US Arrests British Traders Over Forex Manipulation

Three British former foreign exchange traders for major banks have surrendered to US authorities to face criminal charges of market manipulation, the Justice Department announced Monday. The men were traders for affiliates of JP Morgan Chase, Barclays, Citicorp and the Royal Bank of Scotland and appeared Monday before a federal judge in New York. Richard … Read more

Intelligence Agency Employee Arrested Over Islamist Comments

An employee of the German intelligence agency (BfV) has been arrested after making Islamist statements and sharing agency material, German media report. A BfV spokesman quoted by Reuters news agency did not confirm a report in Die Welt newspaper that the man was suspected of planning a bomb attack on the BfV’s Cologne office. “There … Read more