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Police: Pirate IPTV Raids Shut Down “80 Percent” of Illegal Transmissions in Italy

May 17, 2021 World Justice News 0

Police in Italy say they have shut down a major IPTV network responsible for around 80 percent of illegal IPTV supply in the country. Operation Black Out was carried out by 200 specialists in 11 […]

Cyber-crime: Irish health system targeted twice by hackers

May 17, 2021 World Justice News 0

Ireland’s healthcare system has twice been targeted in cyber-crime attacks, it has been confirmed. The Department of Health said it shut down its IT systems after a ransomware attack on Thursday. A similar attack on the […]

Jetflicks & iStreamitAll: Man Sentenced to 57 Months Prison, $1m Confiscation Order

May 15, 2021 World Justice News 0

Before being shut down by law enforcement, Jetflicks and iStreamitAll were said to be two of the largest pirate streaming services in the United States. Darryl Julius Polo, who founded iStreamitAll and programmed for Jetflicks, […]

US fuel pipeline ‘paid hackers $5m in ransom’

May 14, 2021 World Justice News 0

A major US fuel pipeline has reportedly paid cyber-criminal gang DarkSide nearly $5m (£3.6m) in ransom, following a cyber-attack. Colonial Pipeline suffered a ransomware cyber-attack over the weekend and took its service down for five days, […]

WE Charity: Trudeau cleared of ethics wrongdoing in political scandal

May 14, 2021 World Justice News 0

Canada’s ethics watchdog has cleared Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of wrongdoing in the WE Charity scandal. The charity had been tapped by his government last year to oversee a volunteer programme for students during the […]

Radovan Karadzic: Ex-Bosnian Serb leader to be sent to UK prison

May 12, 2021 World Justice News 0

Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader convicted of genocide during the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, is to serve the rest of his life sentence in a British jail. The Foreign Office said he […]

Air France crash: Trial ordered for Airbus and airline over 2009 disaster

May 12, 2021 World Justice News 0

Twelve years after an Air France Airbus plane crashed into the Atlantic killing 228 people, a court has ruled that the airline and manufacturer should go on trial for involuntary manslaughter. The Paris court overturned […]

Fred West police search Gloucester cafe for Mary Bastholm

May 12, 2021 World Justice News 0

Police are continuing their search for a body at a cafe in Gloucester linked to a girl feared to have been murdered by serial killer Fred West. Mary Bastholm, 15, went missing in the city […]

NRA bankruptcy: US judge dismisses case

May 12, 2021 World Justice News 0

A US judge has dismissed a bankruptcy case involving the National Rifle Association (NRA), leaving it to face a lawsuit that could see the powerful organisation dissolved. In a written statement, the judge said gun-rights […]

US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack

May 10, 2021 World Justice News 0

The US government issued emergency legislation on Sunday after the largest fuel pipeline in the US was hit by a ransomware cyber-attack. The Colonial Pipeline carries 2.5 million barrels a day – 45% of the […]

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 […]

Human Rights

‘The gravest crime against humanity’: What does the UN vote on slavery mean?

March 28, 2026 0

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity”. Welcoming the vote, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the wealth of many Western […]

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Year: 2021

Police: Pirate IPTV Raids Shut Down “80 Percent” of Illegal Transmissions in Italy

Cyber-crime: Irish health system targeted twice by hackers

Jetflicks & iStreamitAll: Man Sentenced to 57 Months Prison, $1m Confiscation Order

US fuel pipeline ‘paid hackers $5m in ransom’

WE Charity: Trudeau cleared of ethics wrongdoing in political scandal

Radovan Karadzic: Ex-Bosnian Serb leader to be sent to UK prison

Air France crash: Trial ordered for Airbus and airline over 2009 disaster

Fred West police search Gloucester cafe for Mary Bastholm

NRA bankruptcy: US judge dismisses case

US passes emergency waiver over fuel pipeline cyber-attack