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Arrested Ivorian was plotting from exile: gov't
Thu,7 Jun 2012 10:51 PM PDT
Reuters - ABIDJAN (Reuters) - A former top adviser to Ivory Coast's ex-President Laurent Gbagbo was plotting to destabilise the West African nation's government before he was arrested in Togo this week, an Ivorian government spokesman said on Thursday. Gbagbo has been charged with criminal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity and is awaiting trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Togolese authorities raided the residence of Moise Lida Kouassi, who served as defence minister under Gbagbo, in the capital Lome early on Wednesday. ... Full Story | Top |
Thai bank adviser sentenced to 10 years prison
Thu,7 Jun 2012 10:03 PM PDT
Associated Press - A former adviser to a Thai bank has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $41 million in fines and compensation for embezzlement that helped spark the 1997 financial crisis. Full Story | Top |
Ex-Boston gang leader arrested in extortion case
Thu,7 Jun 2012 07:39 PM PDT
Associated Press - Prosecutors say Boston-area gang boss Howie Winter, a predecessor of James "Whitey" Bulger (BUHL'-jur) as head of the Winter Hill Gang in the 1960s and '70s, has been arrested on attempted extortion and conspiracy charges. Full Story | Top |
New criminal charge for ex-DC Council chairman
Thu,7 Jun 2012 03:52 PM PDT
Associated Press -  Prosecutors brought a campaign finance charge against the former chairman of the District of Columbia Council on Thursday, one day after he resigned from his seat and agreed to plead guilty to federal bank fraud.
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Reputed mobster, diamond thief sentenced to prison
Thu,7 Jun 2012 02:11 PM PDT
Associated Press - A reputed Chicago mobster who gained notoriety three decades ago for stealing the 45-carat Marlborough Diamond from a London jewelry store was sentenced to prison in another case Thursday, telling the judge he got involved in more robberies because he was bored. Full Story | Top |
Arrested Ivorian was plotting from exile: government
Thu,7 Jun 2012 01:06 PM PDT
Reuters - ABIDJAN (Reuters) - A former top adviser to Ivory Coast's ex-President Laurent Gbagbo was plotting to destabilize the West African nation's government before he was arrested in Togo this week, an Ivorian government spokesman said on Thursday. Gbagbo has been charged with criminal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity and is awaiting trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Togolese authorities raided the residence of Moise Lida Kouassi, who served as defense minister under Gbagbo, in the capital Lome early on Wednesday. ... Full Story | Top |
DA to seek death penalty in bloody Vegas slayings
Thu,7 Jun 2012 10:43 AM PDT
Associated Press - Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty for a 22-year-old man being held in the sexual assault and killing of a mother and daughter and the near-fatal hammer attack on their husband and father in their Las Vegas home. Full Story | Top |
Foxconn workers rise up against security guards, dozens arrested
Wed,6 Jun 2012 09:03 PM PDT
BGR News -  A "minor incident" at a Foxconn factory in Chengdu, China sparked a riot on Monday as a number of workers attacked company security guards. Despite Apple's efforts to improve conditions in it's partners' factories, workers are still displeased. Following an incident involving a theft in a factory dormitory, some employees with grudges against the security guards jumped at the chance to retaliate. The event soon escalated, with more than a thousand workers joining in by throwing trash cans and destroying facilities, Want China Times reported. Foxconn security guards were forced to call the police, who arrived at the scene by the hundreds. The riot lasted for two hours and dozens of workers were reportedly arrested. The plant produces liquid crystal
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Prosecutors want Stanford sentenced to 230 years
Wed,6 Jun 2012 06:19 PM PDT
Associated Press - Federal prosecutors want former Texas tycoon and convicted fraudster R. Allen Stanford to be sentenced to 230 years in prison — the maximum term he can get — for bilking investors out of more than $7 billion in a Ponzi scheme. Full Story | Top |
Ivory Coast ex-minister arrested in Togo
Wed,6 Jun 2012 05:40 PM PDT
AFP -  The former defence minister of Ivory Coast's disgraced ex-president Laurent Gbagbo has been arrested in neighbouring Togo, accused of trying to destabilise the new Ivorian regime, officials said.
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Doctors arrested in New York prescription drug crackdown
Wed,6 Jun 2012 04:19 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal and state authorities have charged 98 people in New York City and Long Island, including two doctors and a nurse, with trafficking and abuse of painkillers and other prescription drugs, they said on Wednesday. The charges follow a crackdown on traffickers who stole or forged prescriptions to obtain large quantities of painkillers that could be illegally resold to users, and on doctors and nurses who knowingly helped traffic the drugs, according to Loretta Lynch, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. ... Full Story | Top |
Wrestler sentenced for additional Ohio HIV attack
Wed,6 Jun 2012 02:33 PM PDT
Associated Press - A former professional wrestler serving 32 years in prison for having sex with women without revealing he had tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS won't serve more time on a similar conviction in a second Ohio county. Full Story | Top |
U.S. blacklists five members of international crime group
Wed,6 Jun 2012 11:50 AM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury on Wednesday imposed financial sanctions on five members of the Brothers' Circle international crime group, which was largely based in the former Soviet Union and is now operating throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. The sanctions will prohibit U.S. firms and Americans from doing business with the five members and freeze any assets they may have in the United States. ... Full Story | Top |
4 more jurors picked in Jerry Sandusky case
Wed,6 Jun 2012 09:58 AM PDT
Associated Press -  Lawyers have picked four more jurors to hear the child sex abuse case of former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, leaving three spots to fill before next week's scheduled opening statements.
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