2020 – Page 20 – World Justice News

Thailand seafood fraudsters sentenced to 1,446 years in jail

June 11, 2020 World Justice News 0

A court in Thailand has sentenced two owners of a restaurant to 1,446 years in prison each for defrauding the public. Last year, Laemgate seafood restaurant launched a pay-in-advance food promotion online. Up to 20,000 […]

Remains found in Idaho missing children case

June 10, 2020 World Justice News 0

Police investigating the disappearance of two children in Idaho last year have found what they believe to be human remains. Joshua “JJ” Vallow, who was then seven, and his sister Tylee Ryan, 17, have not […]

Prince Andrew asked by US to testify in Jeffrey Epstein sex case

June 8, 2020 World Justice News 0

The Duke of York has been requested by the US authorities to testify about his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the BBC has been told. It was first reported in the Sun that the US Department […]

Vatican arrest man over luxury property deal

June 7, 2020 World Justice News 0

An Italian businessman who helped the Vatican to buy luxury property in London in a controversial deal has been arrested by Vatican police. Gianluigi Torzi is accused of extortion, embezzlement, aggravated fraud and money laundering […]

China-Sweden: Ex-ambassador Lindstedt on trial for risking security

June 5, 2020 World Justice News 0

For the first time in modern Swedish history, an ex-ambassador has gone on trial and faces a possible jail term. Anna Lindstedt is accused of going beyond her remit by holding unauthorised talks with a […]

Four poultry executives charged in chicken price fixing plot

June 4, 2020 World Justice News 0

A federal grand jury in Colorado has charged four executives from two US poultry companies with conspiracy for chicken price-fixing. The leaders of the Pilgrim’s Pride and Claxton Poultry companies were indicted on Wednesday for […]

Porn star Nacho Vidal held in Spain after man dies in toad-venom ritual

June 4, 2020 World Justice News 0

A Spanish porn actor is being investigated on suspicion of manslaughter after a photographer died during a toad-venom ritual, police say. Nacho Vidal, 46, and two others were briefly detained last Friday over the death. […]

Madeleine McCann: German prisoner identified as suspect

June 3, 2020 World Justice News 0

A 43-year-old German prisoner who travelled around Portugal in a camper van is now the focus of Scotland Yard’s investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Police believe he was in the area where the […]

Gambia demands probe after US police shoot dead diplomat’s son

June 3, 2020 World Justice News 0

The Gambia has demanded a “credible” investigation after the son of a diplomat was shot dead by US police. Thirty-nine-year-old Momodou Lamin Sisay was shot after a car chase in Georgia on Friday morning, according […]

Iranian scientist acquitted of stealing research deported by US

June 2, 2020 World Justice News 0

An Iranian scientist detained in the United States has left the country and is on his way back to Iran, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said. Sirous Asgari, a materials science professor from Tehran, […]

Human Rights

Facial recognition to be ‘rolled out’ across UK after human rights challenge fails

April 22, 2026 0

Facial recognition systems will be introduced across the country, the government has said as it welcomed the failure of a legal challenge to the technology. The case against the Metropolitan Police’s use of live facial […]

Canada

Canadian ‘online poison seller’ Kenneth Law to have ‘murder charges dropped in plea deal’

April 19, 2026 0

A Canadian chef accused of supplying deadly substances to people around the world who have taken their own lives will have murder charges dropped as part of a plea deal, his lawyer has said. Kenneth […]

Australia

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier charged over alleged war crimes

April 7, 2026 0

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier has been charged over allegations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith – who left the defence force in 2013 – was arrested at Sydney airport on Tuesday and will […]

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