Russian authorities have launched a criminal case against opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov, accusing him of plotting to ignite mass riots. Police arrested Udaltsov Wednesday and searched his Moscow apartment. They freed him on bail and ordered him to stay in the Russian capital. Russia’s Investigative Committee opened the probe a week after a documentary on […]
Spanish Police Break Up Major Chinese Crime Ring
Posted October 17th, 2012 at 3:05 pm (UTC-5)
Spanish police say they have broken up a major Chinese criminal operation that illegally shipped Chinese products to Spain for distribution throughout Europe. Spanish police chief Ignacio Cosido said Wednesday authorities detained 83 suspected members of the crime syndicate in nationwide raids on homes and businesses the previous day. The suspects include 58 Chinese nationals, […]
Georgia’s Saakashvili Nominates Rival Ivanishvili as PM
Posted October 17th, 2012 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has nominated his rival, Bidzina Ivanishvili, as prime minister, a post the billionaire businessman was expected to fill after his coalition won a parliamentary election earlier this month. A Georgian presidential spokesman announced Mr. Ivanishvili’s nomination on Wednesday, saying he has 10 days to present his proposed Cabinet to the newly […]
Spanish Police Break Up Major Chinese Crime Ring
Posted October 17th, 2012 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
Spanish police say they have broken up a major Chinese criminal operation that illegally shipped Chinese products to Spain for distribution throughout Europe. Spanish police chief Ignacio Cosido said Wednesday authorities detained 83 suspected members of a crime syndicate in nationwide raids on homes and businesses the previous day. The suspects include 58 Chinese nationals, […]
Russian Opposition Leader Investigated
Posted October 17th, 2012 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
Russian authorities say they have launched a criminal case against opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov, accusing him of planning to ignite mass riots. Russia’s Investigative Committee announced Wednesday that the probe was opened after a television documentary aired on a pro-government television station, appearing to show Udaltsov of conspiring with Georgian officials to overthrow the Russian […]
Picasso Among 7 Masterpieces Stolen From Dutch Museum
Posted October 16th, 2012 at 2:25 pm (UTC-5)
Dutch police say thieves have stolen seven paintings by renowned artists, including Picasso, Matisse and Monet, from a museum in Rotterdam. The thieves removed the masterpieces from the Kunsthal museum before dawn Tuesday, triggering an alarm but leaving the scene before police arrived. The art theft is one of the biggest in the Netherlands in […]
Picasso Among 7 Masterpieces Stolen From Dutch Museum
Posted October 16th, 2012 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
Dutch police say thieves have stolen seven paintings by prominent modern artists, including Picasso, Matisse and Monet, from a museum in Rotterdam. The thieves removed the masterpieces from the Kunsthal museum before dawn Tuesday, triggering an alarm but leaving the scene before police arrived. The art theft is one of the biggest in the Netherlands […]
Karadzic Tells UN Court He Should Be Rewarded for Trying to Avoid War
Posted October 16th, 2012 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has told the United Nations war crimes tribunal that he should be rewarded for promoting peace rather than charged with genocide for his role in the Bosnian civil war of the 1990s. Looking relaxed and sometimes smiling, Karadzic was speaking Tuesday as he opened his own defense at the […]
Prestige Oil Spill Trial Begins
Posted October 16th, 2012 at 8:00 am (UTC-5)
Nearly 10 years after the worst oil spill in Spain’s history, trial is underway for four men held responsible for the sinking of the oil tanker Prestige off the northwest Spanish coast. Prosecutors are asking a 12-year prison sentence for ship captain Apostolos Mangouras, who is charged with harming the environment. Also charged are the […]
39 Arrested in French Heroin Bust
Posted October 16th, 2012 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
French authorities say police have arrested 39 people in a sting on an Albanian and Kosovar heroin trafficking network. A local government official in eastern France said more than 200 security officers conducted a series of early-morning raids Tuesday near the border with Germany and Switzerland. The official said the drug ring accounts for hundreds […]
