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15th Oct 2018

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Russian banker murder 'linked' to Danske scandal

Andrei Kozlov, a senior Russian Central Bank official shot dead in 2006, may have been killed in connection with what later became the Danske Bank money-laundering scandal, according to news website The Daily Beast. Kozlov had gone to Estonia three months earlier to expose illicit Russian money flowing through a Finnish bank, Sampo Bank, which was later bought by Danske Bank, The Daily Beast said, citing US diplomatic cables.

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EU looks at Morocco and Tunisia to offload migrants

EU member states and the European Commission are pressing ahead with plans to possibly use Morocco and Tunisia as countries to offload asylum seekers and migrants - part of larger bid to create a so-called "safe third country" list.

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Time is ripe for an overhaul of the football transfer system

A new accreditation, registration and disclosure system is to be put in place to ensure that agents are regulated to the highest standards. Greater transparency relating to fees is to be introduced, with agents' commissions going through a clearing house.

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A post-Brexit rival to Galileo? Possible, but expensive

The United Kingdom and the EU need to figure out how much access the UK will have to the EU-funded satellite navigation system after Brexit. Now the UK will study whether to set up its own system.

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