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Only Kroenke, a minority owner in the franchise at the time, surprisingly swooped in by exercising his right of first refusal.

But with some countries' economies so reliant on the scam industry, she said the law enforcement actions potentially leave "a vacuum for other organised crime types to swoop in".

As Comey now knows all too well, the government will not swoop in and provide meaningful financial assistance.

However the clock change will bring sunset forward by an hour in one fell swoop which may come as a shock to the system.

He turned upside-down the traditional playbook for solving international crises, in which diplomats work behind the scenes to iron out differences between warring parties, before world leaders swoop in and announce a deal.