Bulgarian and Greek police have arrested 17 persons suspected of baby trafficking.
The arrests came as a result of cooperation between Bulgarian and Greek police and judiciaries. The operation was launched after a Bulgarian woman had contacted the police.
Police in the U.K. have arrested five people in connection with attacks launched by the loosely affiliated group "Anonymous." – Police in the U.K. arrested five males Jan. 27 in connection with
several distributed denial-of-service attacks associated with the group
‘Anonymous.
The suspects, ages 15-26, were picked up as part of what U.K.
police called an ongoing investigation into DDoS attacks launched
against several…
Remember Jaime Pressly? The Southern blonde, best known for her lead role on the now-defunct NBC comedy My Name Is Earl, has made her way back into the headlines after pulling “A Lohan” in Southern California overnight. Pressly, a married mother of one, was pinched in the City of Angels late Wednesday night on suspicion [...]
Interpol has turned down a Kyrgyz request to issue a “red notice” for the family members of ousted president Kurmanbek Bakiyev. Interpol said in a letter to the Kyrgyz Prosecutor General’s Office that it would contradict its constitution, the Kyrgyz 24.kg news agency said on Thursday.
Serbian Justice Minister Snežana Malović has denied that the arrest warrant for Kosovo PM Hashim Thaci was withdrawn.
She told daily Politika that the Serbian judicial bodies have conducted a series of preliminary investigations in connection with organ trafficking in Kosovo.
Police have arrested 12 Somali men suspected of planning a terrorist attack in the Netherlands.
Dutch public prosecutors said the arrests took place on December 24 in the port city of Rotterdam after the Dutch secret service, the AIVD, received concrete evidence of the men’s plans.
Protests have taken place across Spain calling for the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. He is facing extradition from the UK to Sweden for alleged sexual offenses.
The recent arrest of the founder WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, has sparked protests by his fellow Australians.
Hundreds marched in Sydney, claiming sexual assault charges against him amounted to a violation of freedom of expression.
Dutch authorities on Friday said police in the Netherlands arrested a 16-year-old who has admitted attacking websites belonging to WikiLeaks opponents. A spokesman for the national prosecutor’s office said the teenager had “admitted launching attacks on Visa and Mastercard sites.†A statement said he was probably “part of a larger group of hackersâ€.
Interpol has issued an arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for “sex crimes”.Everyone assumed it was for rape.But it turns out it was for violating an obscure Swedish law against having sex without a condom.As Newsweek wrote in August:A …
Swedish authorities have issued a fresh arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange following a procedural error with the first, BBC reports. Swedish police said the UK needed the maximum penalties for the crimes to be stipulated on the order.
Reports suggest that Julian Assange is in the UK – but should he show up in Serbia, he would be arrested, the public has been reassured.
Serbia’s Interpol office chief MiloÅ¡ Oparica told Belgrade daily Blic that this would happen since foreign citizens can be arrested and extradited without any impediment, “unless the charges against them were political”.
Willie, you’re getting too old for this shit…. Black Friday’s gone up in smoke for guitar-strumming music icon Willie Nelson: The “On the Road Again” crooner was pinched early Friday after US Border Patrol agents in Sierra Blanca, Texas found six ounces of marijuana aboard Nelson’s tour bus. Are we talking about Willie Nelson or [...]
The Netherlands has issued a European arrest warrant for a Dutch-born Nazi war criminal, Klaas-Carel Faber, now living in Germany. Faber, 88, was sentenced to death in 1947 for the deaths of Jews at the Westerbork transit camp but his term was commuted to life.
A Swedish prosecutor has requested a court order to detain Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblower website WikiLeaks, RFE/RL reports. Assange is wanted for questioning on allegations of rape, sexual molestation, and unlawful coercion.
Italian police have arrested a fugitive mafia boss who had been on the run for 14 years.
Officials said that Antonio Iovine, a senior figure in the Naples-based Camorra crime syndicate, was one of Italy’s most wanted men.
Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić Hague Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will base his report on whether two remaining indictees have been arrested.
The report is important for Serbia’s application for accession in the European Union, but the arrest of Mladić, who is indicted for the murder of 8,000 people and who costs Serbia EUR 160 per capita, is also a moral obligation, Vekarić told B92 in Belgrade on Tuesday.
Ratko Mladić’s arrest is no longer called into question and it is now a purely technical issue, said Rasim Ljajić.
Head of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal Rasim Ljajić told Sarajevo-based daily Dnevni Avaz that a political decision on the issue of Mladić’s arrest was clear and that the issue was now purely technical. He added, however, that it was obviously not easy to perform the arrest.
A Myanmar official says democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest has been lifted.
Hundreds of journalists, diplomats and supporters of the Nobel peace laureate rushed her Rangoon home as police removed barricades and military officials entered the house to read an official release order.
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s political secretary, Nahid Khan, has demanded that the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) government must arrest the people behind her assassination. “Wake up and rescue PPP. It is high time to press rulers for arresting the assassins of Bhutto otherwise her sacrifice for the country would go to waste. [...]
