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World Bank and UN put focus on corporate corruption
A joint report by the World Bank and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) published on Monday, October 24, urges governments to devote more resources to training investigators in fighting financial crime, including large-scale corruption,
Updated: 10/25/2011 03:45P
New law to crack down on child sex offenders
Cabinet this week agreed to a number of reforms of the laws governing the Child Sex Offenders Register, which keeps tabs on convicted child sex offenders, and people found guilty of child pornography crimes, living within the territory's borders.
Updated: 10/25/2011 03:45P
Silas Potter's alleged criminal enterprise
News of felony theft charges against former Seattle Public Schools manager, Silas Potter, and two non-district cohorts for allegedly running a $250000 contracting scheme provides relief to anyone who doubted resolve by the Seattle School Board and law
Updated: 10/25/2011 03:41P
Texas DA offered leniency for cash
In one instance, a man accused of transporting 15 kilos of cocaine and more than $80000 in cash got probation after forfeiting the money to the district attorney. When the Justice Department learned about the deal, federal officials regarded it as so
Updated: 10/25/2011 03:26P
APNewsBreak: Official offered leniency for cash
The system engineered by Shelby County District Attorney Lynda Kaye Russell is now one focus of a US criminal investigation that is also reviewing whether Russell and other law enforcement officials targeted black motorists for traffic stops.
Updated: 10/25/2011 03:16P
Taner Akam v. Turkey
Having talked about confrontation, it was interesting to read the European Court of Human Rights' (ECtHR) evaluation of Article 301 of Turkey's Criminal Code, on denigrating Turkishness, in the judgment it delivered this Tuesday.
Updated: 10/25/2011 03:16P
Texas County Accused Of Letting Drug Runners Buy Their Way Out Of Trouble
The system engineered by Shelby County District Attorney Lynda Kaye Russell is now one focus of a federal criminal investigation that is also reviewing whether Russell and other law enforcement officials targeted black motorists for traffic stops.
Updated: 10/25/2011 03:15P
Canada tables bill to scrap long-gun registry
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews tabled a bill dubbed "An Act to amend the Criminal Code and Firearms Act" Tuesday in the House of Commons. The Conservatives tried to pass a similar bill during the previous Parliament but it failed due to the party's
Updated: 10/25/2011 03:13P
APNewsBreak: Texas district attorney offered leniency to suspects if they
The system engineered by Shelby County District Attorney Lynda Kaye Russell is now one focus of a federal criminal investigation that is also reviewing whether Russell and other law enforcement officials targeted black motorists for traffic stops.
Updated: 10/25/2011 03:06P
Australia vetoes war crimes prosecution against Rajapaksa
Rajapaksa enjoyed diplomatic immunity from arrest and from the Australian criminal justice, McClelland said. Rights groups and countries including the US have repeatedly urged Sri Lanka to investigate allegations stemming from final months of the
Updated: 10/25/2011 03:03P
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