Preston Smith comments on the situation in Cyprus for CEEInsight
Former investigative journalist and corporate detective Preston Smith discusses the week in news, hitting some of the more provocative headlines in the world of offshore banking.
"Rolling back the curtain on business and news in Central and Eastern Europe."
For the week of
Monday, Sept 2, 2013
Monday, Sept 2, 2013
- »Serbia’s annual cap outflow at USD 5 bn
- »Polish parabank Finroyal allegedly loses PLN 85.5 mln in illegal financial pyramid
- »Poland’s waste revolution sees recycled materials dumped in forests
- »Controversial lobbying revealed in Bulgarian Supreme Judicial Council
- »Disgraced former Warsaw bourse chief to run Bucharest stock market
- »Polish judges under investigation
- »Former Slovakian military intelligence chief accused of disclosing secret files
- »Serbian government announces crackdown on unregistered assets
- »Latvia imposes EUR 142,000 fine on bank implicated for tax fraud by deceased Russian lawyer Magnitsky
- »Slovakian parliament votes on new attorney general in latest chapter of continuing dispute over post
- »Police bust international tax evasion ring amidst continuing unrest on Bulgarian city streets
- »Millions defrauded in global ATM scam
- »Polish customs service disorganization fails to keep gambling in-check
- »EU accession negotiation green light not enough, we want a date – Serbian PM
- »Romanian Communication Ministry probed for spending irregularities
- »Poland prepares quick-fix Chevron deal to help save failing shale gas industry
- »Polish investment fund Black Lion submits complaint against demand for PLN 12mln by former criminal
- »Slovak opposition wants to can def min over military real estate scandal
- »Warsaw bourse hosts IPO summit
- »Russian Defense Ministry scandal implicates two further suspects
- »Former Bulgarian int min agrees to wiretapping scandal interrogation
- »Real estate scandal a dangerous media hoax – Slovak def min
- »Three Romanian officials start jail time for illegal land exchange deals
- »Slovak military intelligence allegedly involved in dodgy real estate deals
- »Russian Rosbank board chairman accused of taking bribes
- »CEE investors highlight business potential in Africa
- »Bulgarian center-right GERB party gains narrow lead in snap elections
- »Russian secret service apprehends alleged CIA spy
- »Polish PM’s right-hand man accused of lobbying for Russian business
- »Russia launches international search for Brit suspected of tax evasion
- »Police step up investigation against Czech governor David Rath
- »Khodorkovsky repeated in Poland?
- »Russian oligarch Vladimir Romanov admits to being broke after fall of Lithuanian bank
- »Kremlin steps up battle against corruption
- »New Anti-Corruption Agency head divides Romanian politicians
- »Bulgarian human trafficking ring busted by French police
- »Former-Slovakian cop gets nine years for killing neighbors
- »Former Czech President Vaclav Klaus narrowly escapes prosecution for controversial amnesty
- »Bulgaria’s former Agriculture Minister Naydenov faces corruption charges
- »Putin supports Cyprus bail-out
- »Romanian, U.S police bust illegal immigration ring
- »Balkan wikileaks uncovers construction project on Bulgarian nature reserve
- »Slovak state loses out on dubious warehouse contract
- »Polish Internal Security Agency uncovers PLN 150 mln financial scam
- »Sudden death of Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky raises eyebrows
- »Extortion using false Polish IDs increases 30-fold in 2012
- »Whistleblowers set to work on U.S. IT giant Microsoft
- »Kremlin hints at tough stance on money laundering
- »Russian opposition to Cypriot bank levy draws attention to Russian “corrupt money” on offshore accounts
- »Warsaw prosecutors extend probe into irregularities at anti-corruption bureau
- »Poland’s three major mobile operators under scrutiny
- »Cyprus levy directed at Russian funds
- »Major ID counterfeiting scam in Bulgaria threatens UK
- »Bulgarian supreme prosecutor requests revocation of CEZ energy license
- »Polish agricultural consultancies accused of embezzling PLN 20 mln from EU
- »Gazprom faces USD 1.17 bln fine
- »Slovakian parliament blocks presidential impeachment
- »Czech State Attorney probes PM’s signature controversial amnesty
- »Main suspect in FSB operative Litvinenko murder withdraws from case
- »Slovakian OTC Bank makes bid to repossess illegally transferred property
- »New Czech President puts mafia in spotlight
- »Bulgaria’s notorious cocaine magnate goes on trail; country holds its breath as testimony may decide kidnapped daughter’s fate
- »Polish Central Anti-Corruption Bureau probes Interior Ministry
- »Russia probes Hermitage Capital boss – Magnitsky affair continues
- »Spy virus ‘MiniDuke’ attacks Romania, Czech Republic
- »Armenian mafia boss sentenced to 22 years by Czech court
- »Romanian court sends Electrica energy bosses down for corruption
- »Czech President Vaclav Klaus may be charged for high treason
- »Bulgarian parliament votes to dismiss cabinet
- »Bulgarian PM submits proposal to dismiss government
- »Russian authorities estimate RUB 5 bln fraud in Defense Ministry
- »Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at government anti-corruption meet
- »Polish PE fund Platinum Prestige Capital fined by financial supervision authority
- »Serbian officials charged with corruption as part of governmental action plan
- »Bulgarian president’s actions may herald return of controversial media mogul Peevski to national security post
- »Serbian minister investigated for alleged illegal border crossing
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- »Police charge nine in nationwide tender fixing scandal involving Polish subsidiary of U.S. pharma concern
- »Romanian politics locked in conflict at highest level
- »Election fever hits Czech Republic ahead of general elections
- »Poland sees increase in money laundering investigations
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