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Arrests shut down illegal TV streaming gang

March 22, 2019 World Justice News 0

Police raids across Europe have broken up a sophisticated operation that pirated and resold net-based TV (IPTV) channels. Five people have been arrested and dozens of servers shut down as a result of raids in […]

Cesar Sayoc: US mail bombs suspect pleads guilty

March 22, 2019 World Justice News 0

Cesar Sayoc, the Florida man suspected of a mail-bombing campaign targeting critics of President Donald Trump has pleaded guilty in federal court. Mr Sayoc, 56, could be jailed for life for his criminal charges, which […]

Michel Temer: Brazil ex-president arrested

March 21, 2019 World Justice News 0

Former Brazilian President Michel Temer has been arrested as part of a wide-ranging corruption investigation, local media say. Local media say police had been trying to trace Mr Temer, who left office on 1 January, […]

Radovan Karadzic sentence increased to life at UN tribunal

March 20, 2019 World Justice News 0

A UN court has rejected an appeal by Bosnian Serb former leader Radovan Karadzic and increased his sentence to life in prison. The tribunal on Wednesday ruled that his initial sentence was too light. In […]

San Francisco moves to ban e-cigarettes until health effects known

March 20, 2019 World Justice News 0

Officials in San Francisco have proposed a new law to ban e-cigarette sales until their health effects are evaluated by the US government. The law appears to be the first of its kind in the […]

Four Men Sentenced For Running Torrent Site That Leaked The Expendables 3

March 19, 2019 World Justice News 0

Four men in the UK have received sentences of up to four-and-half years for running a torrent site that leaked movies online, sometimes in advance of their theatrical release. Most notably, the quartet shared The […]

Áurea Vázquez Rijos: Beauty queen jailed for husband’s murder

March 19, 2019 World Justice News 0

A Puerto Rican woman has received a life prison sentence for hiring a hitman to murder her wealthy Canadian husband 14 years ago. Áurea Vázquez Rijos, who fled to Europe after the killing, professed her […]

Dutch shooting: Utrecht police arrest suspect after three killed

March 19, 2019 World Justice News 0

A man has been arrested after three people were killed and five wounded, some seriously, in a shooting on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht. Gokmen Tanis, a 37-year-old born in Turkey, was […]

New Zealand mosques: 49 dead after shootings in Christchurch

March 15, 2019 World Justice News 0

UPDATE: Police say 49 people have been killed and at least 20 seriously wounded after two mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand Three men and one woman are in custody, police commissioner Mike Bush told a […]

US court: Sandy Hook victims’ families can sue Remington

March 14, 2019 World Justice News 0

A Connecticut court has ruled that families of schoolchildren killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting can sue American gun-maker Remington. In a 5-4 vote, the US state’s Supreme Court said the lawsuit could […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Articles by World Justice News

Arrests shut down illegal TV streaming gang

Cesar Sayoc: US mail bombs suspect pleads guilty

Michel Temer: Brazil ex-president arrested

Radovan Karadzic sentence increased to life at UN tribunal

San Francisco moves to ban e-cigarettes until health effects known

Four Men Sentenced For Running Torrent Site That Leaked The Expendables 3

Áurea Vázquez Rijos: Beauty queen jailed for husband’s murder

Dutch shooting: Utrecht police arrest suspect after three killed

New Zealand mosques: 49 dead after shootings in Christchurch

US court: Sandy Hook victims’ families can sue Remington