Suspected Nazi war criminal Peter Egner, whose extradition was requested by Serbia for murdering over 17,000 civilians during WW2, has died at the age of 88. Egner, who had been a resident of a retirement and assisted-living community in Bellevue, Washington, near Seattle, died there last week, according to a representative of the facility, Reuters reported.
Posts Tagged ‘Criminal’
Suspected war criminal remains in custody
January 27th, 2011 |
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A court in Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday rejected an appeal lodged for the release of suspected Croat war criminal Tihomir Purda. He is indicted in Serbia for war crimes, and the court’s decision comes after it prolonged his extradition custody on Serbia’s request on January 20.
“NATO knew Hashim Thaci was criminal”
January 25th, 2011 |
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A London newspaper has published leaked NATO documents that describe Kosovo Albanian PM as one of the “biggest fish” in organized crime in Kosovo. The Guardian has published the article on the day the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is debating a draft resolution based on Dick Marty’s report on human organ trafficking in Kosovo, and Albania, writes the BBC.
Criminal groups at war, police director says
January 6th, 2011 |
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Serbian Police Director Milorad Veljović has stated that the most powerful criminal organizations in Serbia are currently at war.
“These organizations have been involved in drug and cigarette trafficking, as well as murders and money laundering, which was done through offshore companies and then used to buy government companies in Serbia,†he told daily Blic.
Hackers Attack Criminal Sites, Security Experts to Expose Security Flaws
December 27th, 2010 |
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A group of hackers attacked and took offline several
sites belonging to credit-card sharing groups, security experts and other hacking communities who made mistakes in basic security. – Administrators of six Websites woke up Christmas morning
to discover their sites had been hacked, according to an online newsletter
published by the hackers themselves on Dec. 25.
In the second issue of quot;Owned and Exposed, quot; the attackers
listed carders.cc, ettercap, exploit-db, backtra…
Investigation against suspected war criminal
December 13th, 2010 |
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The Croatian prosecution has submitted a request for an investigation to be launched against Tomislav MerÄep. The 58-year-old wartime deputy Croatian interior minister was arrested on Friday in Zagreb, and placed in two-day custody.
Serbia requests extradition of Nazi criminal
November 27th, 2010 |
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Serbia sent Friday its formal request to the U.S. for the extradition of Peter Egner, Justice Minister Snežana Malović told Tanjug.
Egner, a naturalized American citizen, is suspected of serving in a Nazi unit that killed around 17,000 Jewish and other civilians during World War II.
Public debate on new criminal code
November 22nd, 2010 |
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Serbia’s new criminal code defines mechanisms that will make the fight against organized crime more efficient, Justice Minister Snežana Malović says. Speaking at the final public debate about the bill, Malović stated she expected the document to be sent to the parliament as soon as possible.
Parliament adopts criminal procedure code changes
October 23rd, 2010 |
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The Serbian parliament has adopted draft bill on amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code which is expected to help the state combat hooligans and violence.
130 MPs of the ruling coalition and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) voted in favor of the draft.
Parliament to vote on criminal procedure changes
October 22nd, 2010 |
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The Serbian parliament is today expected to vote on the proposed changes to the Criminal Procedure Code.
The ruling majority expects that the new law will enable for a more efficient fight against hooligans.
MPs on changes to Criminal Procedure Code
October 20th, 2010 |
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The Serbian parliament is meeting today in Belgrade and discussing amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code. Reports said that this came in response to violence and riots of hooligans during a recent gay parade in Belgrade and a football match in Genoa, Italy.
Czech envoy on lawless, criminal north
October 5th, 2010 |
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Frustration is growing in Kosovo and unless EULEX implements laws, there could be violence, says Janina Hrebickova, appointed as Czech ambassador in Kosovo. She told Prague daily Pravo that violence could break out unless EULEX arrested Serb and other criminals.
“Serbia is stronger than any criminal structure”
October 4th, 2010 |
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President Boris Tadić today told a conference in Belgrade that Serbia is “stronger than any criminal structure”. But he noted that its institutional capacity for efficiently combating organized crime was not fully mobilized until this year.
Criminal charges over election scandal
June 25th, 2010 |
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Interior Minister Ivica DaÄić has announced that criminal charges would be brought against the local head of the Serbian postal service PTT in the town of Bor. According to him, two more persons in this eastern town, where local elections were held recently, will also be charged this Friday.
Jeremy London Was Forced to Participate in Criminal Drama
June 19th, 2010 |
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Jeremy London, the former star of “7th Heavenâ€, has recently got into an unpleasant situation. The actor, who appeared on the screens in the late 90-s for the first time, was reportedly captured by a pair of criminals who were terrorizing him and keeping at gunpoint for about five hours. RadarOnline informs that it happened [...]
Criminal Negligence: Despite Knowing It Had a Damaged Blowout Preventer, BP STILL Cut Corners By Removing the Single Most Important Safety Measure
May 17th, 2010 |
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Several weeks before the Gulf oil explosion, a key piece of safety equipment – the blowout preventer – was damaged.As the Times of London reports: [Mike Williams, the chief electronics technician on the Deepwater Horizon, and one of the last worke…
Will Silver (And Gold) Prices Rise Now that the Feds Are Launching Criminal and Civil Investigations Into Manipulation of the Silver Market?
May 9th, 2010 |
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The Feds are launching criminal and civil investigations into manipulation of the silver market by JP Morgan.As the New York Post points out:Federal agents have launched parallel criminal and civil probes of JPMorgan Chase and its trading activity in t…
“No criminal charges for budget abuse”
February 23rd, 2010 |
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DRI chief Radoslav Sretenović announced that this body will not be filing criminal lawsuits for abuse in dispensing 2008 budget funds. Having audited the final budget calculation for 2008, the State Auditing Institution (DRI) filed 19 misdemeanor complaints, 11 of which were against ministers from the current and previous government.
Cheney Admits to Being War Criminal
February 16th, 2010 |
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As I have pointed out periodically since 2005:The War Crimes Act of 1996, a federal statute set forth at 18 U.S.C. § 2441, makes it a federal crime for any U.S. national, whether military or civilian, to violate the Geneva Convention by engaging in mu…
Medevedev: Nightclub blaze is criminal act
December 6th, 2009 |
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has declared a national day of mourning on December 7 after a fire at a nightclub killed at least 109 people. He said the fire was a criminal act and those responsible must be punished.