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#CancerCalculus: An ICIJ-led collaboration with 47 media partners in 37 countries reveals how Merck & Co. keeps the price of its lifesaving cancer drug Keytruda sky-high, locking out patients and squeezing health care systems worldwide. icij.org/investigations/canc…
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Asset manager Fidelity moved millions for a company owned by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein just weeks before his 2019 arrest, documents reviewed by ICIJ reveal. bit.ly/4dWcCTY
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Local and state governments across the U.S. have tightened restrictions on crypto ATMs. And with regulators cracking down on the cash-to-cryptocurrency kiosks in a bid to stop scammers, Bitcoin Depot has said that its business model is no longer viable. bit.ly/4u17mo8
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ICIJ’s #CancerCalculus investigation revealed that Merck operates with a gross lack of transparency in pricing. The findings have so far elicited widespread reactions from politicians, government agencies, and health and financial accountability experts. bit.ly/4cyx8sQ
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Prosecutors say Olena Oblamska was the self-proclaimed “goddess” of a scheme that falsely promoted Forsage as a legitimate, low-risk and lucrative investment, before stealing about $340 million from victim-investors. bit.ly/4dF2T4m
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The departure of Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, a top Trump administration intelligence official and ally of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, is the latest in the senior echelons of national security agencies.
Learn more: bit.ly/442pQK3
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New studies presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual conference suggest that reducing the dosage of anti-cancer medicines — including Keytruda — could cut global health costs by $30 billion a year and improve access for patients. bit.ly/4oxJxTB
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From @lawdotcom: A former Mongolian prime minister, whose name appeared in the #PanamaPapers, has moved to intervene in a DOJ forfeiture case over two luxury Manhattan apartments allegedly bought for his benefit with money from a corrupt mining deal. bit.ly/4e2KyQ6
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If you were watching @Jeopardy on Monday night, you might have caught an ICIJ-related clue...
"What are the #PanamaPapers?" was the answer worth $600!
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From @IrishTimes: U.S. special forces have seized a ship carrying $192 million of smuggled Iranian oil tied to the Kinahan crime cartel and have begun legal proceedings to seek the forfeiture of the vessel and its illicit cargo. bit.ly/4vCIELK
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ICIJ found that even after attorneys general in Massachusetts, Iowa and Washington, D.C. alleged that top ATM operators were dealing heavily in scam transactions, major crypto companies continued selling them big sums of bitcoin. bit.ly/4vchwmO
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From @BBC: A senior member of the Kinahan organized crime group has been sentenced to 24 years in prison.
On Monday, Sean McGovern pleaded guilty to two charges of directing the activities of a criminal organization. bbc.in/4xehXP4
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Former Trump administration adviser and intelligence official Amaryllis Fox Kennedy previously helped her father secure at least $12M from a Russian investment bank that cooperated with the Kremlin, leaked documents show.
Read the story: bit.ly/4utPimF
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An "amparo" is a Latin American legal remedy, similar to an injunction, that protects constitutional rights from abuses by the state and, sometimes, private entities.
Access to costly health care is a common reason to file amparos. bit.ly/4eodVwa
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Since 2023, Tunisian authorities have targeted Inkyfada’s publisher Al Khatt under the guise of regulatory action, blocking bank transfers, demanding proof of Al Khatt’s legal formation, and even suspending the nonprofit’s activities for a month last year. bit.ly/4wi1clJ
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In multiple interviews, experts told ICIJ that pharmaceutical companies and policymakers should do more to address the underlying problems that cause counterfeits to flourish in the first place: pricing and availability.
Read more from the #CancerCalculus: bit.ly/4xcgiJY
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After a surge in crypto scams, Maine began requiring crypto firms to verify the ownership of certain digital wallets to prevent would-be victims from paying scammers.
But Coinbase suggested Maine’s rule was unconstitutional, before it found a workaround. bit.ly/4uefNx0
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In a wealthier country, some oncology patients would be candidates for treatment with the blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda.
But in Guatemala, access to the expensive treatment is determined by timing, availability and luck.
Read about our reporter's trip: bit.ly/4wGcy3l
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The U.S. and its key intelligence partners say that Chinese intelligence officers are posing as recruiters on LinkedIn and other sites to target foreigners who could have access to classified or privileged information.
Read the latest: bit.ly/4un8P8r
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In Guatemala and elsewhere in Latin America, patients have taken to courts to force their insurers or public health systems to provide the anti-cancer drug Keytruda. Meanwhile, patients in wealthier countries struggle for access too. bit.ly/4tRp3ql
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Federal authorities in Mexico seized vials labeled as Keytruda during an operation to dismantle a counterfeit ring in a suburb outside of the capital city, sources told ICIJ. This is the second operation where vials of the cancer drug were seized. bit.ly/4dZB7zp
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