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How a country’s economy was looted dry by politicians
New York Times, Published on 04/12/2024
» DHAKA - The new governor of Bangladesh’s central bank, Ahsan Mansur, calculates that about US$17 billion was looted from the country’s financial system by politicians in the 15 years before the government of Sheikh Hasina collapsed in August.
Assange, in first speech since release, says he was jailed for journalism
New York Times, Published on 02/10/2024
» BRUSSELS — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told a rights group Tuesday that his imprisonment had set a "dangerous precedent" for arresting journalists and criminalising activities that were essential to the work of investigative journalists — his first public statement since being released from a British prison in June.
Man plotted to kill Jews on Oct 7 anniversary
New York Times, Published on 07/09/2024
» WASHINGTON — A Pakistani citizen was arrested in Quebec this week and accused of plotting to kill "as many Jewish civilians as possible" in New York City on or near the first anniversary of the Oct 7 Hamas attacks on Israelis, according to a Justice Department complaint unsealed Friday.
Julian Assange pleads guilty, securing his freedom
New York Times, Published on 26/06/2024
» SYDNEY — Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge of violating the US Espionage Act, securing his freedom under a plea deal that saw its final act play out in a remote US courtroom in Saipan in the Western Pacific.
Art dealer charged in $145m antiquities smuggling case
New York Times, Published on 11/07/2019
» NEW YORK: In a sweeping new criminal case, a former New York art dealer authorities describe as one of the world’s largest smugglers of antiquities has been charged with running a multinational ring that trafficked in thousands of stolen objects, valued at more than US$145 million, over 30 years.
Detention of football player ‘historic test’
New York Times, Published on 01/02/2019
» The global sports market is worth hundreds of billions of dollars a year. Now, this powerful industry is coming together to promote an unlikely cause: human rights.