Georgian authorities on Tuesday arrested nine people, including one public official, in connection with last week’s electrocution in Tbilisi’s newly refurbished fountain that killed a 13-year-old girl and injured two children – said the Interior Ministry in a statement.
A federal court in New York sent on Monday a drug kingpin and paramilitary leader whom Colombia extradited in 2018 to prison for 35 years, the U.S. Department of Justice announced in a statement.
Lafarge, the world’s largest cement manufacturer, pleaded guilty in a U.S. court Tuesday to conspiring to finance terrorist organizations, including the Islamic State, in exchange for preferential treatment for its Syria-based operations.
The U.S. Treasury imposed on Monday sanctions on 10 individuals managing al-Shabab’s financing networks and supplying the group with weapons for the terrorist group.
A man named Avraham Eisenberg revealed himself to be one of the hackers behind last week’s US$114 million exploit of decentralized cryptocurrency exchange Mango Markets, and returned $67 million as he defended his actions to be a “highly profitable trading strategy.”
The so-called “Princess of Orange,” heir apparent of the Dutch Monarchy, was forced to return home to the Hague, just months after heading off to the University of Amsterdam, due to threats from organized criminal groups, her parents said at a press conference, during a state visit to Sweden.
Indian officials have dismissed reports that it purchased the Pegasus spyware in 2017 as “sensationalism.” Trade data shows a hardware shipment to its main domestic intelligence agency was made matching specifications in a Pegasus brochure.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted Monday a woman for allegedly defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of US$156 million by falsely claiming to have provided 30 million meals to Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017.
A Pakistani court acquitted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son from a money laundering and corruption case filed against them in 2020, Radio Pakistan announced.
An Interpol-led operation involving 14 countries across the world netted 75 individuals believed to be linked to a Nigerian cybercriminal group that stole millions from its victims, according to a statement released Friday.