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A Moroccan court sentences a man to five years in prison and fines him US$107,300 for human trafficking after he recruited jobseekers online who were later transported to Myanmar and forced to work in scam centers, marking the country's first conviction involving the recruitment of victims for foreign scam compounds.
2025-11-4

Malta introduces tax cuts exempting parents of two or more children from income tax on up to €18,500 (US$21,574) of earnings from 2026, rising to €30,000 ($34,985) by 2028, as part of efforts to address its low fertility rate.
2025-10-27

The Jamaica Constabulary Force seizes $80 million worth of cocaine from a cargo ship at the port of Kingston.
2023-01-15

The European Union provides Fiji with a US$23.4 million budget to help the Pacific country fight the COVID-19 pandemic. This move comes after Fiji closed its embassy in Brussels amid a closure of several Fijian embassies around the world.
2020-08-7

A police officer storms the police headquarters in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, and shoots dead three fellow officers, including a commanding officer. Authorities say Guarionex Candelario, 50, was arrested for the killings shortly afterwards and taken to hospital for minor injuries.
2015-12-28

Puerto Rico fails to make a scheduled payment of US$58 million to service its debts of $72 billion. Moody's considers the commonwealth in default.
2015-08-3

Creditors offer Puerto Rico's highly leveraged power authority $2 billion in new financing, including $1.2 billion for a new natural gas operation, in exchange for assurances that it will repay its debt.
2015-03-30

The Australian dollar hits a 20-month low against the United States dollar.
2013-06-5

Customs officials in Hong Kong seize a haul of cocaine worth US$33.4m bound for China, originating from Bolivia.
2011-01-20

At least 2 tonnes of cocaine worth around US$1 billion bound for Europe is seized in The Gambia.
2010-06-8