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High Court to Decide if Law Enforcement Officers Need Warrant for GPS-Tracking
The one group siding with the federal government, the New York-based Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, points to the cost benefits of satellite surveillance in tough financial times. It says GPS surveillance requires fewer personnel hours
Updated: 11/02/2011 09:46A
Memo to white-collar criminals: Tougher federal penalties haved kicked in
Minister of Justice Rob Nicholson speaks during question period in the House Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, November 1, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick MONTREAL - Fraudsters found guilty of white-collar crimes in Canada now
Updated: 11/02/2011 09:44A
CARTAGENA CRACKS DOWN ON EGG THROWING
For children, there are specific and very serious consequences under the Criminal Law for Minors, whilst parents of the perpetrators may be responsible for civil action with the consequent obligation to financially restore anything affected by the
Updated: 11/02/2011 09:41A
White-collar crooks: tougher penalties
It's that devastation that Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said he hoped to curb by introducing victim-friendly reforms while serving notice to financial fraudsters and Ponzi schemers who target unwitting investors. "This legislation stands up for
Updated: 11/02/2011 09:40A
Haitian criminals caught in law enforcement operation
The peacekeeping mission (MINUSTAH) said the operation was meant to deter future criminal activities in two particularly neighbourhoods in the capital. (UN Photo/Pasqual Gorriz) PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Wednesday November 2, 2011 - Seven wanted criminal
Updated: 11/02/2011 09:37A
High Court Case on GPS Surveillance- Tracking Your Every Moove
The federal Justice Department, appealing the warrant requirement, argues that drivers do not expect their movements to be kept private. "Officers do not conduct a 'search' when they observe matters conducted in the open, which anyone could see," US
Updated: 11/02/2011 09:32A
Kuzmin: 26 criminal cases against officials from previous, present government
They are officials, and it doesn't matter to the investigator whether an official is in power today or in opposition," he said during the Big Politics program on the Inter TV Channel. Commenting on claims by the Ukrainian opposition that Ukrainian
Updated: 11/02/2011 09:16A
Wikileaks' Julian Assange loses extradition appeal, could be sent to Sweden to
Assange also faces possible legal action in the United States, where prosecutors are investigating possible criminal charges against Assange. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at London's High Court on November 2 for his extradition hearing .
Updated: 11/02/2011 09:13A
Approximately $4000 Grant Split Between Police Departments
The funding is on behalf of the Division of Criminal Justice which is distributing nearly $3.6 million to over 500 New Jersey law enforcement agencies. According to Director Taylor, a total of $3586827 is being provided to state, county and local law
Updated: 11/02/2011 09:04A
Civil code vs Common law
My comments will be addressed more to structure and process rather than detail of the content of the codes” influenced the architect of Australia's first Criminal Code, Sir Samuel Griffith. The Zanardelli Code was introduced in 1889 at the birth of the
Updated: 11/02/2011 08:39A
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