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The estate of tech tycoon Mike Lynch who died when his yacht sank and his business partner owe HP Enterprise £700m

July 24, 2025 World Justice News 0

The estate of tech tycoon Mike Lynch – who died last year when his yacht sank – and his business partner owe tech giant Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) £700m, the High Court has ruled. HPE […]

Italian police arrest 181 in bid to stop Mafia rebuilding in Sicily

February 12, 2025 World Justice News 0

Italian police have launched a series of raids targeting Mafia clans operating in and around the Sicilian capital Palermo. More than 1,200 officers were involved in the operation, which the military Carabinieri force said was […]

Italy’s most-wanted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro arrested in Sicily

January 16, 2023 World Justice News 0

Italy’s most wanted mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro, has been arrested by police after 30 years on the run. Messina Denaro is alleged to be a boss of Sicily’s Cosa Nostra mafia and has been […]

Sicilian Mafia: Anger as ‘people slayer’ Giovanni Brusca freed

June 1, 2021 World Justice News 0

Sicilian Mafia boss Giovanni Brusca, whose grisly crimes include having a child’s body dissolved in acid, has been released from prison. Dubbed the “people slayer”, Brusca has confessed to his role in over 100 killings, […]

Sicily fire crew ’caused fires for cash’

August 7, 2017 World Justice News 0

Italian police have detained 15 volunteer firefighters in southern Sicily accused of starting fires in order to get paid to put them out. In the alleged fraud, the volunteers rang the emergency 115 number themselves […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Australia

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]

Human Rights

Sudan militia chief sentenced to 20 years for war crimes during Darfur conflict

December 10, 2025 0

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced a Sudanese militia leader to 20 years in prison for atrocities committed during a civil war more than two decades ago. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman had been convicted […]