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Bolivia says huge manhunt closing in on accused drug lord
AFP, Published on 31/07/2023
» LA PAZ - Bolivia has mobilized more than 2,250 security agents in a massive operation closing in on an alleged cocaine trafficker who has ricocheted around the world to elude capture, a senior official said on Sunday.
Dozens held in Italian mafia crackdown
Published on 27/06/2023
» MILAN: Dozens of people have been arrested in a new police raid against the ‘Ndrangheta mafia that has revealed how its multiple illegal activities have spread as far as Austria and Germany, Italian authorities said on Tuesday.
Pink card graft appals
Oped, Editorial, Published on 22/06/2023
» A bribe scandal involving the issuance of identity cards for ineligible Myanmar migrants in Tak's Mae Sot district shows how deeply rooted corruption is in this country and the failure of the Prayut Chan-o-cha government to clean up the state service over the past nine years.
Berlusconi's many brushes with the law
AFP, Published on 12/06/2023
» ROME - Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was dogged throughout his life by legal woes and scandal, which became as much a part of his legend as his work in politics, media and sport.
Italy's scandal-hit Berlusconi dies at 86
AFP, Published on 12/06/2023
» ROME: Silvio Berlusconi, who dominated Italian public life for decades as a billionaire media mogul, businessman and prime minister, has died aged 86.
Slovak ex-minister charged for praising Russian war
AFP, Published on 06/06/2023
» BRATISLAVA - The Slovak top prosecutor's office said Monday it had charged ex-justice minister and former Supreme Court chief justice Stefan Harabin over a Facebook post praising Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Death toll rises to 15 in Senegal strife
AFP, Published on 03/06/2023
» DAKAR: Tensions remained high in Senegal on Saturday after fresh overnight clashes brought the death toll to 15 in the two days since a court convicted opposition leader Ousmane Sonko.
'Superpimp'-turned-whistleblower won't give up fight
Dave Kendall, Published on 29/05/2023
» The memorandum of understanding signed on May 22 by the eight parties hoping to form a governing coalition sets forth an ambitious reform agenda, including "push for reform of the bureaucracy, police, armed forces and justice system" and to "promote a culture of transparency to tackle corruption".
Phuket banking on administrative reform
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 16/05/2023
» Phuket tourism operators hope the right to vote for their own provincial governor will help solve prolonged local issues as the island still needs tailor-made policies to address specific problems, such as the taxi mafia.
Best of the best
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/05/2023
» Re: "Minority govt perils", (Editorial, May 8).