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Bastion Pt drug trial: Cocaine frenzy left alleged boss Richie Wilk and mates awash with cash, Crown claims 4 May, 2021 04:04 AM 3 minutes to read Ryszard Wilk, brought back to New Zealand in 2019 to face charges, has pleaded not guilty. Photo / Interpol Ryszard Wilk, brought back to New Zealand in 2019 to face charges, has pleaded not guilty. Photo / Interpol If you follow the money - bundles of it generated with no legitimate explanation - you can know only one product was behind it. That s what prosecutor Brian Dickey told jurors in his closing address at the Bastion Pt cocaine trial today. Russian sailor Aleksandr Cherushev and Polish men Ryszard Richie Wilk and Patryk Lukasz Lukasik have pleaded not guilty to importing cocaine. ....
Impressive : Global watchdog rates NZ police efforts at seizing criminal wealth, advises software upgrade to identify money launderers 30 Apr, 2021 07:00 AM 7 minutes to read Nearly $1m seized from a senior Head Hunter gang member involved in drug manufacture. The cash was hidden inside his bed. Photo / Supplied Nearly $1m seized from a senior Head Hunter gang member involved in drug manufacture. The cash was hidden inside his bed. Photo / Supplied An international evaluation of New Zealand s ability to prevent and investigate money laundering says company and trust structures are a major vulnerability, but ranks the police efforts to seize suspected criminal wealth as among the best in the world. ....
Despite better warnings, we re more at risk from tsunamis 20 Apr, 2021 09:22 PM 9 minutes to read Traffic on the Ohope Hills after a tsunami warning on March 5. Photo / Andrew Warner By: Paul Gorman Tsunamis can be generated by earthquakes, landslides, undersea volcanic eruptions and even crashing meteorites. And despite better warnings, we are more at risk. By Paul Gorman. When the tsunami came that winter morning in 1868, many Chatham Islanders were asleep. Accompanied by a rising roar, three waves more than 6m high suddenly surged 6km inland across parts of the northern and eastern coasts of the main island during a 15-minute period from 1am on August 15. ....