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Mixing politics and business with espionage: as he has risen in the ranks, Yossi Cohen has formed close ties with the Netanyahu family and a clutch of billionaires

Shortly after his retirement this summer Haaretz reported an investigation into complaints against Yossi Cohen, involving possible breaches of ethics and information security

Millions in U.K. Covid Loans Went to Inactive or Brand-New Firms

Australian billionaire James Packer gave $20,000 to spymaster at Cohen's daughter's wedding; other allegations of impropriety include telling state secrets to flight attendant

Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit is looking into two more complaints against Cohen; one regarding his alleged involvement in a car franchise, and the other concerning a possible security breach

Cardiff University The number of consumer scams and frauds targeting government support programmes due to the pandemic is underreported, a Cardiff University academic says. Commissioned by the Australian Institute of Criminology, part of the Australian Government, the report co-authored by Professor Michael Levi concludes future pandemics and economic crises must include provisions for better monitoring and control of fraud. Professor Levi, based at Cardiff University’s School of Social Scien...

5 Min Read (Reuters) - An Iranian-American businessman wants to sue U.S. law firm Dechert over allegations of hacking, seeking a London court’s approval to add it as a defendant in a long-simmering dispute with the Ras Al Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA). Signage is seen outside of the law firm Dechert LLP in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Aviation tycoon Farhad Azima alleges that a former partner at the Philadelphia-based law firm helped direct Indian hacke...

Over the last decade, EU policy has employed both an indirect, context-shaping approach to climate security, which focuses more on process than output, and a protective-autonomy approach, which focuses on multiple defensive approaches to safeguard the EU’s geopolitical interests. In putting these approaches into practice, the EU has advanced a rich profusion of climate security initiatives; diplomats certainly do not need to be told that “climate policy is foreign policy,” as they have b...

Can new tech help police stay ahead of organised crime? Inside Story UP NEXT For three years, many in the criminal underworld were unaware that detectives were monitoring their activities in real-time. Police in 16 countries this week arrested 800 suspects in a global operation called Trojan Shield. As the name suggests, it involved a bit of trickery. Organised crime gangs thought they were messaging on an encrypted platform called ANOM. But the app was controlled by Australian...

University of Michigan Star trails take shape around the 14-story Mayall Telescope dome in this long-exposure image. The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument was installed inside this dome. Image credit: P. Marenfeld and NOAO/AURA/NSF A five-year quest to map the universe and unravel the mysteries of “dark energy” is beginning officially today, and University of Michigan researchers were instrumental in the project’s development. The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, or DESI, is an in...