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Updated: 05/04/2011 11:26A
Fiser Becomes State Prosecutor After 40-Year Career in Judiciary
Fiser mostly dealt with substantive criminal law issues and was also a member of the working group that drew up the 1994 penal code. He was a constitutional judge from 1998 and 2008 and he also unsuccessfully applied for the post of state prosecutor
Updated: 05/04/2011 10:51A
Criminal case opened against top tax inspectorate official in Crimea
The official was dismissed from his post, and charges were brought against him under Part 2, Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (bribery). Web links to Kyiv Post material are allowed provided that they contain a URL hyperlink to the
Updated: 05/04/2011 10:27A
A B.C. first: Court orders repeat drunk drivers to forfeit their cars
"It does start with impaired-driving convictions, but also includes things like roadside prohibitions, tickets," Victoria police Const. Mike Russell, told The Province on Tuesday. "That's the nice thing about civil forfeiture, it doesn't just fall to
Updated: 05/04/2011 09:12A
A BC first: Court orders repeat drunk drivers to forfeit their cars
Micheal Vonn, policy director for the BC Civil Liberties Association, criticized the civil law as overkill. "The state should be going through the criminal law," she said. "The criminal law has forfeiture provisions, but it also has appropriate
Updated: 05/04/2011 09:11A
Gambia: 'Some Media Laws Threaten Press Freedom'
In the view of the Daily News publisher, "These laws are making it very difficult for people to come up with newspapers and making the operation of newspapers difficult." Mr. Ceesay called for the change of the laws in question, arguing that doing so
Updated: 05/04/2011 07:41A
Top Rwandan Hutu rebel leaders go on trial in Germany
The trial against two men accused of masterminding atrocities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has opened in Stuttgart. Never before has FDLR militia been made accountable for its crimes before a court. Ignace Murwanashyaka, the head of the
Updated: 05/04/2011 07:13A
2 alleged Rwandan rebel leaders face war crime charges in Germany
"This trial will be the first in Germany under its Code of Crimes Against International Law, adopted in June 2002, which integrates the crimes of the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) into German criminal law and allows German courts to
Updated: 05/04/2011 06:30A
Lakewood City Council Considers Changes to Law Regarding Drinking in Public
Under the current law, businesses and organizations must obtain special permits to serve alcohol. But under the city's criminal code, drinking in public is forbidden. The proposed ordinance would officially allow drinking with a special event permit or
Updated: 05/04/2011 06:14A
Action against financing of terrorism and money laundering
Meanwhile, the Minister of Security and Justice has announced his intention to add the financing of terrorism as an autonomous offence to the Dutch Criminal Code and will submit a bill to that effect before the end of 2011. This change of law will
Updated: 05/04/2011 06:14A
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