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NYC law enforcers take down ID theft ring
Five separate criminal enterprises operating out of Queens were dismantled. They were hit with hundreds of charges, said Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, calling it the largest fraud case he'd ever seen in his two decades in office.
Updated: 10/07/2011 10:07A
Talking About Talking About Law School
It's also not criminal law, which will correct the idea that you already have in your head that I will graduate and immediately begin brazenly defending kiddie-diddlers. What I think: “Unless that blank is filled with 'dog,' I'm not all that
Updated: 10/07/2011 09:58A
War on bikies adds fuel to the fire
A clause in the new laws also means anyone wearing gang colours or tattoos at the time of an offence "will be presumed to be participating in the criminal organisation". Law Society SA President Ralph Bonig said the new Serious and Organised Crime laws
Updated: 10/07/2011 09:44A
Criminal Groups Trafficking in Drugs, Weapons Can Destabilize Countries
New, York, NY (MMD Newswire) October 7, 2011 - - The power of organized criminal groups trafficking in drugs and weapons could destabilize countries, and even whole regions, if States did not strengthen international cooperation and provide more
Updated: 10/07/2011 09:43A
No CEOs have been arrested for bringing down the economy, said Michael Moore
"Well, it's highly ironic that now over 100 of the protesters have been arrested and not a single banker, a CEO from Wall Street, anyone from corporate America — nobody, not one arrest of any of these people who brought down the economy in 2008.
Updated: 10/07/2011 09:33A
US-based group for criminal prosecution against Nath
Belgian law provides for “extra territorial jurisdiction” to criminally prosecute individuals for crimes against humanity committed outside Belgium. It also does not provide immunity to any heads of states or other dignitaries. Under this law, criminal
Updated: 10/07/2011 09:07A
Criminal squatting law change would be welcome, but civil law needs
The creation of a new criminal offence which covered both residential and non-residential buildings and applied regardless of whether any damage was caused by the trespassers would certainly address the gaps in the existing law.
Updated: 10/07/2011 09:03A
Laws risk boosting gangster solidarity
The next wave of organised crime laws could be used to attack all suspected criminal gangs. Source: The Advertiser THE State Government's next wave of organised crime laws risk galvanising gangs, senior legal figures have warned. They also say the laws
Updated: 10/07/2011 08:51A
Slap on wrist for dopes at home
But his brush with the law in Indonesia could land him in prison for up to 12 years. Law Institute of Victoria criminal law co-chairman James Dowsley said police could use their discretion to caution a young offender in similar circumstances here.
Updated: 10/07/2011 08:50A
Amherst law firm agrees to pay fine
Recovery and Enforcement Act. However, that doesn't release it from liability under other civil or criminal laws, and doesn't stop other parties, including individual homeowners or other private parties, from pursuing their own lawsuits.
Updated: 10/07/2011 08:47A
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