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Mass arrests in global crackdown on West African cyber-crime networks

August 26, 2026 World Justice News 0

Fifty-eight people linked to organised West African cyber-crime groups have been arrested in an operation across 22 countries and six continents. Dubbed “Operation Jackal IV”, it was co-ordinated by the global policing agency Interpol, targeting […]

FIFA World Cup Triggers a Global Anti-Piracy Crackdown

July 19, 2026 World Justice News 0

During the FIFA World Cup, law enforcement and private partners across multiple continents have seized or blocked well over a thousand pirate streaming domains, arrested suspects, and cut off advertising revenue. Taken together, “Operation Offsides” […]

Judge in Diego Maradona case steps down after being accused of behaving like an ‘actress’

May 28, 2025 World Justice News 0

A judge in Argentina has stood down from the trial of Diego Maradona’s medical staff after being criticised for taking part in a documentary about the case. Seven members of the legendary footballer’s medical team […]

Men Arrested in Magis TV Piracy Raids Also Face Malicious Software Charges

November 16, 2024 World Justice News 0

Police raids in Colombia and Ecuador this week against people involved in the sale and supply of illegal streaming service Magis TV, have an unusual component. In addition to the usual charges relating to the […]

Head of Colombian Football Federation arrested on battery charge

July 16, 2024 World Justice News 0

The head of the Colombian Football Federation, Ramón Jesurún, and his son have been arrested, following a brawl at Sunday’s Copa América final in Miami. Mr Jesurún, 71, and Ramón Jamil Jesurún, 43, were held […]

French rugby players charged with raping woman in Argentina

July 13, 2024 World Justice News 0

Two French international rugby players have been charged with the aggravated rape of a woman following a match in Argentina, prosecutors in the South American country say. Hugo Auradou, 20, and Oscar Jegou, 21, are […]

Court Orders SportsBay to Pay Almost Half a Billion Dollars For Violating DMCA

August 20, 2023 World Justice News 0

In the summer of 2021, DISH Network and Sling filed a copyright lawsuit against four unlicensed sports streaming sites, among them the popular SportsBay.org. After the plaintiffs named two alleged operators of the sites, this […]

Trigger IX: $5bn of drugs seized in Latin American operation

April 18, 2023 World Justice News 0

Police in Latin America have seized cocaine and other drugs worth $5bn (£4bn) in an operation lasting three weeks and spanning 15 countries. They also seized more than 8,000 illicit firearms and carried out almost […]

Rights group files suit in Germany against Myanmar military

January 28, 2023 World Justice News 0

BANGKOK (AP) — A human rights group and 16 people from Myanmar have filed a criminal complaint in Germany seeking punishment of Myanmar’s generals for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity they alleged were […]

Fernández de Kirchner: Man and girlfriend ‘planned’ Argentina VP attack

September 9, 2022 World Justice News 0

A judge in Argentina has charged a man and his girlfriend with attempting to kill Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner last week. Fernando Sabag Montiel, 35, and his girlfriend Brenda Uliarte, 23, deny involvement in […]

Human Rights

Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]

Human Rights

Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years still alive after two lethal injections

October 1, 2026 0

A Tennessee death row inmate set to be the first woman to be executed by the state in more than 200 years is still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyers have said. […]

Human Rights

Killer Christa Pike is to be executed within days – but her defence say she’s a victim too

September 27, 2026 0

Ashlee Sellars last heard from her friend Christa Pike earlier this week, when Pike texted her from her cell on death row as she prepares to be killed by lethal injection by the US state […]