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Germany detains alleged Nigerian mafia members who orchestrated large-scale dating scams

April 25, 2024 World Justice News 0

German police have arrested 11 Nigerian men suspected of being in a mafia group who orchestrated large-scale dating scams. The Black Axe gang was involved in “multiple areas of criminal activity” globally, Bavarian police said […]

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Operator of ‘Bitcoin Invested’ Pirate Site Movie2K Charged After More Than a Decade

April 20, 2024 World Justice News 0

More than a decade ago, Movie2K was one of the largest pirate sites on the Internet. Serving a German audience, the streaming portal shut down in 2013, but that wasn’t the end of the story. […]

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Gang guilty of large £53.9m Universal Credit benefit fraud

April 10, 2024 World Justice News 0

Five members of an organised gang have been convicted of what has been described by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) as the largest case of benefit fraud in England and Wales. The gang of three […]

Woman found with £2bn in Bitcoin convicted of money laundering arrangement offence

March 20, 2024 World Justice News 0

A former takeaway worker found with Bitcoin worth more than £2bn has been convicted at Southwark Crown Court of a crime linked to money laundering. Jian Wen, 42, from Hendon in north London, was involved […]

Dozens jailed in France’s largest cyberbully case

March 19, 2024 World Justice News 0

Twenty-eight people have been jailed for up to 18 months for the harassment of an influencer in France’s largest cyberbullying case to date. Judges found the accused guilty of harassing Magali Berdah, spurred on by […]

How the Met took down the kingpins of organised crime

January 7, 2024 World Justice News 0

Det Ch Insp Driss Hayoukane was on the brink of retirement from the Metropolitan Police in March 2020, when he got a call he could not resist. French and Dutch police had infiltrated a supposedly […]

Binance chief Changpeng Zhao pleads guilty to money laundering charges

November 22, 2023 World Justice News 0

The Binance chief executive, Changpeng Zhao, has resigned after pleading guilty to money laundering violations. “I made mistakes, and I must take responsibility. This is best for our community, for Binance, and for myself”, he […]

207 gang members sentenced to total of 2,200 years in jail after one of Italy’s biggest mafia trials

November 21, 2023 World Justice News 0

Over 200 gang members have been sentenced to a total of more than 2,200 years after one of the biggest mafia trials in Italian history. Some 338 defendants were accused of being members of the […]

‘Crypto King’ Sam Bankman-Fried guilty of FTX fraud

November 3, 2023 World Justice News 0

Sam Bankman-Fried, who once ran one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, has been found guilty of fraud and money laundering at the end of a month-long trial in New York. The jury delivered its […]

FTX thief cashes out millions during Bankman-Fried trial

October 12, 2023 World Justice News 0

A thief who stole more than $470m (£383m) in cryptocurrency when FTX crashed is trying to cash it out while the exchange’s founder is on trial. Sam Bankman-Fried’s high-profile court case began last week. The former crypto […]

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First UK charges brought over 1994 Rwanda genocide

September 22, 2026 0

A Rwandan man, who has been living in north London, has become the first person charged in the UK with offences relating to the 1994 Rwanda genocide, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said. Dr […]

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UK MPs and Lords call for new law to address AI threat to human rights

September 14, 2026 0

A cross-party group of MPs and peers has identified human rights risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI), arguing existing laws are ill-equipped to address the technology’s rapid growth. The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) […]

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Zambian opposition leader detained by police over treason allegations

August 30, 2026 0

Zambian opposition leader Brian Mundubile, who had gone into hiding after disputing the recent presidential election result, has been detained over allegations of treason. The official results from the 13 August poll showed that incumbent […]