Chemical weapon for sale: China’s unregulated narcotic
By ERIKA KINETZ and DESMOND BUTLER For a few thousand dollars, Chinese companies offer to export a powerful chemical that has been killing unsuspecting drug users and is so lethal…
Corporate legal affairs
EU says Apple must pay up to 13B euros in back taxes
By JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG Apple will have to pay up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) plus interest in back taxes to Ireland after the European Union found Tuesday that the…
Politicians, celebs deny abuse of offshore accounts
By FRANK JORDANS and KEN MORITSUGU The president of Ukraine became the latest prominent politician to deny wrongdoing Wednesday after his name was linked to secretive offshore accounts arranged by…
Iceland’s leader is first victim of offshore holdings leak
By JILL LAWLESS and DAVID McHUGH The leak of millions of records on offshore accounts claimed its first high-profile victim Tuesday as Iceland’s prime minister resigned amid outrage over revelations…
Mattel fought elusive cyber-thieves to get $3M out of China
By ERIKA KINETZ The email seemed unremarkable: a routine request by Mattel Inc.’s chief executive for a new vendor payment to China. It was well-timed, arriving on Thursday, April 30,…
How Chicago racked up a $662 million police misconduct bill
By SHARON COHEN In this city’s troubled history of police misconduct, Eric Caine’s case may be unrivaled: It took more than 25 years and $10 million to resolve. For decades,…
Poor offenders pay high price when probation turns on profit
By ADAM GELLER and SHARON COHEN Tennessee (AP) — Outside the $200-a-week motel room that Steven Gibbs and his family call home, the afternoon sun sparkled. Inside, though, he had…
Rupert Murdoch’s UK papers won’t face phone hacking charges
By JILL LAWLESS More than four years after revelations of tabloid phone hacking shocked Britain, prosecutors said Friday that the criminal investigation is over, ruling out corporate prosecution of Rupert…