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    [2025-12-18 20:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Deutsche Welle
    Title: How the battle against Asian scam networks went global
    Snippet: A trial got underway in Seoul last week for 46 South Koreans, mostly men in their 20s, accused of participating in online scam operations in Cambodia.
    Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/how-the-battle-against-asian-scam-networks-went-global/a-75181724
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    [2025-12-17 05:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
    Source: Deutsche Welle
    Title: Gas-loving Trump cedes electric car market to China
    Snippet: When US President Donald Trump recently announced the rollback of vehicle fuel efficiency regulations, he called it the end of the "green new scam."
    Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/us-ev-rollback-pushes-chinese-automakers-ahead-favoring-oil-and-gas-fossil-fuel-powered-cars/a-75155303
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    [2025-12-17 00:36 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Hong Kong engineer gets 5 years over HK$6 million laundering and bribery offences
    Snippet: High Court jails former civil servant for laundering millions and taking bribe to help friend’s engineering firms win government tenders
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3336675/hong-kong-engineer-gets-5-years-over-hk6-million-laundering-and-bribery-offences
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    [2025-12-16 14:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Rappler
    Title: Meta tolerates rampant ad fraud from China to safeguard billions in revenue
    Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
    Read full article: https://www.rappler.com/technology/features/meta-tolerates-ad-fraud-china-safeguard-revenue/
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    [2025-12-16 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Malaysian woman loses US$293,000 after hiring ‘anti-scam’ firm to recoup US$366
    Snippet: Malaysian scam victims are being targeted again by fraudsters posing as legal experts who promise high recovery rates
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3336558/malaysian-woman-loses-us293000-after-hiring-anti-scam-firm-recoup-us366
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    [2025-12-14 17:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Hong Kong police arrest 7 in crackdown on credit card theft, fraud syndicate
    Snippet: Suspects allegedly coordinated thefts of credit cards in crowded places, before buying luxury items totalling more than HK$4 million
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3336369/hong-kong-police-arrest-7-crackdown-credit-card-theft-fraud-syndicate
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    [2025-12-12 19:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Daily News
    Title: Telegram job scam exposed: Police arrest suspect - DailyNews
    Snippet: A 31-year-old resident of Welipenna has been arrested by the North Western Provincial Sub-Unit of the Computer Crimes Investigation Division for his involvement in an online earning scam.
    Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/12/local/913644/telegram-job-scam-exposed-police-arrest-suspect/
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    [2025-12-12 17:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: How the global grey market in SIM cards powers fraud and influence
    Snippet: How much does an army of bots cost? A new study reveals how likes and clout are bought
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3336187/how-global-grey-market-sim-cards-powers-fraud-and-influence
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    [2025-12-12 09:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: ‘Crypto king’ Do Kwon gets 15 years in prison for misleading investors
    Snippet: The South Korean founder of Terraform Labs had previously pleaded guilty to fraud charges stemming from a US$40 billion stablecoin crash
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336134/do-kwon-gets-15-years-prison-misleading-crypto-investors-who-lost-billions
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    [2025-12-12 06:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Daily News
    Title: Excise Officer arrested for soliciting Rs. 2 Mn bribe - DailyNews
    Snippet: An Excise Officer attached to the Anti-Narcotics Unit of the Excise Department has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) for allegedly soliciting a bribe of Rs. 2 million.
    Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/12/breaking-news/913408/excise-officer-arrested-for-soliciting-rs-2-mn-bribe/
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    [2025-12-11 19:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Daily News
    Title: Excise Sergeant arrested for accepting bribe - DailyNews
    Snippet: An excise sergeant has been arrested by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs. 2 million.
    Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/11/local/912777/excise-sergeant-arrested-for-accepting-bribe/
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    [2025-12-11 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Rappler
    Title: [Pinoy Criminology] An appeal to prosecutors: Jail the corrupt, even if they were your ‘padrinos’
    Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
    Read full article: https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/pinoy-criminology-appeal-prosecutors-jail-corrupt-infrastructure-corruption-doj-circular-20/
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    [2025-12-11 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: South Korea’s threat to dissolve corrupt religious groups risks blowback
    Snippet: President Lee’s move comes as a widening Unification Church bribery scandal implicates lawmakers from both major parties
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3335911/south-koreas-threat-dissolve-corrupt-religious-groups-risks-political-blowback
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    [2025-12-10 22:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Deutsche Welle
    Title: The EU's anti-fraud enforcer — the fight against corruption
    Snippet: To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
    Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/the-eus-anti-fraud-enforcer-the-fight-against-corruption/video-75068969
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    [2025-12-10 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: ‘They’ll go to jail’: Philippines to tear down ‘syndicate’ siphoning billions
    Snippet: A cabinet official has pledged to reform the Department of Public Works and Highways by ‘injecting new blood, removing the bad eggs’
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3335860/philippines-vows-tear-down-corrupt-infrastructure-syndicate-siphoning-billions
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    [2025-12-10 14:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Honduras president alleges ‘electoral coup’ amid chaotic vote count
    Snippet: Fraud allegations, claims of US interference and disputed tally sheets mar vote count following Honduras’ November 30 presidential election
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3335835/honduras-turmoil-grows-president-alleges-electoral-coup-amid-chaotic-vote-count
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    [2025-12-09 22:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Hong Kong eyes info sharing on crypto assets to combat tax fraud, evasion
    Snippet: Compliance with OECD framework is of ‘paramount importance’ to maintain Hong Kong’s reputation as a finance hub, secretary says
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3335787/hong-kong-eyes-international-info-sharing-crypto-assets-combat-tax-fraud-evasion
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    [2025-12-09 21:03 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Trump ally Babis returns as Czech PM amid fraud trial and EU concerns
    Snippet: His return raises concerns that his Eurosceptic coalition could restrict aid to Ukraine
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3335771/trumpist-billionaire-babis-returns-power-czech-pm-amid-fraud-trial-and-eu-concerns
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    [2025-12-09 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Letters | Cambodia is confronting the scourge of online scams head-on
    Snippet: Readers discuss the cross-border effort targeting the syndicates behind Cambodia’s scam farms, Malaysia’s first fully home-grown EV, and the investigation into the Tai Po fire in Hong Kong
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3335567/cambodia-confronting-scourge-online-scams-head
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    [2025-12-09 07:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: ProPublica
    Title: Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
    Snippet: For months, the Trump administration has been accusing its political enemies of mortgage fraud for claiming more than one primary residence.
    Read full article: https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-mortgage-fraud-florida-principal-residences
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    [2025-12-09 06:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Daily News
    Title: Retired State official remanded for accepting bribe - DailyNews
    Snippet: A retired Government Analyst’s Department officer has been remanded on charges of accepting a bribe.
    Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/09/lawnorder/910961/retired-state-official-remanded-for-accepting-bribe/
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    [2025-12-08 13:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Rappler
    Title: The investigation into Jojo Cadiz's contractor conflict of interest
    Snippet: MANILA, Philippines – After resigned congressman Zaldy Co published several videos, among them accusing President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of earning kickbacks from corrupt infrastructure projects, investigators were quick to downplay them because they were not made under oath. Co is also evading an arrest warrant, and the President has dared him to come home, while denying the allegations.
    Read full article: https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/podcasts-videos/rappler-investigation-doj-usec-jojo-cadiz-contractor-conflict-interest/
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    [2025-12-08 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: ‘Everyone gets a cut’: why Southeast Asia’s scam industry refuses to die
    Snippet: Authorities are seizing assets and raiding compounds, but analysts warn the clumsy crackdown is merely scattering syndicates to new hideouts
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3335392/southeast-asias-billion-dollar-scam-industry-refuses-die-everyone-gets-cut
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    [2025-12-08 09:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Editorial | Persistence of scams targeting students in Hong Kong shows need for vigilance
    Snippet: Stronger enforcement and publicity of anti-fraud measures are necessary to uphold the city’s allure as a hub for education
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3335331/persistence-scams-targeting-students-hong-kong-shows-need-vigilance
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    [2025-12-08 04:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: ProPublica
    Title: Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
    Snippet: The Trump administration has vowed to go after anyone who got lower mortgage rates by claiming more than one primary residence on their loan papers.
    Read full article: https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cabinet-mortgage-fraud
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    [2025-12-07 22:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Deutsche Welle
    Title: Hungary's Orban woos voters with cash incentives and smears
    Snippet: Hungarian politicians from the country's ruling right-wing populist Fidesz party accuse national conservative opposition leader Peter Magyar of all sorts of things. They say that the 44-year-old leader of the Tisza party and favorite for the parliamentary elections in spring 2026 is a Brussels mercenary. They call him a Ukrainian agent and a warmonger who wants to forcibly recruit Hungarian men.
    Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/hungarys-orban-woos-voters-with-cash-incentives-and-smears/a-75048183
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    [2025-12-06 14:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Letters | Asia is waking up to storms that are stronger – and more polluted
    Snippet: Readers discuss new research that shows how typhoons spread microplastic pollution, encouraging the use of an anti-scam app, and the migrant domestic workers who fell victim to the Tai Po fire
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3335273/asia-waking-storms-are-stronger-and-more-polluted
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    [2025-12-06 03:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Deutsche Welle
    Title: The EU’s Anti-Fraud Enforcer
    Snippet: Since becoming head of the European Public Prosecutor's Office in 2021, she’s launched a series of anti-fraud cases—and won.
    Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/the-eus-anti-fraud-enforcer/a-75036789
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    [2025-12-05 23:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Taiwan blocks mainland Chinese platform RedNote citing ‘high fraud risk’
    Snippet: Island’s digital affairs ministry says five Chinese apps collect sensitive data, access biometric functions and ‘extract system information’
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3335386/taiwan-blocks-mainland-chinese-social-media-platform-rednote-citing-high-fraud-risk
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    [2025-12-05 14:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Daily News
    Title: Taiwan to ban Chinese app RedNote over fraud concerns - DailyNews
    Snippet: Taiwan says it will block access to popular Chinese social media app RedNote or Xiaohongshu for one year following concerns over online shopping scams.
    Read full article: https://dailynews.lk/2025/12/05/breaking-news/908747/taiwan-to-ban-chinese-app-rednote-over-fraud-concerns/
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    [2025-12-05 09:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Trump favourite edges ahead in Honduras vote as opponent calls foul
    Snippet: Salvador Nasralla claimed ‘an algorithm changed the data’ after losing a lead held since Tuesday
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3335258/honduran-centrist-nasralla-alleges-vote-fraud-trump-backed-asfura-edges-ahead
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    [2025-12-05 02:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Deutsche Welle
    Title: Ex-EU official Mogherini quits college post amid fraud probe
    Snippet: Federica Mogherini, the former foreign policy and security chief of the European Union (EU), on Thursday resigned from her role as rector of the College of Europe.
    Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/federica-mogherini-corruption-fraud-investigation-inquiry-probe-detained-belgian-police/a-75020372
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    [2025-12-04 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: Honduras TV host widens lead over Trump-backed rival for president
    Snippet: Donald Trump, who has backed Nasry Asfura, has alleged election fraud without evidence
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3335112/honduras-tv-host-widens-lead-over-trump-backed-rival-president
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    [2025-12-03 16:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Financial Times
    Title: UK banks turn to AI for fraud prevention and to improve services
    Snippet: PublishedDecember 3 2025
    Read full article: https://www.ft.com/content/785b9181-dd3f-40cb-8e46-eb06a3f9e4d1
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    [2025-12-03 04:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Deutsche Welle
    Title: European fraud probe targets former EU official Mogherini
    Snippet: Former EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini was one of three suspects detained on Tuesday in police searches of the European Union's diplomatic service in Brussels and an elite university in Bruges.
    Read full article: https://www.dw.com/en/european-fraud-probe-targets-former-eu-official-mogherini/a-74985269
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    [2025-12-03 01:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: South China Morning Post
    Title: EU’s former top diplomat Mogherini charged in fraud investigation
    Snippet: Federica Mogherini was arrested in Brussels amid raids over suspected fraud related to an EU-funded training programme for junior diplomats
    Read full article: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3334956/eus-former-top-diplomat-mogherini-detained-training-fraud-probe-source
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    [2025-12-02 12:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Michael West Media
    Title: After 27 months of secrecy, the 'Jobs-for-Mates' report lobs. What's the scam? - Michael West
    Snippet: Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
    Read full article: https://michaelwest.com.au/after-27-months-of-secrecy-the-jobs-for-mates-report-lobs-whats-the-scam/
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    [2025-11-29 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Rappler
    Title: PH’s 2025 in tech: Top 6 in ChatGPT use, highest scam rate, internet initiatives
    Snippet: This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.
    Read full article: https://www.rappler.com/technology/features/top-developments-philippines-ai-chatgpt-scam-2025/
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    [2025-08-28 02:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: RT News
    Title: Musk vows to fund lawsuits against UK officials over grooming gangs
    Snippet: Elon Musk has said he is prepared to finance legal cases against “corrupt officials” in Britain after an inquiry found “gross negligence” in handling grooming gang crimes.
    Read full article: https://www.rt.com/news/623580-musk-uk-grooming-gangs/
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    [2025-06-06 19:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: ProPublica
    Title: Inside the AI Prompts DOGE Used to “Munch” Contracts Related to Veterans’ Health
    Snippet: When an AI script written by a Department of Government Efficiency employee came across a contract for internet service, it flagged it as cancelable. Not because it was waste, fraud or abuse — the Department of Veterans Affairs needs internet connectivity after all — but because the model was given unclear and conflicting instructions.
    Read full article: https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-ai-tool-doge-veterans-affairs-contracts-sahil-lavingia
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    [2025-04-14 12:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: Rappler
    Title: Ecuador
    Snippet: Meanwhile, opponent Luisa Gonzalez tells supporters she does not accept the results and will demand a recount, calling it 'the worst and most grotesque electoral fraud in the history of Ecuador'
    Read full article: https://www.rappler.com/topic/ecuador/
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    [2024-12-25 02:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: VOA60 Africa- Mozambique pposition leader Venancio Mondlane said the country's top court is “legalizing fraud" after poll confirmation
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/voa60-africa--mozambique-pposition-leader-venancio-mondlane-said-the-country-s-top-court-is-legalizing-fraud-after-poll-confirmation/7912544.html
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    [2024-12-06 11:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: Southeast Asian scam centers grow as more people are trafficked to staff them
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/southeast-asian-scam-centers-grow-as-more-people-are-trafficked-to-staff-them/7889009.html
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    [2024-10-09 09:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: Republicans, Democrats preempt claims of voter fraud ahead of election
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/republicans-democrats-preempt-claims-of-voter-fraud-ahead-of-election-/7815288.html
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    [2024-09-27 23:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: New York City mayor charged with bribery, wire fraud
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/new-york-city-mayor-charged-with-bribery-wire-fraud/7801598.html
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    [2024-08-10 02:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: VOA60 Africa- Former Mozambican Finance Minister Manuel Chang was convicted Thursday by a New York court in a bribe conspiracy case
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/voa60-africa--former-mozambican-finance-minister-manuel-chang-was-convicted-thursday-by-a-new-york-court-in-a-bribe-conspiracy-case/7736392.html
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    [2024-04-03 03:45 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: VOA60 America - Trump posts $175 million bond in civil fraud case, averting asset seizures
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/voa60-america---trump-posts-175-million-bond-in-civil-fraud-case-averting-asset-seizures/7553486.html
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    [2024-02-27 00:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: Uganda Authorities Say 30 Ugandans Stuck in Myanmar Scam Compounds
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/uganda-authorities-say-30-ugandans-stuck-in-myanmar-scam-compounds-/7502686.html
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    [2024-01-29 07:05 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: Ukraine Says It Uncovered Massive Defense Procurement Fraud
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/ukraine-says-it-uncovered-massive-defense-procurement-fraud/7460689.html
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    [2023-10-04 11:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
    Source: VOA Africa
    Title: Trump Fights for Real Estate Empire in Civil Fraud Trial
    Snippet: No media source currently available
    Read full article: https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-fights-for-real-estate-empire-in-civil-fraud-trial-/7295553.html
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