German tabloid Bild has come under fire after airing an interview with an ex-Playboy model who founded a controversial online startup selling pricey coronavirus home test kits. The company appeared to raise many red flags. “Now, you can get coronavirus tests delivered right [to your] home,” a smiling presenter happily tells Germans in a video titled ‘You have to pay attention to it! This is how […]
Investigation
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The decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Israel’s alleged human rights violations and war crimes in the occupied West Bank will most likely be delayed up to a month, the Jerusalem Post has reported. The delay could last until at least 30 March, following the closure of the court building in The Hague on Tuesday due to the coronavirus pandemic. As such, ICC […]
An investigation by Israeli newspaper Haaretz has revealed that Israeli soldiers opened fire on a Palestinian vehicle whose driver was simply making a U-turn, in what military officials described at the time as an attempted ‘car-ramming’ attack. According to the paper, on 20 February, the Israeli army spokesperson reported that soldiers had shot at a Palestinian vehicle that accelerated toward them in Beitin village, “in what […]
Cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb is clamping down on suspicious transactions less than a week after South Korea, its home country, moved to enact tough new laws for the virtual asset space. Bithumb announced Tuesday it had deployed Chainalysis’ “Reactor” investigations tool to get ahead of illicit activity. Reactor, used in many cryptocurrency law enforcement actions, will help the exchange’s compliance officers police their network, according to a […]
Afghanistan: ICC Appeals Chamber Authorises The Opening Of An Investigation March 6, 2020 Afghanistan: ICC Appeals Chamber Authorises The Opening Of An Investigation2020-03-062020-03-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/pr1516-e1583536267983.jpg200px200px Above Photo: The judges of the Appeals Chamber (left to right) Judge Solomy Balungi Bossa, Judge Howard Morrison, Presiding Judge Piotr Hofmański, Judge Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza, and Judge Kimberly Prost on 5 March 2020 at the seat of the International Criminal Court […]
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lashed out in an official statement Thursday in response to the International Criminal Court (ICC) announcing it has begun an investigation into alleged US war crimes during the eighteen-year long war. The ICC said it will also probe allegations against all parties in the conflict, including the Taliban and Afghan military. “This is a truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable political […]
Hundreds of monuments to Soviet soldiers who died liberating Poland in WWII have been dismantled without much pushback in recent years – until a district judge in western Poland sided with a group of citizens who complained. In 2017, the mayor of Trzcianka in the Greater Poland Voivodeship ordered the demolition of the Mausoleum of Soviet Soldiers, where 56 Red Army members who died in the […]
The leader of the Christian “doomsday cult” at the center of the outbreak in the South Korean city of Daegu is now facing a murder investigation as the country’s death toll from COVID-19 hits 21, the BBC reports. The push for the investigation comes as public fury toward the church has exploded thanks to its role in sparking the Daegu outbreak. City officials in Seoul have […]
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) recently disclosed “Cryptocurrency Intelligence Program” (CIP) is deployed in every crypto-facing Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) case, says the agent whose unit built the tool. In an email statement, Al Giangregorio – unit chief at the HSI’s National Bulk Cash Smuggling Center (BCSC) – shed a little light on the mysterious intel program first mentioned in ICE’s recent FY 2021 budget proposal. […]
A member of Scotland’s parliament this week implored the government to pursue a legal order forcing President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization to reveal the source of funds used to purchase properties in the country, The Scotsman reported Thursday. Parliamentarian Patrick Harvie, a co-leader of the Scottish Greens party, urged his fellow lawmakers to investigate exactly how the Trump Organization funded its multi-million dollar Scottish […]
The FBI and NYPD detectives raided the Manhattan headquarters of fashion executive Peter Nygard on Tuesday morning in connection with an ongoing sex-trafficking investigation, according to the New York Times, citing two law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. The 78-year-old Nygard has been under investigation for at least five months by a joint child-exploitation task force overseen by the Manhattan US attorney’s office. […]
The Sudanese Public Prosecution opened an investigation on Friday into the clashes that broke out between police forces and protesters on Thursday in the capital of Khartoum, after the police fired tear gas to disperse the demonstrators who demanded restructuring the armed forces and reintegrating the dismissed pro-revolution officers. The clashes resulted in the injuries of 53 demonstrators. “In compliance with our constitutional obligations, we will […]
The Egyptian public prosecutor’s office is pursuing a criminal investigation into an Egyptian researcher studying in Italy on charges of spreading fake news that posed a threat to security and social stability, it said on Sunday, as reported by Reuters. Patrick Zaki, a graduate student at the University of Bologna, was arrested on February 7 when he arrived at Cairo airport on a visit to see […]
Authored by Sara Carter via SaraACarter.com, U.S. Attorney John Durham – charged with the criminal probe into the FBI’s Russia investigation of the Trump campaign – has been questioning CIA officials closely involved with John Brennan’s 2017 intelligence community assessment regarding direct Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to U.S. officials. In May 2017, Brennan denied during a hearing before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence […]
The Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) has urged the UK government to directly oppose the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s decision to open an investigation into war crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory. Writing to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, senior CFI officials MP Stephen Crabb, Lord Pickles and Lord Polak, argue that “as a non-state actor the Palestinians do not meet […]
Authored by Clay Robinson via CampusReform.org, The Department of Education has opened an investigation into the millions of dollars in foreign funding going to Harvard and Yale Universities. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Department of Education is continuing a review that American colleges did not disclose $6.5 billion in foreign funding, including monies from China and Saudi Arabia. In a letter to Harvard, the Department […]