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Canadian government appealing legal brothel law
Earlier this year, an Ontario provincial court judge ruled that three provisions of the Criminal Code relating to prostitution were unconstitutional, CBC News reported. In a case brought to the court by three sex-trade workers from Ontario,
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:33A
Taylor verdict sends message that no-one is above the law
Today's verdict sends an important message to high-ranking state officials; no matter who you are, you will be brought to justice for crimes. Brima Abdulai Sheriff, Director of Amnesty International Sierra Leone. The conviction of Charles Taylor by the
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:33A
Employer's Duty To Report Crimes: Employee Using A Personally-Owned iPad For
Unfortunately, with the proliferation of technology and the intermingling of employer- and employee-owned technology, this situation arises more frequently than anyone would care to admit. When it does, the employer is often confronted with a problem
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:24A
Why wasn't it Africa that found Charles Taylor guilty?
This is true when one looks at the scale of crimes against humanity committed across the continent in the recent past in places such as Sudan, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia and Sierra Leone. But this record of impunity is
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:19A
Woman Gets 10 Years for Manslaughter
The accused was indicted for the offence of manslaughter contrary to Section 186 and punishable under Section 189 of the Criminal Code, Cap 10:01 Volume III, Revised Laws of The Gambia 2009. The particulars of the charge stated that the convict,
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:10A
Woman Gets 10 Years for Manslaughter
The accused was indicted for the offence of manslaughter contrary to Section 186 and punishable under Section 189 of the Criminal Code, Cap 10:01 Volume III, Revised Laws of The Gambia 2009. The particulars of the charge stated that the convict,
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:10A
The Investigative Dashboard: Hacking Crime and Corruption
Criminals have for a long time been able to move their operations across borders once they were detected by law enforcement inside a country. They look for weak countries with corruptible officials where they can transplant their crime models
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:09A
The Investigative Dashboard: Hacking Crime and Corruption
Criminals have for a long time been able to move their operations across borders once they were detected by law enforcement inside a country. They look for weak countries with corruptible officials where they can transplant their crime models
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:09A
Legal experts question murder trial in Ecuador in Brockton double homicide
said Sorensen, who teaches international criminal law. Rocio Polo, prosecutor in the city of Cuenca where Guaman is being held, told The Boston Globe that Ecuador has shown good faith by swiftly arresting Guaman after he fled the United States for his
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:08A
LNP gives legal job to 'anti-Beattie' man
Mr Gotterson's career hit a roadbump with the then Labor government in 2005, when he was commissioned by the Crime and Misconduct Commission to analyse the evidence in a case in which Mr Beattie, then the premier, faced possible criminal charges for
Updated: 04/26/2012 10:06A
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