https://mlexmarketinsight.com/insights-center/editors-picks/anti-bribery-and-corruption/cross-jurisdiction/false-trade-invoicing-accounted-for-8-trillion-of-developing-worlds-trade-figures-over-10-years-study-says

The practice is called "trade misinvoicing." Although it can occur because of honest mistakes, it is often used intentionally to divert funds for malign purposes, GFI said.

"Trade misinvoicing is a well-established method of hiding illicit financial flows within the international commercial trade system, as well as evading and/or exploiting customs regimes," GFI said. "The report evidences that trade misinvoicing continues to be a major drain on domestic tax bases in developing countries."

Avoiding taxes or tariffs is a major motivation for misinvoicing trade goods, GFI said.

But the technique can be used to divert money secretly. If an importer overstates the amount that is being paid for a good. In this case the legitimate amount goes to the exporter selling the product, and the remainder is deposited in an offshore account.

The GFI estimate of $8.8 trillion in trade misinvoicing is only part of a bigger picture of malign financial activity in world trade. For instance, another manipulation of international trade occurs when exporters and importers collude to falsify customs records to show higher or lower values for the goods delivered.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/03/05/sen-ron-johnson-burisma-linked-firms-misinformation-campaign-may-have-fueled-ukrainian-prosecutors-ouster/

Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI) is working to verify a document that claims a firm linked to Ukrainian company Burisma apologized for a “misinformation campaign” against the country’s former prosecutor-general, Viktor Shokin, whom Joe Biden bragged about getting fired.

The Washington, DC-based lobbying firm affiliated with Burisma, Blue Star Strategies, has become a target of Sen. Johnson’s investigation into the Ukraine dealings of Joe and his son Hunter, particularly in connection to Burisma.

https://sfist.com/2020/03/05/sunnyvale-police-thwart-alleged-mass-shooting-attempt-by-disgruntled-ups-employee/

KGO has some additional detail that the threatening texts apparently started Sunday, with Andrews allegedly sending co-workers a text of "himself sitting in front of the Sunnyvale UPS facility playing the song ‘Murder on My Mind,’" and another saying “I am capable of incredibly horrific acts.” UPS security reached out to police around 8 p.m. when one specific worker was singled out by photo and home address.

Sunnyvale police then tracked Andrews down via his phone, and attempted to pull him over, but he refused and sped away. He even live streamed his chase when the California Highway Patrol joined pursuit, allegedly saying, “So this is how it ends.” Police were able to pull Andrews over, and a subsequent raid on his home found the nine firearms, the 20,000 rounds of ammo, and a commercial explosive called Tannerite.

UPS has not commented on Andrews’ employment history.