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Sunak, Truss vow to stem illegal immigration

Bloomberg Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak pledged to fix the UK’s “broken” asylum system and crack down on illegal boat crossings from France if he becomes prime minister, while his rival, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, said she’ll push to send more migrants to third countries for processing. Sunak said he would tighten the statutory definition of who qualifies for asylum in ...

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Italy Democrats weigh election alliances, Letta tells Repubblica

  Bloomberg Italy’s Democrats are weighing possible alliances for the country’s national elections in September and will decide in the coming days and weeks on the makeup of any new coalitions, party leader Enrico Letta said in an interview with la Repubblica published Sunday. Opinion polls show the Democrats, or PD, running a close second to the right-wing Brothers of ...

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UK banks see suspicious reports triple since invasion of Ukraine

  Bloomberg The National Crime Agency (NCA) has seen a surge in so-called suspicious activity reports filed by banks and other regulated institutions in the UK since February. The NCA, Britain’s equivalent of the FBI, gave an update on the figures for the first time. The notices, which detail concerns around sanctions breaches as well as money laundering and terrorist ...

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