uterus
wasn't removed; in other cases, women who apparently went to see the doctor for back pain are said to have ended up getting their womb removed on doctors' advice.
Police in Italy have arrested the head of one of the country's biggest mozzarella producer on charges of links to the mafia. Italian investigators say Giuseppe Mandara was
in partnership with
the notorious Casalesi clan of the Neapolitan mafia, the Camorra, since the 80s.
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Top executives of the banking giant, HSBC, have appeared before a US Senate committee and apologized for the bank's failure to prevent money laundering through its accounts by organized criminals, drug gangs and terrorists. Their investigation found that HSBC had allowed its affiliates in other countries to move billions of dollars in suspect funds to the United States. Paul Adams reports.
银行巨头汇丰银行的高官们出现在美国参议院委员会目前,为本行未能阻止犯罪组织、贩毒团伙和恐怖分子通过账户进行洗钱的活动道歉。委员会调查发现,汇丰银行允许其在其他国家的分支机构将数十亿可疑资金转到美国。保罗·亚当斯报道。
The committee's report paints a picture of a bank unwilling or unable to oversee the operations of its subsidiaries. Its Mexican branch shipped $7bn to the United States over a two-year period, ignoring warnings that this almost certainly included drug money. The bank stripped information from documents to conceal prohibited dealings with Iran. Safeguards were ignored in cases involving Saudi and Bangladeshi banks with alleged connections to international terrorism. HSBC has said it will apologize, acknowledge its mistakes and fix what went wrong.