216 Arrested in Americas in Crackdown on Human Trafficking
An operation spanning 61 countries led to the arrest of 216 suspects linked to migrant smuggling and human trafficking throughout Latin America, Interpol reported Friday.
An operation spanning 61 countries led to the arrest of 216 suspects linked to migrant smuggling and human trafficking throughout Latin America, Interpol reported Friday.
Four Kazakhstani human rights activists had their phones infected by the NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, according to a forensic analysis by Amnesty International’s Security Lab released on Thursday.
The head of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s biggest drug company appeared before the Court of BiH for laundering more than US$4.6 million, Sarajevo daily newspaper Oslobođenje reported on Thursday.
The U.S. authorities announced Wednesday they have targeted 16 individuals and 24 entities suspected of corruption and serious human rights abuses. The ruling freezes U.S. property and money connected to those people and entities.
A federal court in Alaska has indicted a Canadian national with a scheme to commit cyberattacks, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reported on Dec. 7.
Benjamin ‘Beny’ Steinmetz, an Israeli businessman who is wanted in Romania for his involvement in a corrupt land deal with a disputed member of Romania’s royal family, was arrested in Greece last month, held for 24 hours and subsequently banned from leaving the country, Romania’s Ministry of Justice revealed in a statement Wednesday.
Michael Steinhardt, a New York-based hedge fund manager and philanthropist, has surrendered more than 180 antiquities which were believed to have been looted or stolen from 11 different countries, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office revealed in a statement earlier this week.
A former enforcer of the Massachusetts chapter of The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings), was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison on racketeering charges, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Australian Federal Police (AFP) have arrested two Malaysian nationals in the western Sydney area in connection with a money-laundering operation that worked through cryptocurrency exchanges. The AFP seized nearly a quarter-million US dollars in cash in the case.
The final two members of a Peruvian scam artist group pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court on Monday to defrauding Spanish-speaking immigrants living in America of millions of dollars over an eight-year period.