Organized Crime News

3:06 PM EST
2/8/2012 New Merida Initiative anti-drug program starts while Mexican support weakensThe United States and Mexico announced a new program this week under the Merida Initiative intended to coordinate prosecutions of drug cartel associates.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Diplomacy, Alliances, Crime, Law And Justice, Organized Crime, Prosecution, Defendant

2:04 PM EST
2/2/2012 Attorney General faces Congressional subpoena deadlineAtttorney General Eric Holder on Thursday denied knowing U.S. law enforcement agents were allowing guns to be smuggled into Mexico during "Operation Fast and Furious."

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Government, Government Departments, Crime, Law And Justice, Organized Crime, Diplomacy, International Relations

5:06 PM EST
2/1/2012 U.S. increases penalties for smuggling by ultralight planePresident Barack Obama is expected to sign a new law within days that increases the penalties for smuggling over the U.S. border using ultralight aircraft.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Laws, Criminal, Organized Crime, Crime, Drug Trafficking

12:25 PM EST
2/1/2012 Some 23 bodies stolen from Bangladesh cemeteryThe remains of 23 persons have been stolen from graves at a village in Gazipur, north of the Bangladesh capital, leaving a score of relatives in shock.

Source:AHN Topics:Human Interest, Society, Funeral, Religion And Belief, Islam, Crime, Law And Justice, Crime, Theft

2:37 PM EST
1/31/2012 Congress moves toward vote on cyber-security billA congressional committee plans to recommend on Wednesday that Congress vote on a bill to improve cyber-security and information sharing at a time the government’s ability to protect its data and computers is hotly debated.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Government, Civil And Public Service, Crime, Law And Justice, Organized Crime, Science And Technology, IT/computer Sciences

9:48 AM EST
1/11/2012 Debt crisis makes Mafia Italy's biggest bankOrganized crime in Italy has generated an annual turnover of about $178.89 billion in profits and more than $100 billion euro in profits, making it the head "Capo" or biggest bank in Italy, the study found. Small businesses, which have struggled to get credit during the economic recession, have turned to the mafia for loans, seeing no other choice.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Financial And Business Service, Banking, Crime, Law And Justice, Organized Crime

7:16 AM EST
1/11/2012 Appeals court upholds injunction on Oklahoma's ban on Islamic lawThe 10th U.S. Court of Appeals has unanimously upheld an injunction against a law banning courts in Oklahoma from considering Islamic law when deciding on cases.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Laws, Religion And Belief, Islam, Politics, Constitution

9:19 AM EST
1/5/2012 Angst over Egyptian morality squadAn Egyptian vigilante group takes it upon itself to enforce Islamic strictures, worrying the country's liberals.

Source:TML Topics:Social Issue, Religion And Belief, Islam, Politics, Censorship

8:20 PM EST
1/2/2012 Boko Haram tells Christians to leave northern Nigeria in 3 daysNigeria’s Islamist group Boko Haram has issued an ultimatum to Christians in the country’s north to leave within three days as they prepare to confront soldiers deployed by the government to stop their attacks on Christians.

Source:AHN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Armed Conflict, Religion And Belief, Islam, Politics, Government, National Government

2:35 PM EST
1/2/2012 U.N. agency says Bangladesh no longer a "high risk" piracy areaBangladesh has been removed from a list of "high risk" piracy prone areas compiled by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), an anti-crime warning unit of International Chamber of Commerce.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Organized Crime, Politics, International Organization, Economy, Business And Finance, Financial And Business Service, Shipping Service