Tag: Law enforcement
Papua New Guinea minister facing domestic assault charge steps down. Opposition demands resignation
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Papua New Guinea’s opposition leader urged the country’s premier Tuesday to fire the petroleum...
Scammers are swiping billions from Americans every year. Worse, most crooks are getting away with it
The scammers are winning.Sophisticated overseas criminals are stealing tens of billions of dollars from Americans every year, a crime wave projected to get...
Italian landowner is arrested after an Indian worker bled to death in accident with farm equipment
ROME -- Italian police arrested a farm owner on Tuesday on suspicion of homicide after one of his workers, an undocumented laborer from...
Chinese woman facing charge of trying to smuggle turtles across Vermont lake to Canada
A woman from China has been arrested at a Vermont lake bordering Quebec for trying to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected...
Japanese executive among dozens arrested in Myanmar for allegedly selling rice above set prices
BANGKOK -- Myanmar’s military government has arrested a Japanese business executive, along with dozens of local businessmen, for allegedly selling rice at prices...
A mother's pain as the first victim of Kenya's deadly protests is buried
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Edith Wanjiku holds onto one of the few photos she’s left with of her teenage son Ibrahim Kamau. His life...