The mother of a 7-year-old Texas girl allegedly abducted and killed by a FedEx driver slammed the suspect as an “absolute monster.” The body of Athena Strand was found in Boyd, Texas, on Friday, after she was apparently taken from her bedroom in Paradise, earlier in the week. Athena’s mom, Maitlyn Gandy, 26, thanked those…
DetailsGang boss Christy Kinahan snr faces having to return to Spain for a passport fraud trial after being indicted by prosecutors and warned that he could be sentenced to up to four years if convicted. Kinahan (65) was previously told he would not have to leave his home in Dubai to attend the court in…
DetailsDrug trafficker Edgar Valdez Villarreal, known as ‘La Barbie,’ is no longer listed as being held by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons. Valdez was extradited to Georgia from Mexico seven years ago and had received a 49-year prison term after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and launder money. He was also ordered…
DetailsFor years, as the U.S. has ramped up pressure on Venezuela’s socialist government, dozens of allegedly corrupt insiders have raced through the U.S. criminal justice system, cutting plea bargains to avoid lengthy prison sentences and sparing prosecutors the work of having to prove their cases in court. But not Claudia Díaz. A former Venezuelan treasurer…
DetailsPolice in six countries have teamed up to take down a “super cartel” said to be controlling a third of Europe’s cocaine trade, leading to dozens of arrests and large-scale drug seizures, the European Union crime agency announced Monday. Europol said 49 suspects have been cuffed during “Operation Desert Light,” with the latest series of…
DetailsA top government official in the Bahamas slammed new FTX CEO John Ray III for his “extremely regrettable” claims in the heated bankruptcy battle over the imploded crypto company. Bahamas Attorney General Ryan Pinder took aim at Ray after the executive accused the Caribbean country of improperly seizing control of FTX assets in a Delaware…
DetailsPolice and investigators fear organised gangs of fraudsters are expanding across sub-Saharan Africa, exploiting new opportunities as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the global economic crisis to make huge sums with little risk of being caught. The growth will have a direct impact on the rest of the world, where many victims of…
DetailsMore than 100 people have been arrested in the UK’s biggest ever fraud operation, which brought down a website police describe as a “one-stop spoofing shop” used by scammers to steal tens of millions of pounds from Britons via fake bank phone calls. It is estimated that more than 200,000 potential victims were targeted via…
DetailsIn a heist that would have put Caesar’s sack of Gaul to shame, nearly 500 golden coins produced by an ancient Celtic culture in what is now southern Germany were boosted from the Celtic and Roman Museum in the Bavarian town of Manching, Germany this week. The thieves were in and out in under nine…
DetailsA wealthy New York socialite who once compared herself to Princess Diana was arrested Tuesday for allegedly attacking her former housekeeper, police said. Libbie Mugrabi, 43 — the ex-wife of billionaire Andy Warhol art collector David Mugrabi — is accused of breaking her ex-employee’s cellphone and threatening her with a knife and mop handle over…
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