A military court in the city of Rostov decided to remand a Russian soldier from the Moscow region for two months as he is accused of murdering a taxi driver, following an argument about the war in Ukraine. The news was reported by the websites 161.ru and Kommersant-Yug citing the press service of the court. […]
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Ukraine: Authorities say 20,000 recorded Russian war crimes
Ukrainian authorities say they have evidence of 20,000 possible war crimes in the three months since the Russian army invaded the country on February 24. Police alone recorded 13,500 such cases, Ukrainian Interior Minister Denis Monastirsky told Ukrainian television. “We work with foreigners, prosecutors, investigation teams, experts, but most of the (investigative) work is done […]
Germany: Record of politically motivated crimes
At a time when Germany is seeing a sharp drop in the number of new coronavirus cases, new data released on Tuesday show that the pandemic played an indirect role in increasing politically motivated crime over the past year. A large proportion of reported crimes – from property damage and violations of the right of […]
Russia will be accused of harboring criminals: they are not being prosecuted – speech of the British Foreign Minister
Russia does not fight criminals who violate international laws from its territory, harbor them, and sometimes these malefactors are employees of its state structures. This is discussed in the theses of the forthcoming speech of the head of the department Dominic Raab at the Center for National Computer Security of the country, circulated by the […]
Massacre in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian police accused of extrajudicial executions: photo, video
The UN Human Rights Office and human rights organizations have sharply criticized a police raid against suspected drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro, which killed 25 people. The police are accused of abuse and extrajudicial executions, writes the BBC. Residents of the Jacaresinho district, where the operation took place, say police entered houses without […]
Man charged with billing for fraudulent test claims
Items from a COVID-19 test kit are displayed for a photograph. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal prosecutors have criminally charged a Georgia man for allegedly conspiring to defraud federal and private health-care benefit programs “by submitting fraudulent testing claims” for coronavirus and genetic cancer screenings, authorities announced Monday. The man, 49-year-old Erik […]
US to indict Venezuela’s Maduro on criminal drug charges
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a ceremony to mark the 17th anniversary of the return to power of Venezuela’s late President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela April 13, 2019. REUTERS | Carlos Garcia Rawlins | File Photo WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Thursday indictments against Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and members of his inner circle […]
Trump mocks virus fear for Romney, Avenatti
U.S. President Donald Trump pauses during a Coronavirus Task Force news conference in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Sunday, March 22, 2020. Jim Lo Scalzo | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump, in the midst of the biggest global health crisis in a century, on Wednesday morning […]
Coronavirus scams on the rise, mimic fraud in 2008 financial crisis
Coronavirus scams are emerging, and many look remarkably similar to frauds from the 2008 financial crisis. Government agencies like the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. issued warnings this week for Americans to be vigilant as con artists attempt to steal from consumers spooked by an onslaught of bad news related to COVID-19. […]
Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape, sex assault
Harvey Weinstein enters a Manhattan court house as a jury continues with deliberations in his trial on February 24, 2020 in New York City. prison. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Film producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison for a rape and sex assault case that ignited the #MeToo movement in […]