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Explainer-How are war crimes in Ukraine being investigated?

The International Criminal Court's arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday is just one strand in a complex web of international and national legal moves over alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

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European investigators to visit Lebanon in Salameh graft probe - sources

European investigators will visit Lebanon in January as part of a cross-border probe into alleged fraud by Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh to the detriment of the Lebanese state, three judicial sources said.

Reuters

Thousands defrauded in £48m hoax which let scammers impersonate high street banks

More than 200,000 potential victims in the UK alone have been directly targeted through fraud website

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Sweden shuns formal joint investigation of Nord Stream leak, citing national security

Sweden has rejected plans to set up a formal joint investigation team with Denmark and Germany to look into the recent ruptures of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, a Swedish prosecutor investigating the leaks, said.

Reuters

France busts lucrative cross-Channel people smuggling ring

French police have busted a major people-smuggling ring that has been sending migrants to the United Kingdom in dinghies, with more than a dozen boats and 700 life jackets seized in a raid.

Radio France Internationale

EU has frozen 13.8 billion euros of Russian assets over Ukraine war, official says

The European Union has so far frozen 13.8 billion euros ($13.83 billion) worth of assets held by Russian oligarchs, other individuals and entities sanctioned for Moscow's war against Ukraine, the bloc's top justice official said on Tuesday.

Reuters

People-smuggling trade ‘generated around 60 million euro in 2021’

More than 100 boats were seized during a day of action across multiple countries on Tuesday.

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Dozens held in huge international operation to tackle Channel people-smuggling

Operation Punjum, led by the National Crime Agency in the UK, was carried out alongside Operation Thoren in Europe.

The Independent UK

Arrests made in ‘biggest ever’ operation to tackle Channel people-smuggling

Dozens of raids are also taking place in Germany, France and the Netherlands as part of a joint operation with Europol and Eurojust.

The Independent UK

Ukraine identifies 600 Russian war crime suspects: Prosecutor

Kyiv’s top prosecutor says Ukraine has started prosecuting dozens of Russian war crime suspects.

Al Jazeera

Switzerland's top lawyer seeks tools to curb financial crime

Switzerland's new attorney general is pushing parliament to give his office more tools to fight white-collar crime

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin getting exact opposite of his aims in Ukraine, former NATO commander Philip Breedlove says — as it happened

The retired US general who led NATO in Europe from 2013 to 2016 says Vladimir Putin's aims in Ukraine are "weapons out, NATO back, and no America" — but the Russian President is getting exactly the opposite.

ABC News

International Criminal Court joins team probing alleged war crimes in Ukraine

The International Criminal Court (ICC) will take part in the joint team investigating allegations of war crimes in Ukraine following the Russian invasion, the European Union's agency for criminal justice cooperation said on Monday.

Reuters

Lebanon’s Central Bank Chief Is Suspect in 120 Mln Euro Asset Freeze Case

Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh is a suspect in a case the European Union's criminal justice agency said on Monday had led to the freezing of some 120 million euros ($132 million) of Lebanese assets, prosecutors in Germany said. The properties and bank accounts, linked to five people suspected…

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EU states freeze $130 million worth of Lebanese assets

A European Union agency says authorities in three European countries have frozen more than $130 million in assets linked to an investigation into money laundering in Lebanon

Reuters

Lebanon's central bank chief is suspect in 120 million euro asset freeze case -German prosecutor

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European justice agency backs team probing alleged war crimes in Ukraine

Eurojust, Europe's agency for criminal justice cooperation, said on Monday it would support a joint investigation team announced last week to probe allegations of war crimes in Ukraine following Russia's Feb. 24 invasion.

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