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Ex-cop gets 16 years for drugs plot
The 54-year-old former assistant director of investigations for the NSW Crime Commission showed no emotion yesterday when Justice Bruce James set a maximum term of 22 years. ''The anticipated profit from the criminal enterprise was many millions of
Updated: 12/08/2011 05:21P
US applauds Jonathan on Waziri's removal
Government's protection of criminal elements can take many forms. Officials may “turn a blind eye” to a syndicate's illicit activity, choose not to pursue investigative leads, opt not to enact or enforce certain criminal laws, or ignore the efforts of
Updated: 12/08/2011 05:12P
USDOJ: Wachovia Bank NA Admits to Anticompetitive Conduct by Former Employees
The task force includes representatives from a broad range of federal agencies, regulatory authorities, inspectors general and state and local law enforcement who, working together, bring to bear a powerful array of criminal and civil enforcement
Updated: 12/08/2011 05:08P
Baker & Daniels | Labor & Employment - Indiana's Criminal Expungement Statute
Earlier this year, Indiana passed a new criminal expungement law sometimes referred to as the "Second Chance Law." While the Second Chance Law received significant publicity in criminal justice circles, several aspects of the law received relatively
Updated: 12/08/2011 05:07P
Baker & Daniels | Labor & Employment - Criminal Sanctions for Workplace Safety
C. Other Federal Criminal Statutes of General Applicability Corporate officials may also be subject to more severe criminal penalties for false statements under federal criminal law. Specifically, 18 USC § 1001 provides felony penalties for false
Updated: 12/08/2011 05:07P
Rapist shows gap in criminal law
"It's not OK that a rapist can live next door to the person they victimised and I think we need to start looking at, instead of the current criminal justice system, we need to start looking through a lens of community safety," she says.
Updated: 12/08/2011 04:49P
Updated: Hollister police looking to arrest one suspect in area sweep
Local police departments and state law enforcement officials have partnered in a regional sweep, this time to arrest as many as 25 known gang members for "violent and reckless criminal activity," according to the Gilroy Police Department.
Updated: 12/08/2011 04:35P
DHS - Fact Sheet: Beyond the Border United States – Canada Law Enforcement
BESTs, which are ICE-led, utilize co-located and cross-designated investigative assets of federal, state/provincial, local, and tribal law enforcement partners on both sides of the border to investigate transnational crime.
Updated: 12/08/2011 04:32P
Fearmonger and Through The Glass: Books that undermine Harper's Omnibus Crime Bill
Mallea argues there is another way, examining successful alternative models both in Canada and abroad, largely based on restorative models of justice that deal with the rips in community fabric that result from crime while exploring prevention
Updated: 12/08/2011 04:28P
Over 100 cases affected as Shatter questions legality of lawyers' strike
OVER 100 CASES before the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin today were affected by strike action taken by a criminal law solicitors and barristers over cuts to the Criminal Legal Aid scheme. Approximately 120 remand matters and those for mention in
Updated: 12/08/2011 04:20P
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