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Lost mountaineers located on the Iztaccíhuatl volcano

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

MEXICO CITY.- The Secretary of Security of the State of Mexico (SSEM) reported on the location and rescue of six mountaineers lost in the Iztaccíhuatl volcanoin Amecameca.

He Command center The state learned of six people who were lost in the vicinity of the volcano, following which it established communication with the high mountain policein order to begin the search work.

After applying the search protocol, the six missing hikers were located in good health. Brigade members assisted them in their descent.

According to the statement of SSEMthe mountaineers arrived at the place The Little Jewelwhere they were supported by the police and taken in official vehicles to Paso de Cortés, from where they left to return to their homes and reunite with their families.

The SSEM called on athletes and walkers who arrive at the site to take extreme precautions and remain in constant communication during the ascent to prevent any risky situation.

The location of the missing people occurred yesterday, Sunday, May 5.

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2024-05-12 14:34:36

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Investigation into money smuggling by offshore companies

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

Agadir 24 | Agadir24

Morocco’s financial oversight services are investigating suspicions of the involvement of businessmen and companies in smuggling money abroad through “offshore” companies, which were settled in countries classified as tax havens, specifically the “Fiji Islands” and the “Dominican Islands.”

According to what informed sources reported, the research that was opened in this regard comes following the National Financial Information Authority received notifications regarding suspicions from counterpart institutions in third countries, which formed a transit route for financial and bank transfers within the framework of commercial operations, in order to mislead the monitoring agencies in Morocco and other countries.

The same sources explained that the open research will use information from the interests of the Exchange Office and the General Administration of Customs and Indirect Taxes, in order to verify the extent of the activity of the suspected companies in Morocco and their financial and commercial operations abroad.

According to the same sources, the available data showed that these companies were employed to cover up the operations of smuggling money from Morocco to bank accounts in a number of countries abroad, as they are active in the field of services, commercial negotiations, and searching for business opportunities.

In addition, the same data revealed that Moroccan businessmen had strong relationships with companies affiliated with them, registered in the names of acquaintances and relatives, where significant sums of money were transferred to their accounts, in a legal manner, under the cover of business agreements signed between the party sending the money and the recipient. About investment opportunities, new markets, and the completion of expensive marketing studies, the value of one of which exceeded half a billion centimes.

The preliminary results of the ongoing research concluded that the suspects were involved in assigning “offshore” companies to search for new markets or commercial partners in a number of countries, which raised the value of the amounts in exchange for these doubtful services performed on the ground to important levels.

The questionable amounts of money were transferred on the basis that they were transactions for services provided by companies abroad, while the matter was related to the smuggling of funds, which were deposited in accounts belonging to the same companies.

Regarding the suspicious notices received by the National Financial Information Authority, it revealed that the activity of the “offshore” companies that were monitored exceeded the smuggling of the funds of individuals and companies to the provision of money laundering services in projects and investments in a group of countries upon request, in addition to the exploitation of these companies in import operations whose value was inflated. Financial means to be able to smuggle important sums.

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2024-05-12 14:22:55

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The art silo has opened the grain chambers to the public

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

5,500 spectators poured into Kunstsilo in Kristiansand on the opening day on Saturday.

Then they got to see with their own eyes the much talked regarding – and debated – art museum which was a dusty, disused grain warehouse before NOK 710 million transformed it into a building that awakens international attention.

– I know that there have been many opinions regarding this project along the way, but now we have reached the point where we can be happy with the result, said Culture Minister Lubna Jaffery (Ap) before she declared the silo open.

Free tickets

– We put the tickets out as free tickets because we wanted to invite everyone in, regardless of age and place of residence and profession, says commercial director Eldbjørg Dahl.

– It was like posting a Coldplay concert! The tickets just flowed out and were gone following a day. As an art museum, we have never experienced anything like it.

While the public was allowed in on the opening day for two hours at a time in groups of 200, from 12 May you will already be able to spend as much time as you want in Kunstsilo.

Then own works

Artists in the region have already been invited in the week leading up to the opening day. Some of them, such as Marianne Heske and Willibald Storn, might thus experience their own works on display – Heske’s “Gjerdeløa” in a separate room.

It was really well done, because “only” 620 of Nicolai Tangen’s collection of 5,500 works have been selected for the opening exhibition. It is called “Nordic passions”, and includes artists from all over the Nordic region. Tangen had the world’s largest collection of Nordic modernism, which he donated to Kristiansand in 2015.

Kunstsilo also manages the Sørlandssamlingen and the Christianssands Picture Gallery, which together with the Tangensamlingen make up a total of 7,500 works.

150,000 a year

The gift of art from the multi-millionaire and oil fund manager led to a motley road over nine years, with much debate locally – both angry comments at night in the comments section and political unrest. Now the employees experience it more positively, both in the streetscape as well as for what it will mean not only for the region, but also nationally.

Kunstsilo has budgeted for a visitor figure of 150,000 visitors a year. According to Dahl, that is “a high number for a city like Kristiansand”. The neighboring building, the Kilden concert hall, has 200,000 annual visitors.

– We work with long-term plans and program activities with music, debates and being a space for expression. We concentrate on the opening, and then we build stone by stone. It seems that many people want to visit us, visitors – both locally, nationally and internationally.

– Promise to play

Among the attractions is a room called S-Lab, devoted to the intensive dissemination of art, which Kunstsilo is quite unique in doing. The starting shot goes with the painting “Tivoli” by Reidar Aulie from 1935.

– We will take a work of art from our collection, digitize it with the help of a robot that takes photographs in high resolution. Then you can model and animate and recreate scenes from it in the room – before you come out and finally see the original, Eldbjørg Dahl tells NTB.

– You look at the artwork with different eyes because the method brings the work to life in a completely new way. Communicating is regarding making it available. There are no limits to how an art museum can communicate its works more. It is “allowed” to play more, be open and make things available.

A tribute

A well-dressed managing director, Reidar Fuglestad, began the official opening on Saturday by saying that Kunstsilo has high ambitions.

– We will have world-class art experiences and an exciting program that will make you want to come once more and once more.

Between speeches, a bustling crowd, reactions and cannon shots, chairman Stein Olav Henriksen also used the opportunity to congratulate Norway on what he refers to as one of the biggest cultural political events in Norway in a long time.

Tangen and the Minister of Culture also referred to the opening as a special day.

– This is a tribute to artists who have spent their lives expressing what is inside their heads, so that the rest of us will have great experiences, said Tangen.

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2024-05-12 14:19:57

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Azam Nazir Tarar’s telephonic contact with Maryam Nawaz, discussion on lawyers’ protest – Pakistan

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

Federal Law Minister Senator Azam Nazir Tarar has contacted Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on telephone.

During the telephonic conversation, the Federal Law Minister and the Punjab Chief Minister discussed the situation arising out of the lawyers’ protest.

The two leaders agreed to resolve the matter amicably while respecting the legitimate demands of the lawyers.

On this occasion, Maryam Nawaz said that the Chief Secretary and IG Police Punjab immediately instructed to avoid using force once morest lawyers.

The two leaders agreed that conflict is not in favor of any party, including the people, and it is wise to resolve the issues through dialogue.