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Kenyan, Guyanese nationals indicted in Sh84.1 billion US Health Commodities Diversion Scheme
Mary Wambui  |  Oct 02, 2025

The investigation focused on the approximately $650 million USAID-funded KEMSA Medical Commodities Programme (MCP).

How criminal networks use East and Southern Africa as hubs for global smuggling
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 31, 2025

According to the report by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime, criminal networks rely on well-connected brokers—often state o...

Interpol issues fresh warning over globalisation of online scam centres
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 04, 2025

The report further notes that while not everyone working in a scam centre is a victim of human trafficking, many of those held against their will are...

Billion-dollar Asian cyberscam industry spreading globally, UN says
Reuters  |  Apr 22, 2025

The international community is at a “critical inflexion point,” the UNODC said, urging that failure to address the problem would have “unprecedented c...

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