Excavation

Africa’s oldest known dinosaur found in 230-million-year-old fossil

“We never expected to find such a complete and well-preserved dinosaur skeleton,” said Christopher Griffin, one of the excavation members. Source: Murphy Allen/Virginia Tech. An international team of palaeontologists have discovered and named Africa’s oldest known dinosaur that was found in Zimbabwe. The skeleton of the oldest dinosaur ever discovered in Africa, named Mbiresaurus raathi,…

Money laundering

Several charged over alleged $4.7m money laundering scheme at gaming venue

“The 12-month investigation began after an initial report from AUSTRAC intelligence and, around the same time, the VGCCC providing details of its own data analysis and covert operations dating back from November 2020,” said the AFP. Source: AFP. Three people have been charged by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) over an alleged money laundering syndicate…