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Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged phishing - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Portugal - that was filed at federal court in the USA on February 11, 2008. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Volodymyr Yermakov, Ivan Ustych, Oleksiy Tsvelik, Caixa Geral de Depositos, TRACI Network Solutions, IBM, CERFnet, and Verio.

ARGENTINA Bad start for new president Néstor Kirchner, an obscure provincial governor, became Argentina's president elect by default when former President Carlos Menem withdrew alleging that there was "a systematic slander campaign" against him. Menem is on trial for several

Investigator finds links among different cases of corruption in Argentina The head of an anti money laundering commission in Argentina, Legislator Elisa Carrió, has linked apparently unconnected cases of corruption that have occurred during the past 15 years in a