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            <title><![CDATA[Sanctioned Israeli Billionaire to Gain From Elon Musk Cobalt Deal]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Dan Gertler stands to benefit from Tesla’s agreement to buy metal for batteries from Glencore.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[William Clowes]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2020 04:01:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sanctioned Billionaire Finds a Haven in Tiny Congolese Bank]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Whistle-blower documents show web of accounts tied to Israeli mining magnate Dan Gertler.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2020 04:01:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Don’t Be Tricky With Virus Claims, Watchdog Warns U.K. Insurers]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-19/u-k-fca-requests-coronavirus-contingency-plans-from-insurers</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucca de Paoli]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 11:30:35 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A logo sits on display in the headquarters of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the Canary Wharf business district in London, U.K., on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. The FCA is working with regulators including the U.S. Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to investigate the potential manipulation of the foreign-exchange market.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[‘Petri Dish’ Courts Struggle With Virus, 10-Minute Trials]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-18/ex-nazi-guard-s-court-hearing-cut-to-10-minutes-due-to-virus</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2020 11:26:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Virus Prompts U.K. Judge to Interupt Biggest Bribery Trial]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-17/virus-prompts-u-k-judge-to-interupt-biggest-corruption-trial</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2020 11:45:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Coronavirus Danger Now Includes Fraud Scams, U.K. Police Say]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-06/coronavirus-danger-now-includes-fraud-scams-u-k-police-say</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Franz Wild]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2020 10:38:46 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Protective masks sit in a pile at the Mask Factory Co. facility in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. Hong Kong&apos;s government unveiled on Feb. 26 a budget packed with giveaways including a one-time cash handout that economists said isn&apos;t likely to spur growth, as the city struggles to stabilize an economy battered by political unrest and the coronavirus.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tea Boy to Tattooed Trader: A Secret Tipster’s Life and Death]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[James Harris was plugged into a network that included insider traders and operated on two continents.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Franz Wild]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2020 05:01:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Meet the Former Barclays Executives Acquitted of Credit Crunch Fraud]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Former executives cleared after five-month trial in London]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Franz Wild]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2020 13:48:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Food Sucks, the Sex Is Worse: The Barclays Trial in Quotes]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Franz Wild]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2020 11:29:12 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A combination photo shows, left to right, Richard Boath, former deputy head of investment banking at Barclays Plc, John Varley, former chief executive officer of Barclays Plc, Roger Jenkins, former chairman of investment banking for the Middle East at Barclays Plc, and Thomas Kalaris, former chief executive officer of Barclays Wealth, at Westminster Magistrates&apos; Court in London, U.K., on Monday, July 3, 2017. Four former Barclays Plc executives, including the bank’s ex-chief executive officer, told a London court that they will plead not guilty to charges that they conspired to commit fraud over a 2008 fundraising with Qatar. Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ex-Barclays Executives Cleared Over Financial Crisis Fraud]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-28/ex-barclays-executives-acquitted-of-fraud-in-2008-qatar-deal</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:55:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[FCA Investigates Fraud in Collapse of Two Listed Companies]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-07/fca-investigates-fraud-in-collapse-of-two-listed-companies</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Franz Wild]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2020 16:02:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Barclays Executive’s Lawyer Likens Prosecutor to Titanic Captain]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Franz Wild]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2020 12:13:48 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A logo for a Barclays Plc bank branch sits on a sign in London, U.K., on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Barclays is considering Dublin for their EU base to ensure continued access to the single market, said people familiar with the plans,asking not to be named because the plans aren&apos;t public. Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Paying Off Van Gogh and Fu Fu: Inside the Airbus Bribery Web]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlotte Ryan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 20:42:23 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The nose cone of an Airbus A380 aircraft, produced by Airbus Group NV, is seen on the assembly line at the company&apos;s factory in Toulouse, France. Photographer: Balint Porneczi</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rogue Airbus Unit the Focus of Record $4 Billion Settlement]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-31/airbus-to-pay-4-billion-fine-to-settle-bribery-probes</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gaspard Sebag]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 14:03:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ex-Airbus Executives Remain Under Investigation in U.K.]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-30/u-k-prosecutors-to-continue-probe-into-airbus-executives</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Franz Wild]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2020 14:47:31 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Airbus SE logo sits on the company&apos;s offices ahead of the 53rd International Paris Air Show at Le Bourget in Paris, France, on Sunday, June 16, 2019. The show is the world&apos;s largest aviation and space industry exhibition and runs from June 17-23. Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Billionaire’s Daughter Fined $1,000 for Withholding Files]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Franz Wild]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2020 10:18:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Congolese Register as Potential Victims in U.K. Probe]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-29/congolese-demand-compensation-in-u-k-corruption-investigation</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael J Kavanagh]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2020 11:03:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Construction workers prepare new roads near one of the open pits at Comide SPRL&apos;s Mashitu copper mine, operated by Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. (ENRC), in this aerial view in Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012. Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler, whose grandfather co-founded Israel&apos;s diamond exchange in 1947, arrived in Congo in 1997 seeking rough diamonds. Since those early days, Gertler has invested in iron ore, gold, cobalt and copper as well as agriculture, oil and banking. Photographer: Simon Dawson</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Airbus Agrees to Settle Bribery Cases for About $3 Billion]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlotte Ryan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2020 22:26:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iraqi Oil Bosses Wooed by Shopping Trip, Cash, TVs for Contracts]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Franz Wild]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2020 15:57:06 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The travelling block hangs beside drill pipes on the derrick of a drill rig during oil drilling operations by Targin JSC, a unit of Sistema PJSFC, in an oilfield operated by Bashneft PAO near Ufa, Russia, on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016. Bashneft distributes petroleum products and petrochemicals around the world and in Russia via filling stations.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ex-Barclays Banker Boath Won’t Testify in Qatar Fraud Trial]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Milligan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2020 10:38:48 GMT</pubDate>
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