Venezuela Sentences Former Citgo Executives For Corruption By Manuela Solé, Venezuelanalysis. November 30, 2020 Venezuela Sentences Former Citgo Executives For Corruption2020-11-302020-11-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/citgo_1-e1606703065960.jpg200px200px Above photo: The six executives worked for PDVSA’s US subsidiary, Citgo. Reuters. The so-called “Citgo six” had been arrested in 2017 and their lawyers will appeal the ruling. Merida – Six former oil executives were sentenced for corruption on Thursday by a Venezuelan court. They were detained in November 2017 in Caracas on charges of embezzlement, money laundering and conspiracy at state oil company PDVSA’s US subsidiary, Citgo. Attorney General Tarek William Saab stated at the time that the accused had signed contracts without […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107006/29/1070062936_0:225:3756:2337_1200x675_80_0_0_809417d1aadbd2636794f5adbfaca88e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009081080395050-khashoggis-family-considers-sentences-in-journalists-murder-case-fair/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Opposition Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s family considers the sentences in his murder case to be fair, Mutassim Khashoggi, the family’s lawyer, told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper on Tuesday. A spokesperson for the Saudi Public Prosecution’s Office said Monday a Saudi court had announced sentences to eight suspects in the killing of Khashoggi. Five of them were given 20-year prison terms, one was sentenced to 10 years in prison, and two to seven years each. “The crimes committed by those convicted are major crimes and the sentences include various prison sentences are just rulings that are […]
The family of the late Washington Post columnist, Jamal Khashoggi, killed inside a Saudi consulate in Turkey, has welcomed the new verdict in the journalist’s trial as “just rulings” while praising the Saudi justice system. “The crimes committed by those convicted are major crimes and the sentences include various prison sentences are just rulings that are accepted by the court that governs the law of God and public order,” Mutassim Khashoggi, lawyer for the Khashoggi family, told the local Asharq al-Awsat newspaper on Monday evening, as cited by Al Arabiya English. Also on rt.com 8 convicted in Saudi Arabia over killing […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106881/27/1068812771_0:300:4541:2854_1200x675_80_0_0_4e82f94cc2a8a2b8cf6f7bc9d1f90ae3.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202009071080394353-turkey-discontented-with-sentences-in-khashoggi-murder-case-presidential-spokesperson-says/ ANKARA (Sputnik) – Turkey is dissatisfied with the sentences in the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi murder case, presidential communications director Fahrettin Altun said. A spokesperson for the Saudi Public Prosecution’s Office said Monday a Saudi court had announced sentences to eight suspects in the killing of Khashoggi. Five of them were given 20-year prison terms, one was sentenced to 10 years in prison, and two to seven years each. “The final verdict that a Saudi court issued today regarding journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s execution inside the Kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey fell short of meeting […]
The 4th Circuit Court in Venezuela with jurisdiction in terrorism, condemned two American citizens to 20 years in prison this week. Luke Denman and Airan Berry are linked to the “Gedeon” operation. They were not offered their right to defense. United States veterans Denman and Berry participated in a failed attempt to allegedly topple the failed socialist regime of Nicolas Maduro. This was an episode that is still surrounded by numerous questions. The attorney for the two Americans Alonso Medina said he was hired by the families of the two men they were not allowed access to him and they were […]
Flowers were placed at the memorial to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings on April 20. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Flowers were placed at the memorial to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings on April 20. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images A death penalty sentence against confessed Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was thrown out Friday by a federal appeals court in Boston. Citing errors by a lower court, a three-judge panel from the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sent the widely publicized case back to the federal district court that had convicted Tsarnaev […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106467/83/1064678386_0:0:1920:1080_1200x675_80_0_0_256e54cf04fdb17bc4e031b73690e95e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202006261079729643-us-court-sentences-russian-national-burkov-to-45-years-on-cybercrime-related-charges/ ALEXANDRIA (Sputnik) – A US court on Friday sentenced Russian national Alexei Burkov to four-and-a-half years in prison after the defendant pleaded guilty to cybercrime-related charges. “Your total sentence is 108 months, you will be giving a credit for serving already roughly 4.5 years”, Judge T. S. Ellis III said. Judge Ellis also imposed a $7,000 fine on Burkov. Burkov was detained in Israel at the request of the US administration and accused of running two websites for hackers, including one that was selling stolen bank card numbers that were used in more than $20 million worth […]
Earlier, London’s mayor Sadiq Khan was slammed by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel for a decision to cover up the monument to Winston Churchill in Parliament Square and accused of “surrendering” the capital’s streets “to the mob” ahead of anti-racism protests slated for Saturday. According to new plans being considered by UK MPs, demonstrators who vandalise war memorials could be slapped with prison sentences of up to ten years, reported The Sunday Telegraph. The proposals to simplify the procedure of prosecuting those who target the monuments are believed to be discussed by Robert Buckland, the Justice Secretary, Priti Patel, the Home […]
It’s absolutely bizarre that two of the people allegedly responsible for torching a police vehicle during the New York City riots were lawyers. They’re going to need their knowledge of the law now. According to the Department of Justice, they are facing possible life sentences. From the DOJ website: TRENDING: JUST IN: Minneapolis City Council Unanimously Votes to Replace Police with ‘Community-Led Public Safety System’ Two Brooklyn Residents and a Greene County Resident Indicted in Connection with Molotov Cocktail Attacks on NYPD Vehicles Two indictments were returned yesterday in federal court in Central Islip, New York, charging Samantha Shader, and co-defendants […]
The case was one of the key issues souring the already deteriorating relations between Turkey and the US, along with Washington’s reluctance to extradite Fethullah Gulen, a major Turkish opposition figure, which Ankara accuses of staging a military coup attempt. A Turkish court has sentenced US Consulate employee Metin Topuz to 8 years and 9 months in prison on charges of espionage and aiding a terrorist group, Anadolu News Agency reports. Topuz, who was working as a liaison officer for the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), is accused of contacting law enforcement officials linked to Fethullah Gülen, an Islamic scholar, major […]
In 2018, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said that the retired colonel of the armed forces, whose name has not yet been released, is suspected of spying for Russia for at least 25 years. A court in Salzburg has sentenced a former colonel of the Austrian armed forces to three years in prison on espionage charges. The prosecutor’s office in Salzburg accused the colonel on 8 November 2019. Austrian investigators believe that the colonel was recruited by Igor Zaitsev, a high-ranking Russian military intelligence officer, and Vienna has issued an international arrest warrant for him. Moscow has denied Zaitsev’s involvement in espionage. […]
The leader of the anti-immigrant group Britain First was fined and given a suspended sentence for refusing to unlock his phone and computer to police after returning from a trip to Russia last year, under UK anti-terrorism laws. Paul Golding, 38, was ordered to pay a £21 ($26) surcharge and £750 ($918) in costs, and given a nine-month “conditional discharge” by Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot at the Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on Wednesday. He was charged with “wilfully refusing to comply” under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act. Police testified that Golding had refused their demand to unlock his iPhone […]
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, software company Zoom Communications has had its video conferencing services tapped by various industries across the world that are trying to adjust to remote work, and now, thanks to officials in Singapore, the tech has been used to hand down a death sentence. Such was the case for Punithan Genasan, a 37-year-old Malaysian man who was sentenced Friday to death by hanging for masterminding a 2011 heroin transaction between two drug couriers in Singapore, a city-state known for having a zero tolerance policy for illicit drugs. A spokesperson for Singapore’s Supreme Court told Reuters for a Wednesday […]