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Global Digital Trade Faces Uncertainty as WTO Moratorium on Electronic Transmission Duties Expires After Nearly Three Decades
The landscape of international commerce underwent a seismic shift at the conclusion of the World Trade Organization’s 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, Cameroon. For the first time since the dawn of the commercial internet in 1998, the global consensus to prohibit customs duties on electronic transmissions has collapsed. While a vast majority of the 164 […]
Three Individuals Sentenced for Elaborate Bear Suit Insurance Fraud Scheme Netting Over $141,000
Three Southern California residents have been sentenced to six months in jail for an audacious insurance fraud scheme involving a bear costume and barbecue meat claws, which defrauded three insurance companies of over $141,000. Ruben Tamrazian, Vahe Muradkhanyan, and Alfiya Zuckerman orchestrated the elaborate deception, falsely claiming that a bear had extensively damaged the interiors […]