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Archives: Crime
Israel: Netanyahu’s Top Allies Arrested in Ongoing Corruption Probe
TeleSur | - - A former Netanyahu spokesman and the former director of the communications ministry are among the persons arrested. Two close associates of Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, have been…
What Does Netanyahu Corruption Case tell us about Trump’s Fate?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Israeli police have recommended that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu be indicted for corruption. The recommendation now goes to attorney general Avichai Mandelblit, who…
Did the Pentagon’s War on Drugs Confound Counter-Terrorism?
By Nick Turse | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - 2017 was a year of investigations for U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). There was the investigation of the two-star commander of U.S. Army Africa who…
Blood oil: more than half of the oil traded across the world has been stolen
By Leif Wenar | (The Conversation) | - - Donald Trump tweeted something true recently. Responding to the protests in Iran, the US president stated that “The people are finally getting wise…
Human Rights Win in Iran: Thousands of Death Sentences for Drugs Dropped
Centre for Human Rights in Iran | Trans. & Ed. Global Voices Online An estimated 4,000 prisoners currently on death row in Iran for drug-related crimes could have their death sentences revoked,…
Trump allegedly Paid $130,000 to Porn Star for Her Silence
TeleSur | - - The deal was brokered by President Trump’s lawyer with the adult-film actress a month before the 2016 presidential elections. U.S. President Donald Trump's personal attorney arranged a US$130,000…
The Fempire Strikes Back: #MeToo and the Man-Monsters
By Ann Jones. | ( Tomdispatch.com First, for the record, let me tell you my story about another of those perversely creepy Hollywood predators, a sort of cut-rate Harvey Weinstein: the screenwriter…
Top 4 Things Paradise Papers tell us about Super-Rich
Ronen Palan | (The Conversation) | - - The so-called Paradise Papers may sound familiar – leaked documents from a law firm that specialises in offshore services reveal how the global elite…
How dangerous to Trump are charges against Manafort, Gates & Papadopoulos?
By Rachel Caufield | (The Conversation) | - - Five months into Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of cooperation between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia during the 2016 election, Americans are seeing…
Midnight at Mar-a-Lago: The walls close in on Genghis Con
By David Faris | (Informed Comment) | - - Yesterday the former chairman of President Trump’s presidential campaign and the architect of last year’s Republican National Convention got up, got out of…
Top Six Trump Admin. Crimes that ought to bring Indictments
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - 1. Jeff Sessions lied under oath, saying he never met with any Russian official during the Trump presidential campaign. He met the Russian…
Reminder: Mueller is investigating *Crimes*; Hence 1st Charges
TeleSur | - - According to reports, a federal grand jury has approved criminal charges in an investigation regarding alleged Russian interference in the 2016 United States presidential election, though the nature…
Opioid Superstorm: A Growing wealth Gap & deserted Neighborhoods
by Suzanne Marvin with Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | - - Some disasters are sudden and abrupt, such as the hurricanes that struck Puerto Rico and other islands. Other disasters, though,…
No, Trump, British Crime isn’t going up because of Muslims
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Hate crimes are up 30% in the UK over the previous year, rising from 62,518 reported offenses in 2015-16 (the year ends in…
Did UAE plant Fake News about Qatar to Fool Trump?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The intrepid Karen DeYoung and Ellen Nakashima report at WaPo that anonymous US intelligence officials have decided to go public with what they…
Hobby Lobby caught smuggling Iraqi Antiquities (TYT)
Cenk Uygur and Brett Erlich | (The Young Turks News Video) || - - "Hobby Lobby just got caught smuggling. Cenk Uygur and Brett Erlich, the hosts of The Young Turks, tell…
Did Trump commit a crime in trying to Blackmail Mika and Joe? (TYT)
Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Ben Mankiewicz | TYT Video Report | - - "The President of the United States is tight with the owner of "The National Enquirer,” because of course he…
Demand-Side Slavery, Libyan Instability and European Crime Networks
Neil Thompson | (Informed Comment) | - - After several years in which refugees and migration have featured heavily in the Western media narrative, a disturbing correlation between human trafficking and conflict…