Police traced laundered money around the world
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Enquiries made by Scotland Yard's new specialist task force has resulted in over 30 convictions for the 1984 robbery of 6,000 gold ingots worth 26 million pounds sterling from Brink's-Mat security warehouse. Three people were sentenced for 25 years shortly afterwards when detectives suspected an inside informer. Over 50% of the gold has been smelted and sold back to legitimate dealers or made into jewellery. The rest is buried and remains undiscovered. Money laundering operations were undertaken in the Isle of Man, the Channel Isles, the British Virgin Isles, the Bahamas, Spain and Florida.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1992
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Misadventure verdict on man after toxic leak
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Louis Drake was working at A.H. Marks Chemical Factory in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, when Dichlorophenol (DCP) sprayed over him and he died from shock. When Drake tried to remove a blockage with high-pressure steam, a pump gave way because a wrong seal had been fitted to it. Company safety reports show an awareness of problems in blockage-clearing procedures and a previous similar accident. Seals are changed by untrained operators who do not know which ones were suitable. No records are kept of when pumps are checked and maintained.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1992
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Millions squandered on 'grotesque binge.' (charity fund worker spends funds on herself)
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Rosemary Aberdour worked for the National Hospital Development Foundation and in 1988 began to take funds from the charity and spend the money on improving her lifestyle. By the time she was apprehended she had spent nearly three million pounds sterling. She started by borrowing a thousand pounds sterling for a holiday then another 12 thousand pounds sterling for a car. Once she had got away with these two offences she continued to repeat them for the next two and a half years. The charity expects to recover most of the missing money.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1992
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