Sana Sbouai

1 month ago | occrp.org | Selma Mhaoud |Sana Sbouai

The U.K. today began enforcing key parts of the Online Safety Act, which aims to prevent fraud and other offences by requiring websites and apps to quickly remove illegal material or face hefty fines. Aside from “fraud and financial offences,” the legislation targets a variety of online crimes including human trafficking and child sexual abuse. The Act covers more than 100,000 platforms — including Facebook, X and Google — which were given time to assess the issue before enforcement began.

Oct 20, 2024 | occrp.org | Sana Sbouai |Antoine Harari

Senior Airbus executives continued to discuss controversial Kuwait helicopters contracts with a middleman while the European aerospace giant was under investigation for allegedly using intermediaries in several other countries to bribe customers, leaked correspondence shows.

Jun 29, 2024 | infolibre.es | Selma Mhaoud |Sana Sbouai |Daiva Repeckaite |Katie Sawyer

El Grupo de Acción Financiera Internacional (GAFI), creado en 1989 por el G-7 para luchar contra el blanqueo de capitales, retiró el pasado febrero de su lista gris a los Emiratos Árabes Unidos. Consideró entonces que el país del Golfo Pérsico había hecho “progresos significativos” en ese ámbito, incluidas mejoras en la capacidad para investigar y procesar a los infractores.

Jun 25, 2024 | occrp.org | Selma Mhaoud |Eiliv Frich Flydal |Sana Sbouai |Daiva Repeckaite

The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) took the UAE from its list of countries failing to take adequate measures against money laundering and terror financing in February. But the Dubai Unlocked investigation published in May has prompted questions about FATF's decision. Now, FATF has said its experts will look into the journalistic investigation and take into consideration its findings when they again assess the UAE’s efforts to combat money laundering.

May 23, 2024 | occrp.org | Sana Sbouai

On Thursday, Houssem Hajlaoui, co-founder of the independent news website Inkyfada, was handed a nine-month suspended sentence for Facebook posts critical of police and politicians. The previous day, a judge in the capital, Tunis, sentenced two reporters with the private radio station IFM to prison for one year each. Borhen Bssais and Mourad Zghidi were convicted of defamation and spreading false news.