Peruvian political scion Keiko Fujimori is accused of allegedly having led a criminal enterprise that laundered some $17 million to fund her presidential campaigns in 2011 and 2016.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 2, 2024
Peru puts political scion Keiko Fujimori on trial for money laundering
Prosecutors are seeking a jail term of up to 30 years for the daughter of the country's disgraced former President Alberto Fujimori.
U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been accused of espionage, looks out from inside a glass defendants' cage prior to a hearing in Yekaterinburg's Sverdlovsk Regional Court on Wednesday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 27, 2024
Russia opens secret trial of U.S. reporter accused of espionage
The Wall Street Journal's Evan Gershkovich, 32, faces up to 20 years in prison on an espionage charge that he, his employer and the U.S. State Department vehemently deny.
This screen grab taken from video posted on the WikiLeaks X account on Tuesday shows WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange looking out the window of a private jet as he flies from London to Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands after reaching a plea deal with the U.S. authorities.
WORLD / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Jun 26, 2024
Assange walks free, but plea deal sets a chilling precedent
The Committee to Protect Journalists says the prosecution had grave implications for journalists and press freedom worldwide.
Then-Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (right) and Army Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov vote in Russia's presidential election in March.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 26, 2024
ICC issues arrest warrants for Russia army chief and ex-defense minister
The warrants are the latest in a series of actions by the court over the Ukraine war, including an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Dagestan region governor Sergei Melikov (left), who on Monday visited the synagogue and church that were attacked in Derbent, said that foreign forces were involved in the planning of the attacks, but gave no details.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 25, 2024
Death toll rises to 20 after gunmen attack Russia's Dagestan
No one has claimed responsibility over the coordinated attacks on churches and synagogues, but a local leader claims foreign forces were involved in their planning.
Soldiers training at the Special Forces University in Gudermes, Chechen Republic, Russia, in December.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 23, 2024
Russia is storing up a crime wave when its war in Ukraine ends
Crimes committed by servicemen that aren’t linked to the war increased by more than 20% last year, according to data from Russia’s Supreme Court.
A member of the Sinaloa Cartel shows capsules with methamphetamine in a safe house in Culiacan, Mexico, in 2022.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 19, 2024
Chinese 'underground bankers' launder Sinaloa drug money
24 defendants have been charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine and money laundering offenses.

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