ALAN SIMPSON offers a few pointers on dealing with the ongoing, Trump-led destruction of the norms of a rules-based international order established post-WWII
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The rotten stench of the City sewer
STEVEN WALKER looks at how the actions of Britain’s leading banks have earned the City of London its reputation as the money-laundering capital of the world
The Morning Star publishes an edited transcript of a speech by NICOLAS MADURO GUERRA, a Venezuelan MP and son of Venezuelan President Maduro. The speech was given at the recent Voices from Venezuela event marking two months since Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores on January 3
From the hills of the England–Wales border, our new fortnightly nature columnist MARK SEDDON reflects on rebellion, faith and the small dramas of rural life — from medieval fugitives to the quiet rescue of a bucket of tadpoles
While public outrage has focused on the abuse committed within Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit, key questions remain unresolved, says JOHN GREEN
KEITH FLETT argues that we need to stand up to those in power every single time they transgress
Gloucestershire’s phlebotomists have brought their historic strike to a close after almost a year of action, leaving a legacy of determination – and a clear lesson about the power of solidarity in the face of anti-union laws and austerity, says FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
THE Financial Conduct Authority has launched criminal proceedings against tax-payer owned Natwest Bank for failing to comply with anti-money laundering rules, in the first attempted prosecution against a British bank under the 2007 law.
Natwest faces a potentially unlimited fine after the FCA alleged it had failed to properly monitor the actions of a gold dealer. The customer was Fowler Oldfield, a Bradford-based jewellery wholesaler that was shut down after a police investigation in 2016.
The FCA said the company paid £365m into its Natwest account in a series of increasingly large cash deposits between 2011 and 2016. A judge in a court case heard in 2019 said the 122-year-old gold dealer was involved in “an extremely sophisticated” money laundering operation, with up to £2m in cash being delivered to the business each day.
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