Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 20, 2015
Thanks to the investigative work of the Ukrainian anti-corruption watchdog group Nashi Groshi (Our Money), the process by which $1.8 billion “was smoothly maneuvered offshore” to unnamed accounts in Belize, the British Virgin Islands and “other outposts of the international financial galaxy” is plainly visible. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigNov 14, 2014
American police departments are using wish lists to decide which cars, electronics and other goods to seize in a practice that allows the government to confiscate property suspected of being tied to crime regardless of whether officers have secured a conviction or filed a charge. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 26, 2014
A controversial area of law empowers the IRS to confiscate significant sums of money from "run-of-the-mill business owners and wage earners without so much as an allegation" and "without ever filing a criminal complaint," leaving the owners "to prove they are innocent," The New York Times reports. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigNov 5, 2013
A picture of betrayed trust emerges in reports of the bank theft of the last group of Spaniards who seem to have any money -- hundreds of thousands of elderly pensioners. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Ellen Brown, Web of DebtJul 5, 2013
An international trend to shift responsibility for bank losses onto blameless depositors lets banks take and gamble away your money. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 29, 2011
Everyone knows you have to pay a municipal sales tax on your purchases, but what about a corporate Visa tax that's levied by credit card companies? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 20, 2010
Somehow, a lone art bandit -- or a band of bandits -- managed to pull off an impressive five-finger-discount maneuver at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris on Wednesday night, making off with five masterpieces worth a grand total of close to 100 million euros. Sacré bleu! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 18, 2010
Stealing the infamous "Work Sets You Free" sign from Auschwitz has landed three men in the slammer. On Thursday, a Polish court in Krakow doled out relatively short prison sentences to the trio, who admitted to the crime and thus skipped a trial. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 21, 2009
"Arbeit macht frei." Work makes you free. Those three German words sat over the entrance to the Auschwitz concentration camp in southern Poland for the better part of a century until the 16-foot, 90-pound sign went missing Friday. Police found it in northern Poland on Sunday, cut into three pieces. Five men were arrested. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 12, 2009
A series of silk-screen paintings, made by Andy Warhol and mainly depicting ’70s-era athletes such as Dorothy Hamill and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, has allegedly been stolen from collector Richard L. Weisman's home on Los Angeles' Westside. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 27, 2009
It appears to be game over for Manhattan art dealer and gallery owner Lawrence Salander, who was arrested Thursday morning and accused of stealing $88 million from various art world players, institutions and investors, including tennis champ John McEnroe. Actor Robert De Niro, pictured above next to an image of his artist-father, is accusing Salander of stealing 12 of the senior De Niro's paintings. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 17, 2009
The founders of The Pirate Bay, one of the biggest names in file sharing, face up to two years in a hard-core Swedish prison if they can't convince a judge that their unfortunately named Web site isn't legally responsible for 115 million kronor worth of media piracy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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