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  2. Corruption in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    The country ranks 56 among 190 economies globally on World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Index 2019. The public procurement sector in Kenya suffers widespread corruption and is the leading form of graft in the public service and always at the centre of all major corruption scandals.

  3. Bangladesh Bank robbery - Wikipedia

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    The Bangladesh Bank robbery, also known colloquially as the Bangladesh Bank cyber heist, [1] was a theft that took place in February 2016. Thirty-five fraudulent instructions were issued by security hackers via the SWIFT network to illegally transfer close to US$1 billion from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York account belonging to Bangladesh ...

  4. Bank robbery - Wikipedia

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    Bank robbery is commonly associated with the American Old West due to a few infamous examples and portrayal in fiction. The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) in their research, found the scene of the Western bank-robbery to be generally a myth, identifying less than 10 definite bank robberies between 1859 and 1900 across 15 frontier states.

  5. Securitas depot robbery - Wikipedia

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    The 2006 Securitas depot robbery in Tonbridge, England, was the UK's largest cash heist. It began with a kidnapping on the evening of 21 February 2006 and ended in the early hours of 22 February, when seven criminals stole almost £53 million. The gang left behind another £154 million because they did not have the means to transport it.

  6. Dozens killed in Kenya as weeks of heavy rain devastate region

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    Kenya is facing a worsening flood crisis due to the combined effects of El Niño and the ongoing March-May 2024 long rains,” IFRC Secretary General and CEO Jagan Chapagain said in a post on X ...

  7. Daily Nation - Wikipedia

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    The Daily Nation was started in the year 1958 as a Swahili weekly called Taifa by the Englishman Charles Hayes. It was bought in 1959 by the Aga Khan, and became a daily newspaper, Taifa Leo (Swahili for "Nation Today"), in January 1960. An English-language edition called Daily Nation was published on 3 October 1960, in a process organised by ...

  8. Kenya flood toll rises to 181 as homes and roads are destroyed

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    NAIROBI (Reuters) -Floods and landslides across Kenya have killed 181 people since March, with hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes, the government and Red Cross said on Wednesday, as ...

  9. List of bank robbers and robberies - Wikipedia

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    Ronald Ryan. Andrew George Scott (Captain Moonlite) Squizzy Taylor. Robberies. Bank of Australia robbery, 1828, £14,000 in promissory notes and coins. 1984 Sydney bank robbery and hostage crisis. Great Bookie robbery. Nelson robbery. Perth Mint Swindle.