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WORLD NEWS Friday 28 July 2017

UK police: Corporate manslaughter possible in tower fire

LONDON (AP) — British po- to The Associated Press that
lice said Thursday they have the letter is genuine, but
“reasonable grounds” to stressed it does not mean
suspect that local authori- a decision has been made
ties may have committed on whether to charge any
corporate manslaughter individual or organization.
in a deadly high-rise fire in Police have said for weeks
London. that their investigation will
The Metropolitan Police consider whether anyone
force said it has officially in- should be charged with a
formed the Royal Borough crime. The force said Thurs-
of Kensington and Chel- day it was “considering the
sea, which owns the Gren- full range of offences, from
fell Tower public housing corporate manslaughter to
block, and the manage- regulatory breaches.”
ment group the Kensington At least 80 people died
and Chelsea Tenant Man- June 14 when an early
agement Association that morning fire ripped through
they are under suspicion. the west London high-rise.
The news came in a letter It was the deadliest fire in
from police sent to resi- Britain in more than a cen- People attend a vigil near Grenfell tower in London, Thursday, July 27, 2017. British police said
dents of the building. The tury. Huge investigations Thursday they have “reasonable grounds” to suspect that local authorities may have committed
letter said a senior repre- by police, fire officials and corporate manslaughter in a deadly high-rise fire in London.
sentative of each body will others are underway to de- (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)
be interviewed about the termine how a blaze that 24-story building. cladding, installed during fast because thousands of
fire as part of the police in- started with a refrigerator Attention has focused the a recent renovation, and other buildings in the coun-
vestigation. in one apartment got out
The police force confirmed of control so quickly in the building’s new aluminum authorities want answers try could be affected.q
Greek police see leads in money laundering suspect’s phone

By COSTAS KANTOURIS process. The official spoke only on A Department of Justice including money launder-
Associated Press Police said they seized condition of anonymity as statement said Vinnik has ing, conspiracy to commit
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) electronic equipment, in- he was not authorized to been indicted by a grand money laundering and en-
— A cellphone seized dur- cluding mobile phones, discuss details of the case jury in the Northern District gaging in unlawful mon-
ing the arrest of a Russian two laptops and five tab- with the press. of California, on charges etary transactions.q
man the U.S. wants extra- lets, from his hotel room.
dited for allegedly laun- The suspect denies wrong-
dering vast sums through doing, and said he will fight
bitcoin transactions should extradition to the U.S.
provide key data for the Thessaloniki security police
investigation, Greek police chief Avraam Aivazidis told WE ARE CELEBRATING
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The U.S. Department of officers who arrested the
Justice has identified the suspect at a hotel near
suspect as Alexander Vin- Ouranoupolis — next to the
nik, 37. It said he allegedly all-male monastic com-
laundered more than $4 munity of Mount Athos —
billion through BTC-e, grabbed his cellphone be-
one of the world’s largest fore he could lock it, ensur-
digital currency exchanges ing vital data were not lost.
— which he allegedly oper- “He did not have time to
ated. shut it down,” Aivazidis said
The suspect was arrested Thursday. “That was the im-
Tuesday while on holiday portant thing for us.”
with his family in the Halkidi- A police official said one
ki area of northern Greece, officer distracted the sus-
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