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Leaked Video of Uruguayan Kingpin Triggers Mass Arrests Across Bolivian Justice System
Two newly surfaced videos of Uruguayan drug lord Sebastián Marset alleging high-level state protection triggered a law enforcement purge in Bolivia, ending in the arrest…
Webinar on Oct. 7 on Covering Data Centers
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EU Froze Sierra Leone Aid for Harboring Alleged Drug Kingpin, Netherlands Says
Brussels has frozen roughly $20 million in aid to Sierra Leone's 2026 budget, in a move the Dutch justice minister attributed to the country harboring alleged cocaine…
Amnesty Report Documents Morocco's Sustained Spyware Campaign Against Civil Society
A report from Amnesty International claims the Moroccan government used surveillance systems to silence human rights defenders over the course of the past two decades.
U.K. Sanctions Four Georgians Over Occupied Ukraine Visit
The new sanctions target political figures and commentators, including the brother-in-law of Tbilisi’s mayor, over a September 2025 meeting with the head of the…
Ex-Hungarian Minister Detained in $53 Million Graft Probe
Balázs Hankó, a former culture minister under Viktor Orbán, was ordered held in pretrial detention over allegations he funneled tens of millions in state cultural grants…
Raids Across Europe Target Far-Right Network Accused of Producing Neo-Nazi Music
Authorities searched premises across Germany, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Italy and Poland in an investigation into a suspected criminal organization accused of…
Viral Google Maps Images Shared Widely This Week Show Gaza Ruins. We Obtained More Recent Satellite Imagery
Earlier this week, several viral social media posts and news articles stated that Google had updated satellite imagery over Gaza. The imagery shared in these posts and…
Leaked Warrant List Reveals How Turkmenistan Targets Critics Abroad
Considered one of the world’s most oppressive countries, Turkmenistan has long silenced critics at home. A leaked arrest warrant list reveals how the regime has…
The US Blacklists Alleged Venezuelan Cyber Crime Mastermind
The U.S. Department of the Treasury blacklisted the first cybercriminal on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List, accusing the Venezuelan hacker of developing malware that…
Fiji Overhauls Evidence Security After 52 Kilos of Cocaine Vanish from Court
More than 50 kilograms of cocaine tied to two major criminal trials vanished from the High Court registry, marking the second major evidence theft this year.