2017 – Page 87 – World Justice News

Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista held in corruption probe

January 30, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A business tycoon who was once Brazil’s richest man has turned himself in to police after landing in Rio de Janeiro on a flight from New York. Police had issued an arrest warrant for Eike […]

‘Spiderman burglar’ goes on trial over Paris art theft

January 30, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A man dubbed the “Spiderman burglar” has gone on trial in Paris over a €100m (£85m; $107m) art theft from a museum in the French capital. Vjeran Tomic, 49, is accused of stealing five paintings, […]

Québec mosque shooting: Six people killed and two suspects arrested after ‘terrorist attack on Muslims’

January 30, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Six people were killed and more injured after gunmen opened fire in a Québec City mosque during evening prayers in what the Canadian prime minister called a “terrorist attack on Muslims”. “We condemn this terrorist […]

Douglas Garland trial to continue, court will hear about his obsession with the Likneses

January 30, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Jurors in the Douglas Garland case are expected to hear evidence Monday about the triple-murder suspect’s obsession with a Calgary couple. Court heard last Thursday about a computer hard drive police found stashed in the […]

Lawsuit alleges 52 rapes by 31 Baylor football players

January 28, 2017 World Justice News 0

In a lawsuit filed Friday against Baylor, a university graduate alleged that 31 football players were involved in a minimum of 52 rapes from 2011 to 2014. Those numbers are significantly higher than previously reported. […]

Kodi box seller enters not guilty plea in landmark case

January 27, 2017 World Justice News 0

The man at the center of a landmark case involving the supply of “fully-loaded” Kodi boxes pleaded not guilty Friday morning. Middlesbrough shopkeeper Brian Thompson admits selling modified set-top boxes but denies that they were […]

40 Years Later: The Buffalo Blizzard of ’77

January 27, 2017 1313ujamaa 0

I may have only been 10 years old, but I clearly remember the deadly blizzard that hit the western areas of upstate New York as well as Southern Ontario from January 28 to February 1, […]

What is a ‘violent crime’? For California’s new parole law, the definition is murky— and it matters

January 27, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Andrew Luster, the great grandson of cosmetics magnate Max Factor, drew global attention in the early 2000s when, after being accused of rape, he jumped his $1-million bail and was later captured in Mexico by a bounty hunter […]

Can you hear me?

January 27, 2017 World Justice News 0

If you receive a phone call from someone asking “can you hear me,” hang up. You’re a potential victim in the latest phone scam circulating around the U.S. Police are now warning about the scheme. The […]

Quebec judge accused of buying cocaine faces second hearing and fresh evidence

January 27, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

MONTREAL — A Canadian Judicial Council committee set to begin a second inquiry next week into alleged drug use by Superior Court Justice Michel Girouard will hear new evidence from a witness who claims her […]

Human Rights

Judge dismisses criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

May 23, 2026 0

A US judge has dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to a megaprison in El Salvador last year. Abrego Garcia, whose deportation became a major flashpoint in the debate […]

Australia

Australia court doubles payout for trans woman in landmark discrimination case

May 17, 2026 0

A Sydney court has doubled the discrimination payout for an Australian trans woman who was kicked off a female-only app. It comes almost two years after Roxanne Tickle successfully sued Sall Grover, founder of the […]

Human Rights

War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]

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