2022 – Page 54 – World Justice News

Canada protests: Police arrest leaders of trucker convoy

February 17, 2022 World Justice News 0

Police in Ottawa have detained two leaders of the trucker convoy in the Canadian capital as they move to break up the last stronghold of the protests against the nation’s Covid rules. Tamara Lich was […]

Met officers charged over WhatsApp messages

February 17, 2022 World Justice News 0

Two serving Metropolitan Police officers and a former officer have been charged with sending grossly offensive messages on WhatsApp. They will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 16 March. The Independent Office for Police Conduct […]

Judge rules Donald Trump must testify in New York investigation

February 17, 2022 World Justice News 0

Former US President Donald Trump and two of his children must answer questions under oath in a New York investigation into their business practices, a judge has ruled. New York’s attorney general has accused the […]

Prince Andrew, Virginia Roberts and Ghislaine Maxwell

Prince Andrew settles US civil sex assault case with Virginia Giuffre

February 15, 2022 World Justice News 0

Prince Andrew has settled a civil sexual assault case brought against him in the US by Virginia Giuffre. Ms Giuffre had been suing the Duke of York, claiming he sexually assaulted her on three occasions […]

Kentucky mayoral candidate survives being targeted by a gunman

February 15, 2022 World Justice News 0

A local politician in the US state of Kentucky has survived a shooting inside his office on Monday morning. Police have now apprehended the individual who shot Craig Greenberg, running to be Louisville’s next Democratic […]

Trudeau vows to freeze anti-mandate protesters’ bank accounts

February 15, 2022 World Justice News 0

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken the unprecedented step of invoking the Emergencies Act to crack down on anti-vaccine mandate protests. Mr Trudeau said the scope of the measures would be “time-limited”, “reasonable and […]

RIAA Wins $83 Million in Piracy Damages From YouTube Ripper

February 14, 2022 World Justice News 0

The RIAA has secured a multi-million dollar victory in its piracy lawsuit against YouTube-rippers FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com. A Virginia federal approved the damages request after a hard-fought legal battle that took place over several years. […]

Mexico violence: Gunmen attack wake, then target funeral

February 14, 2022 World Justice News 0

Gunmen in Mexico have killed nine people mourning the death of a man who died in jail last week, officials say. The nine were killed in two attacks in the northern city of Ciudad Juárez. […]

Hugo Torres: Nicaraguan ex-rebel leader dies after being jailed

February 13, 2022 World Justice News 0

Former Nicaraguan rebel leader Hugo Torres has died in prison aged 73, eight months after being detained on treason charges. The retired army general fought alongside current President Daniel Ortega during the country’s revolution, helping […]

Pirate IPTV Operator Ordered to Pay $231,000 in Damages

February 12, 2022 World Justice News 0

A man from Sweden has been convicted for selling subscriptions to pirate IPTV service MacIPTV. The 21-year-old served around 3,000 customers and came to the attention of local anti-piracy group Rights Alliance in 2019, which […]

Human Rights

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

Human Rights

Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

Human Rights

France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]

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Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2022

Canada protests: Police arrest leaders of trucker convoy

Met officers charged over WhatsApp messages

Judge rules Donald Trump must testify in New York investigation

Prince Andrew settles US civil sex assault case with Virginia Giuffre

Kentucky mayoral candidate survives being targeted by a gunman

Trudeau vows to freeze anti-mandate protesters’ bank accounts

RIAA Wins $83 Million in Piracy Damages From YouTube Ripper

Mexico violence: Gunmen attack wake, then target funeral

Hugo Torres: Nicaraguan ex-rebel leader dies after being jailed

Pirate IPTV Operator Ordered to Pay $231,000 in Damages