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Global crime generates $2.1 trillion a year, says UN Office on Drugs and Crime
“Trafficking and smuggling increase in conditions where there is conflict, lack of security or a weak rule of law.” Fedotov listed organised crime, illicit trafficking, violence and corruption as "major impediments" to achieving the Millennium
Updated: 04/23/2012 08:17P

John Edwards faces criminal trial
PROSECUTORS have portrayed disgraced Democratic politician John Edwards as a liar as he went on trial for allegedly using campaign money to hide an affair from the public and his cancer-stricken wife, but the defence said his "sin" was not a crime.
Updated: 04/23/2012 08:06P

Bo Xilai Scandal a Dilemma for Defense Lawyers
The murder-and-corruption scandal swirling around ousted Chinese Communist Party official Bo Xilai and his wife, former lawyer Gu Kailai, could soon lead to China's biggest criminal trial in decades. But lawyers most likely won't be lining up for the
Updated: 04/23/2012 08:00P

Northern Plains Oil Boom Raises Concerns About Spiking Crime
Booming oil production across a wide expanse of the US-Canada border has prompted law enforcement officials in both countries to brace themselves for a spike in crimes ranging from drug trafficking and gun offences to prostitution.
Updated: 04/23/2012 07:52P

As Bakken oil booms, police prepare for change
(AP) — Booming oil production across a wide expanse of the Northern Plains is forcing law enforcement from the US and Canada to gird for a spike in crimes ranging from drug trafficking and gun offenses to prostitution. Officials say up to 30000 workers
Updated: 04/23/2012 07:45P

Crime generates 3.6% of world's GDP, says UN
“It makes the criminal business one of the largest economies in the world, one of the top 20 economies,” said Yury Fedotov, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), describing it as a threat to security and economic development.
Updated: 04/23/2012 07:35P

Lying laws repealed to help Nuttall: govt
He said Labor changed the criminal code in 2006 to remove lying to parliament, making it impossible for offenders to be prosecuted. Mr Bleijie said they repealed the law with the intention of protecting then-health minister Gordon Nuttall,
Updated: 04/23/2012 07:24P

Exposing NZ's financial crime
The series follows the publication of Chen's groundbreaking book The Public Law Toolbox, in which she interviews most of the country's top law and newsmakers. The fraud boss said The Cost of Economic Crime in New Zealand report was based on similar
Updated: 04/23/2012 07:14P

After 6 Months in Club Fed, High-Profile Criminal Defense Lawyer Mickey
But the high-profile Connecticut criminal defense attorney now has some hope of making a dent in his tax debt, having been released from federal prison last year after a six-month stint on two misdemeanor convictions and had his law license reinstated
Updated: 04/23/2012 07:13P

Marijuana Advocate Tom Daubert is Not a Criminal
In 2004, he worked hand-in-hand with patients to educate voters and editorial boards to make medical marijuana legal under state law. One of the most vocal patients, Robin Prosser, had an excruciating lupus-like illness and was allergic to prescription
Updated: 04/23/2012 07:13P