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How to avoid COVID-19 vaccine scams Published: February 22, 2021 10:58 AM EST Updated: February 22, 2021 1:45 PM EST Scammers are targeting people desperate to get their COVID-19 vaccine, and one Bonita Springs woman who was almost preyed upon has tips for you to keep your guard up. As people await their opportunity to get the COVID-19 vaccine, many people are vulnerable, especially our senior citizen population, which opens up the door for scammers. Mary Copeland almost fell for a scam. She’...

DENTON, Texas – State and federal recovery officials urge disaster survivors to watch for and report any suspicious activity or potential fraud.

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission (Image: GETTY) Since 2000, the UK has had a strategy in place to tackle tobacco smuggling which has achieved significant reductions in the size of the illicit market. Between 2017 and 2019, more than 2.8 billion illicit cigarettes and in excess of 439 tonnes of hand-rolling tobacco were seized by UK customs officials. HMRC has introduced new schemes to provide further controls on the tobacco supply chain and add further powers to challe...

Brexit warning: UK will be flooded with counterfeit EU cigarettes unless it acts now Ciaran McGrath Replay Video UP NEXT Pieter Cleppe was speaking after customs officials in Latvia said they had confiscated double the amount of illegal cigarettes crossing the border into the bloc from Belarus last year compared with 2019. And he said there were also big implications for the UK, citing a raid on an illegal factory in Belgium in December which netted a haul of 4.5 million cigare...

16th February 2021 SADC Executive Secretary Stergomena Lawrence Tax is supposed to be accountable to member states and their citizens. But you wouldn’t know that if you read the 433 page long Board of Auditors Management report on the audit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) secretariat for the financial year ending 31 st March 2020. Although the report does not spell it out in so many words, for eight years, Tax presided over an institution with a pattern of behaviour that...

Man involved in large scale cigarette smuggling operation spared jail Police uncovered nearly 400,000 in illegal cigarettes posted to address Some of the smuggled cigarettes Never miss a thing from Belfast and beyond - sign up for FREE newsletter direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters...

Report Illegal Connections ​Re​port il​legal connections If you know or suspect anyone with an illegal water or electricity connection, or notice people tampering with connections, please contact the City immediately at Joburg Connect on 0860 562 874 or 0860-JOBURG, and select the option for City Power (02). Alternatively, call the Citys Anti-fraud Hotline 0800 002 587 or City Powers Fraud Hotline on 0800 003 251. Not only is it ille​gal, it is also dangerous.​ ​

Three sentenced after more than £150,000 cash found in bags Three men who refused to explain why they were driving around Greater Manchester and Bradford with carrier bags filled with banknote have been sentenced. In October 2018, Amir Khan, 40, dropped off more than £150,000 to two men. Both were later stopped in their cars by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) investigators. Khan had given the men carrier bags filled with the cash. Shabir Kharal, 63, was found with more than £64,000 whi...

Amir Khan, 40, of Amina Road, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, has been jailed after being one of three men involved in a cash drop. Picture: Greater Manchester Police THREE men who refused to explain why they were driving around Bradford and Greater Manchester with carrier bags filled with banknotes have been sentenced. Amir Khan, 40, of Amina Road, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, dropped off more than £150,000 to two men. Both were later stopped in their cars by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) inves...

Jailed, the jobless Cheetham Hill rogue who had £553,000 in dirty cash in his car and at home Amir Khan, 40, refused to say where the money had come from Dont miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Click here When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or ser...