Anti-Corruption Protests in Haiti Turn Deadly
Amid burning tires and police tear gas, anti-corruption protests in Haiti turned violent on Sunday, leaving two people dead and five injured, according to France 24.
Amid burning tires and police tear gas, anti-corruption protests in Haiti turned violent on Sunday, leaving two people dead and five injured, according to France 24.
Albania’s governing Socialist Party called for the impeachment of President Ilir Meta, a former party member, on Monday because of his decision to call off the country’s upcoming municipal elections and therefore side with the opposition who have organized months-long anti-government protests.
A Russian investigative journalist who was arrested on Thursday in Moscow was formally charged on Saturday with intent to sell drugs that police claim they found when they searched him and his home.
Malta remains poised at the head of the European Union pack in terms of projected annual rates of economic growth, but this has also opened the country up to the increased proliferation of financial crime that it is currently not able to manage, according to the European Commission and Malta itself.
Iron-fisted rulers are undermining state institutions and freedom of expression in the Western Balkans claims a report published on Wednesday by human rights watchdog Freedom House.
Russian police arrested investigative journalist Ivan Golunov on Thursday, accusing him of possessing club drugs, which Golunov claims were planted on him. He also claims the officers beat him during his arrest and detainment.
Officers found sound evidence of meth in stereos that arrived on a boat from Thailand, the Australian Border Force said Friday.
The Catholic Church in the United States spent US$10.6 million lobbying against state legislation designed to help victims of clerical sex abuse, according to a report released on Tuesday.
Albanians soon may no longer be free to travel around Europe without a visa because of illicit activities involving the Albanian mafia in the Netherlands.
Concerns about the influence of organized crime have reached such fever pitch in a Croatian soccer club, that the management turned to the country’s president and prime minister for help.