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Sarkozy's £117,000 penalty and five-year prohibition cause uproar as Libyan victims demand the return of embezzled millions
As former French President Nicolas Sarkozy contests his landmark conviction in the 2007 Libyan campaign finance scandal, campaigners against corruption are drawing attention to the significant human cost associated with the offence
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GSPartners collapses: Josip Heit’s project leaves investors with billion-dollar losses and investigations in the US and Canada
In the last three years, GSPartners (also referred to as GSB Gold Standard), one of the world’s most contentious cryptocurrency undertakings, has been swiftly deteriorating. At the same time, a growing scandal involving its founder, Josip Heit, poses the risk of a significant prison term for him
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Binance founder CZ granted presidential pardon as Trump concludes 'campaign against cryptocurrency'
Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has received a pardon from US President Donald Trump
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Trump reduces George Santos' seven-year prison term, assuring him a "wonderful life"
Following the reduction of a seven-year prison sentence for fraud and identity theft given to the disgraced former U.S. Congressman George Santos, President Donald Trump expressed his hope that he has a "wonderful life."
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French court affirms conviction in Gisele Pelicot rape case, extends sentence to 10 years
On Thursday, a French court dismissed the appeal of a former construction worker convicted last year of the aggravated rape of Gisele Pelicot, extending his prison term by an additional year to 10 years, according to France Info
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Former Jumbo CEO contests bribery verdict
Frits van Eerd resigned from his position as CEO of Jumbo, yet he continues to co-own the supermarket chain alongside his family. The company is not implicated in the matter
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Chattering parrot assists police in uncovering drug operation
A parrot capable of speech has aided the British police in revealing a group involved in drug trafficking
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Bitcoin laundering scheme worth 140 million yuan linked to Kuaishou employees uncovered in Beijing
Chinese authorities seize more than 90 BTC, handing down lengthy prison sentences in crackdown on crypto crimes in China.
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Opium, bribes, and silence: how Belarusian prosecutors overlooked security forces’ role in drug trafficking
Suspects named police officers during interrogations in a major opium trafficking case, but none were charged, according to an investigation by Buro.
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Azerbaijani court sentences seven journalists to 7–9 years in prison on fabricated charges
On Friday, an Azerbaijani court handed lengthy prison sentences to staff members of the independent outlet Abzas Media and a journalist from RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani service. The trial had been condemned as a farce amid an escalating crackdown on critical media in the country.
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Crypto trading by FBI script: CEO of Gotbit sentenced for years-long fake trading scheme
Gotbit founder and CEO Aleksei Andriunin was sentenced to eight months in prison and one year of supervised release.
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Former coach and father of athletics star Jakob Ingebrigtsen partially acquitted after three-month trial
Gjert Ingebrigtsen received a suspended prison sentence and was fined for striking his daughter with a wet towel - but the former coach was acquitted of charges involving his superstar son
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Russia jails 4 journalists for 5.5 years each over Navalny ties
A Russian court has found four journalists guilty of extremism for their involvement with an anti-corruption group established by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and has sentenced each of them to five-and-a-half years in prison.
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Teen strangled mum, fled with body in car after bloody scene at home
Tyler Roenz, 19, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to the October 2022 murder of his mother Michelle Roenz, 49, in Harris County, Texas
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Sex acts on corpses at NHS hospital 'may never be recovered from', fears judge
WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Damon Tingay, 30, was jailed for six years at Grimsby Crown Court for sexually penetrating two corpses and admitted trespassing in the hospital grounds with intent to commit a sexual act
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Cowboy builder cons widow out of £60k and leaves home uninhabitable
A con man has scammed over £72,000 from three clients including a widow and a 73-year-old from Norwich - Wesley Theobald admitted to 19 offences including theft and fraud in court
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'I watched true crime doc with roommate – it inspired her to try to kill me'
Rachel moved in with her best friend Janie Lynn Ridd in 1995, aged 22, but things started to take a turn for the worse when she allowed Ridd to play a role in her son's life
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Julian Assange pleads guilty to publishing US military secrets in freedom deal
The criminal case of international intrigue, which had played out for years in major world stages of Washington and London, came to a surprise end in a most unusual setting with Assange, 52, entering his plea in a U.S. district court in Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands
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Moment driver speeds wrong way down M25 in stolen van - killing two people
The driver received a record 18-year sentence after he was involved in a Hertfordshire crash that killed a 44-year-old mother on her way to celebrate her birthday abroad
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14-year-old killer who stabbed Alfie Lewis to death in broad daylight unmasked
Bardia Shojaeifard was found guilty of stabbing teenager Alfie Lewis through the heart on the way home from school in the Horsforth area of Leeds last November
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Ex-Arsenal academy star jailed for fraud including refund scam at Pizza Hut
Jaydon Thorbourne suffered a career-ending hip injury at 18 and since then has been convicted of 27 fraud offences, including cloning a girlfriend's bank card and assaulting a taxi driver
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Hunter Biden beams as he's seen out in Hollywood after felony gun conviction
Hunter Biden was all smiles as he was seen out and about in Los Angeles, just days after he was convicted on three felony counts of lying on a gun background check form
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Harry Dunn's family blasts US at inquest – 'UK citizens' lives do not matter'
Northamptonshire coroner Anne Pember criticised the US government over a lack of training for diplomatic staff before Harry Dunn was run over and killed by Anne Sacoolas, who admitted she 'drove like an American'
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Inside jail where President Joe Biden's son Hunter could serve 25 years
Hunter Biden faces up to 25 years in prison when he is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika, though as a first-time offender, it is unlikely he would get anywhere near the maximum
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Inquest hears killer driver made 'tragic mistake' and 'drove like an American'
The inquest into the death of Harry Dunn has heard new evidence from Anne Sacoolas' voluntary police interview back in 2019 in which she told police officers: "I drove like an American."
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