Italy: Police Seize US $3.4 Million of Cocaine in Operation 'White Sugar'
On Jan. 27, the Turin financial police issued 14 arrest warrants for members of “one of the largest drug-trafficking gangs in Italy,” authorities say.
On Jan. 27, the Turin financial police issued 14 arrest warrants for members of “one of the largest drug-trafficking gangs in Italy,” authorities say.
Legal activist Xu Zhiyong was sentenced to four years in prison Sunday after being convicted of disturbing public order, a charge stemming from his involvement in a grassroots movement advocating for social justice and government accountability, reports the New York Times.
With an 81 percent vote for the resolution, the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly voted Tuesday to introduce sanctions against those involved in the death of Russian tax lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.
The chief executive officer of a Bitcoin exchange company has been indicted for allegedly laundering more than US $1 million worth of a digital currency to users of the black market website, the Silk Road.
Italian police have jailed a leading captain of La Cosa Nostra in Sicily, according to Caltanissetta Police Commissioner Marzia Giustolisi.
On Wednesday, Italian police issued more than 90 arrest warrants in a nation-wide operation against the Camorra, a Mafia-style organization that originated in Naples. Authorities also seized US$ 340 million of its assets.
Three people have died in Kiev during clashes between police and protestors over new “anti-protest” legislation, reports CNN.
Authorities in Michoacan, Mexico have arrested an alleged top Knights Templar leader, as the government's pursuit of the group's leadership adds to mounting pressures on the cartel.
Extending the reach of the 2012 Magnitsky Act, US Senators have introduced a new bill that aims to block human rights abusers from any country, not just Russia, from entering the United States and using its financial institutions, reports RIA Novosti.
Armenian custom authorities have seized 928 kilograms of heroin being transported from Iran, reports Hetq. This is the largest reported drug seizure by Armenian authorities.