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'Treaty on criminal matters to enhance coop'
The Attorney General's Chambers described the signing of the treaty as the highest commitment by both governments at preventing and combating transnational criminal activities through international cooperation between their respective law enforcement
Updated: 03/13/2012 05:30A
Phone Hacking: Six People Arrested In Operation Weeting
A police spokesperson said: "All six - five men and one woman - were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, contrary to the Criminal Law Act 1977. A number of addresses connected to the arrests are being searched.
Updated: 03/13/2012 05:20A
Urewera Trial - Participation in an Organised Criminal Group
In New Zealand you do not have to be an active participant in the 'organised criminal group', you do not have to be linked to any specific criminal activities of the group. There has been debate in law journals that it is possible just to be the
Updated: 03/13/2012 05:08A
Met makes six more arrests in Operation Weeting
All six - five men and one woman - were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice contrary to the Criminal Law Act 1977. They were arrested at addresses in London, Oxfordshire, Hampshire and Hertfordshire.
Updated: 03/13/2012 05:07A
Akmat Bakiyev was not to be amnestied – Tokon Mamytov
According to him, Akmat Bakiyev was convicted by Article 14 of the Kyrgyz Criminal Code on the facts of raider seizure of another's property. And while he does not compensate for damage, he can not be amnestied under the law.
Updated: 03/13/2012 05:05A
Six more arrests in Operation Weeting hacking investigation
All six were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, contrary to the Criminal Law Act 1977, the Metropolitan police said in a statement issued this morning. The five men and a woman, all aged between 38 and 49,
Updated: 03/13/2012 05:00A
Belgium's request for extradition of Hissene Habr
Court of Justice (ICJ), seating in the Hague, the Netherlands, on Monday began reviewing Belgium's request to compel Senegal either to try former Chadian dictator Hissene Habr or extradite him to Belgium to be tried for 'crimes against humanity',
Updated: 03/13/2012 05:00A
Pussy Riot women are mentally ill - Muslim lawyer
They are considered fallen, mentally ill, and insane," Khasavov told Interfax-Religion. When asked how the women would be treated if they had desecrated a mosque and had been tried in Sharia court, he recalled that both Islamic law and the secular
Updated: 03/13/2012 04:53A
Law amendment centers on human rights protection
By Sun Yunliang Draft amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law of China was a high priority during the fifth session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC). Legislators produced draft revisions of over 100 articles, including 66 newly added ones.
Updated: 03/13/2012 04:52A
Concerns over Chinese detention reforms
The revised criminal procedure law, which is expected to be passed by the country's legislature on Wednesday, would render all evidence collected under torture unusable, grant suspects immediate access to a lawyer and oblige authorities to tell
Updated: 03/13/2012 04:42A
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