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France sees spike in cocaine seizures

France said on Wednesday it seized 27 tons of cocaine in 2022, five times more than in 10 years, as Europe faces a sharp rise in trafficking and use of the drug. Seizures were up five percent last year compared to 2021, with more than half of the drugs coming from the West Indies and

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Wells Fargo was ordered to pay $3.7 billion for “illegal activities,” including unfair foreclosures and vehicle seizures.

New York CNN — On Tuesday, federal regulators fined Wells Fargo a record $1.7 billion for “widespread mismanagementover several years that have damaged more than 16 million consumer accounts. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Wells Fargo’s “illegal activities” included repeated improper loan paymentsillegal seizure of houses, illegal seizure of vehicles, not right estimating fees

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