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U.S. Treasury Eases Customer Due Diligence Rules in Major Shift Toward Risk-Based Compliance

In a significant regulatory shift aimed at...

Malaysia’s Top Court Reinstates Corruption Conviction Against Veteran Politician Isa Samad

In a landmark ruling underscoring Malaysia’s continued...

Jimmy Lai Sentenced to 20 Years Under Hong Kong’s National Security Law

Hong Kong media entrepreneur and pro-democracy advocate...

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UAE’s COP28 Promises on Climate, Health Ignored at Home

On Health Day at the COP28 climate conference in the United Arab Emirates, 124 countries endorsed the COP28 UAE Climate and Health Declaration, which...

U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland Ending the Year Strong and Remaining Focused on Reducing Gun Crime

BALTIMORE and GREENBELT, Md. – During the week of Dec. 4-8, nine defendants pleaded guilty or were sentenced in cases involving the illegal possession...

Schenectady Man Charged in Connection with Shots Fired Outside of Temple Israel

ALBANY, N.Y. — Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, age 28, of Schenectady, appeared in federal court this morning on a charge of unlawfully possessing a firearm....

Informational: Federal Court arraignments | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

BILLINGS, Mont. — The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments...

Kanawha County Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Gun Crime

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Randell Lee Proctor, 45, of Belle, was sentenced today to four years in prison, to be followed by three years of...

Four Members of Violent Bridgeport Gang Guilty

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — On Dec. 5, a federal jury in New Haven found Keishawn Donald, 22; Trevon Wright, aka “Tre,” 22; Eric Hayes, aka “Heavyweight...

Libya: Derna Flood Response Costs Lives

(Beirut) – An independent inquiry is needed to review failings in Libyan authorities’ management of catastrophic flooding in eastern Libya in September 2023, Human...

HSI San Diego, multiple agencies announce results of local human trafficking task force of Operation Home for the Holidays

SAN DIEGO — As part of a joint investigation with the San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force, law enforcement agencies — including Homeland Security...

Nigeria: Erroneous Military Airstrike | Human Rights Watch

(Abuja) – Nigerian authorities should thoroughly and impartially investigate why army airstrikes in northwestern Kaduna state on December 3, 2023, killed 85 people at...

Celebrating Dick Marty, a Human Rights Champion

A human rights hero was rightly honored last week. Dick Marty earned a reputation in the 1980s as a dogged prosecutor of organized crime in...

EU Commission Highlights Disability Rights in Ukraine

As Russia’s war against Ukraine takes an enormous toll on civilians, the European Commission has identified the rights of people with disabilities as one...

HSI Washington, D.C. investigation leads to war crimes charges for 4 individuals affiliated with the Russian military

WASHINGTON – Four Russia-affiliated military personnel have been charged with war crimes following an investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Washington D.C. field...

CIBC Penalized $1.3M for Failing to Report Money Laundering Suspicions

The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, received an administrative monetary penalty of $1,329,150 on October 23, 2023, for two...

Microsoft & Mombak: Landmark Carbon Removal Deal in Brazilian Amazon

Microsoft and carbon removal startup Mombak have entered one of the largest-ever nature-based carbon removal agreements globally. Mombak will provide up to 1.5 million...

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