Water always finds the lowest point — that’s a fact of life. So, too, is this: Underaged consumers will always try, and often find ways to, circumvent restrictions on purchases of goods that they are not supposed to buy until they reach maturity or, at least, the age of majority. Excuse the homespun wisdom, but […]
March 13, 2019
A new report by the United Nations has revealed that global banks are being used to enable payments in illegal deals by North Korea. “Global banks are involved in two main problems,” Hugh Griffiths, the head of the UN panel overseeing sanctions on North Korea, said in an interview Tuesday (March 12), according to Bloomberg. […]
