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Feds Indict ‘Pirate’ Sports Streams Operator Who Settled with Hollywood

October 31, 2021 World Justice News 0

Sports streaming service HeHeStreams shut down earlier this year after reaching a settlement with the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment. While saddened by his site’s demise, the operator felt that things could’ve been worse. They […]

Gabby Petito: FBI say Fiancé Brian Laundrie’s remains found

October 22, 2021 World Justice News 0

Human remains found in a Florida park on Wednesday have been confirmed to belong to the missing fiancé of a murdered blogger, the FBI says. The body of Brian Laundrie, who had been missing for […]

US couple accused of selling nuclear submarine secrets

October 10, 2021 World Justice News 0

A US navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with trying to sell nuclear secrets to what they thought was a foreign state. Jonathan Toebbe and his wife Diana were arrested in West […]

British man arrested in Spain over Twitter hack

July 21, 2021 World Justice News 0

Spanish police have arrested a 22-year-old UK citizen in connection with the hacking of 130 high-profile Twitter accounts, including those of Elon Musk, Barack Obama and Kanye West. The hacked accounts tweeted followers, encouraging them […]

Former informant ‘White Boy Rick’ sues FBI for $100m

July 21, 2021 World Justice News 0

His exploits were fictionalised in a Hollywood movie, and now the true story of a one-time teenage FBI informant has a new twist. Richard Wershe Jr has filed a $100m (£73m) lawsuit against former FBI […]

January 6: First Capitol rioter sentenced to prison time

July 19, 2021 World Justice News 0

A Florida man has become the first to be sentenced to prison for his part in the US Capitol riots on 6 January. Paul Allard Hodgkins pleaded guilty in June to one felony count of […]

FBI failed to investigate USA Gymnastics abuser, watchdog finds

July 14, 2021 World Justice News 0

The FBI disregarded allegations about a prolific USA Gymnastics child abuser and later made serious errors in the investigation, a watchdog has found. The long-awaited report gave a scathing assessment of the FBI’s investigation into […]

REvil: Ransomware gang websites disappear from internet

July 13, 2021 World Justice News 0

Websites for a Russian-linked ransomware gang blamed for attacks on hundreds of businesses worldwide have gone offline. Monitors say a payment website and a blog run by the REvil group became suddenly unreachable on Tuesday. […]

ANOM: Hundreds arrested in massive global crime sting using messaging app

June 8, 2021 World Justice News 0

More than 800 suspected criminals have been arrested worldwide after being tricked into using an FBI-run encrypted messaging app, officials say. The operation, jointly conceived by Australia and the FBI, saw devices with the ANOM […]

Colonial Pipeline: US recovers most of ransom, Justice Department says

June 8, 2021 World Justice News 0

The US has recovered most of the $4.4m (£3.1m) ransom paid to a cyber-criminal gang responsible for taking the Colonial Pipeline offline last month. DarkSide – which US authorities said operates from eastern Europe and […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

Human Rights

Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 0

Those who carry out conversion practices – commonly known as “conversion therapy” – could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises “abusive acts” aiming […]