UK: Anglian Water Fined of £871,000 for Three Pollution Incidents
Anglian Water, a U.K. water company, was fined £871,000 (US$976,200) Wednesday for its inability to prevent a series of...
North America
U.S. Sentences Colombian Drug Kingpin to 35 Years
A federal court in New York sent on Monday a drug kingpin and paramilitary leader whom Colombia extradited in 2018 to prison...
Lafarge Pleads Guilty to Financing ISIS, Agrees to Pay $778M Fine
Lafarge, the world’s largest cement manufacturer, pleaded guilty in a U.S. court Tuesday to conspiring to finance terrorist...
U.S. Sanctions Hit al-Shabab’s Financing System
The U.S. Treasury imposed on Monday sanctions on 10 individuals managing al-Shabab’s financing networks and supplying the...
$114M Crypto Hacker Outs Himself, Returns Most Of The Money
A man named Avraham Eisenberg revealed himself to be one of the hackers behind last week’s US$114 million exploit of...
Dutch Princess Under Kidnapping Threat from Organized Crime
The so-called “Princess of Orange,” heir apparent of the Dutch Monarchy, was forced to return home to the Hague, just months...
Indian Spy Agency Bought Hardware Matching Equipment Used for Pegasus
Indian officials have dismissed reports that it purchased the Pegasus spyware in 2017 as “sensationalism.” Trade data shows...
US: Woman Charged with Defrauding FEMA of $156M
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted Monday a woman for allegedly defrauding the Federal Emergency Management...
Credit Suisse to Pay $495M in U.S. to Settle “Deceitful” Securities
Credit Suisse has agreed to pay US$495 million to settle a case related to the sale of mortgage-backed securities in the...
Mexico Files Lawsuit Against U.S. Gun Dealers
Mexican officials have sued five gun dealers from Arizona for allegedly providing weapons to criminal groups and cartels in...
Caribbean-Wide Operation Results in Record Seizures, 510 Arrests Made
Most parents would say that a gun is not an appropriate prize at the bottom of their child’s cereal box, something Dominican...
US Responds to Alleged Corruption in Pakistan’s Flood Relief Efforts
As any other matter involving American taxpayer money, the U.S. State Department said it is taking very seriously reports...