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ICE-linked security ‘not welcome’ at Winter Olympics
AFP, Published on 27/01/2026
» ROME - A branch of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will help with security for the Winter Olympics in Italy, officials confirmed on Tuesday, sparking anger and warnings they were not welcome.
Belarus frees 123 political prisoners
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/12/2025
» Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko ordered the release of 123 political prisoners, pushing his opponents into exile hours after the United States announced it would lift sanctions on his country’s potash industry.
Oil smugglers' Cook Islands office enabling sanctions-busting 'shadow fleets'
Steven Trask of AFP, Published on 02/12/2025
» CANBERRA - Dozens of oil tankers suspected of smuggling contraband crude for Russia and Iran have been using a beachside office in the tropical South Pacific to cover their tracks, an AFP analysis of sanctions data has revealed.
Haitian gangs getting rich off murky market for baby eels
AFP, Published on 18/11/2025
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - Gangs in Haiti are profiting from a lucrative trade in baby eels caught in the crime-ridden country's rivers and estuaries and sold abroad for thousands of US dollars.
Malaysia to eliminate over 100 illegal piers along Thai border
Online Reporters, Published on 12/08/2025
» Malaysia will soon destroy 128 jetties illegally built on the Kolok River in another move to clamp down on illicit activities along the border with Thailand.
Ecuador counts the cost of days-long riot as guards freed
AFP, Published on 27/07/2023
» QUITO - Seventeen Ecuador corrections officials held hostage by prison inmates were freed Wednesday, authorities said, as they struggled to compile a death toll from the dismembered body parts left over from days of fighting between rival gangs.
Hong Kong bans CBD, with stiff penalties
AFP, Published on 01/02/2023
» A new law criminalising the possession, consumption and selling of cannabidiol (CBD) in Hong Kong came into effect on Wednesday, placing the substance on par with heroin in terms of legal classification.
Singapore makes biggest seizure of rhino horn
AFP, Published on 05/10/2022
» Singapore authorities have made their biggest ever seizure of rhino horn with a US$830,000 haul confiscated from a smuggler arriving from South Africa, officials said Wednesday.
Poaching of 'status symbol' date mussels threatens Italy's coasts
AFP, Published on 12/08/2022
» MONOPOLI (ITALY) - Off the rocky coast of southeastern Italy, two scuba divers from the financial crimes police bob in and out of the blue waters, under the curious gaze of vacationers.
Contraband McMuffins cost traveller to Australia US$2,000
AFP, Published on 01/08/2022
» SYDNEY: A traveller arriving in Australia from Indonesia has been hit with an almost US$2,000 fine after border guards detected two McMuffins and a ham croissant secretly squirrelled away in their backpack.