International Crime

The U.S. government announced Tuesday that it charged one of the main suspects in the killing of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse as it unsealed a complaint that revealed federal authorities had interviewed him several months ago while he was hiding in Jamaica. Mario Antonio Palacios, a 43-year-old former Colombian soldier, is charged with conspiracy to commit murder or kidnapping outside the United States and with providing material support resulting in death, knowing or intending that such material support would be used to prepare for or carry out the conspiracy to kill or kidnap. More

January 4, 2022

Trial of Harvard University professor Charles Lieber - charged with hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program - began in Boston federal court. Former chair of Harvard's department of chemistry and chemical biology pleaded not guilty to two counts of making false statements to authorities and four tax offenses. More

December 15, 2021

The trial of a Harvard University professor charged with hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program is the latest bellwether in the U.S. Justice Department's controversial effort to crackdown on economic espionage by China. Jury selection started Tuesday in Boston federal court in the trial of Charles Lieber, the former chair of Harvard's department of chemistry and chemical biology. More

December 14, 2021

A suspect in the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was arrested Tuesday in France. More

December 8, 2021

The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison after pleading guilty to helping her husband run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire. More

December 2, 2021

Heather Mack - Chicago woman arrested in U.S. on murder conspiracy charge in 2014 slaying of her mother in Indonesia - will remain locked up after her attorney waived a detention hearing. More

November 10, 2021

U.S. charges against Chicago woman Heather Mack - convicted of killing wealthy mom on Bali vacation - raised questions about how someone who went to prison overseas can be in U.S. court. More

November 4, 2021

FBI agents took Heather Mack, 26, into custody on her arrival at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Wednesday morning. More

November 3, 2021

U.S. promises Julian Assange won't face harsh prison if extradited to the U.S. not enough to address concerns about fragile mental health and suicide risk lawyer argued. More

October 28, 2021

“The guy is going to be in a box for the rest of his life,” attorney Mark Fernich said. “I’m not asking you to play violins for him. This is his last shot.” More

October 26, 2021

Irmgard Furchner -- 96-year-old former secretary for Stutthof concentration camp's SS commander appeared before court in northern Germany to formally hear the charges against her. More

October 19, 2021

The trial of four high-ranking members of Egypt’s security forces started Thursday without the Egyptians on hand to face charges they were involved in the abduction, torture and killing in Cairo of an Italian doctoral student. More

October 14, 2021

Kenyan Olympic runner and two-time world championship bronze medalist Agnes Tirop was found dead at her home Wednesday with stab wounds. More

October 14, 2021

Heather Mack was 18 when she was arrested after the discovery of Sheila von Wiese-Mack’s body in the trunk of a taxi in Bali. More

October 6, 2021

A serving London police officer was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Thursday for the kidnapping, rape and murder of a woman he tricked into his car using his police identification and COVID-19 laws. More

September 30, 2021

The court said that five men abducted an unidentified man after a dispute at a bar with the main defendant, in the village of Lasko. More

September 27, 2021

The lone survivor of the extremist cell from that night, Salah Abdeslam, is the key defendant among those being tried for the deadliest attack in France since World War II. More

September 8, 2021

Raffaele Imperiale Italy most wanted men alleged cocaine trafficker investigators say bought stolen Van Gogh paintings on black market with drug money arrested in Dubai More

August 19, 2021

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italy has won a legal victory in its bid to reclaim an ancient marble statue it asserted was stolen after it turned up in the possession of a New York antiquities dealer. A U.S. district court in New York on Monday threw out a suit seeking to […] More

August 5, 2021

By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — An educator who taught the children of U.S. military personnel at an Army base in Germany is accused of sexually assaulting two young students, court records show. Stefan Eberhard Zappey has been a civilian employee of the U.S. Department of Defense, assigned to an elementary school […] More

August 5, 2021

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amanda Knox is speaking out about her name being associated with the new film “Stillwater,” saying any connection rips off “my story without my consent at the expense of my reputation.” “Stillwater” stars Matt Damon as a father who flies to France to help his […] More

July 30, 2021

PHOENIX (AP) — A woman who acknowledged helping a former politician in an illegal adoption scheme involving women from the Marshall Islands was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday in Arizona for helping submit false applications for the birth mothers to receive state-funded health coverage, even though none of the women resided in the […] More

July 13, 2021

By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris police released rapper Lil Baby from custody on Friday after fining him for having cannabis in his car, according to the city prosecutor’s office. He was stopped along with NBA star James Harden, who was frisked but not detained. Lil Baby’s arrest on Thursday along one […] More

July 9, 2021

The crime took place on Finnish waters near the Aland Islands archipelago. More

June 30, 2021

Daniel Polette was first her stepfather before becoming her husband and forcing her into prostitution. More

June 25, 2021

“This was a crime against humanity, an assault on First Nations,” said Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous First Nations in Saskatchewan. More

June 24, 2021

By ARITZ PARRA, RENATA BRITO and BARRY HATTON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — John McAfee, the creator of McAfee antivirus software, was found dead in his jail cell near Barcelona in an apparent suicide Wednesday, hours after a Spanish court approved his extradition to the United States to face tax charges punishable by decades in […] More

June 23, 2021

A British police officer has been convicted in the death of Dalian Atkinson, a former professional soccer player who died after being Tasered and kicked in the head. More

June 23, 2021

A Greek helicopter pilot is appearing in court in Athens on charges of premeditated murder over the death of his young wife. More

June 22, 2021

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman pleaded guilty Thursday to charges in the U.S. and admitted that she helped her husband run his multibillion-dollar criminal empire. Emma Coronel Aispuro, wearing a green jail uniform, appeared in federal court in Washington and pleaded guilty […] More

June 10, 2021