The Villa Vie Odyssey, a residential cruise ship whose around-the-world voyage was thrown into doubt by soaring fuel costs and funding strains, has been arrested in Singapore.
Turkish authorities arrested the former deputy chairman of the country’s markets regulator, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Saturday, the latest executive to be caught up in a widening fund scandal.
Fatma Betul Sayan Kaya, former deputy chairwoman of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party, was arrested as part of an investigation into alleged manipulation involving investment funds and stocks, according to state-run Anadolu Agency.
US agents arrested a Mexican judge in Colombia on charges he accepted a $2 million bribe to secure the release of an alleged Canadian drug trafficker.
Turkish authorities arrested Borsa Istanbul Chief Executive Officer Korkmaz Ergun on bribery charges, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Tuesday, part of a widening investigation into Turkey’s investment fund crisis.
Ex-soldier Brett Velicovich turned a presidential social media shout-out into a $300 million drone startup.
