Crime
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Samsung heir slammed with fresh charges of stock and accounting fraud over over 2015 merger
Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong is facing fresh charges of stock and accounting fraud over his role in a merger deal. South Korean prosecutors on Tuesday indicted Lee, accusing him of having criminally tri…
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25-year-old employee trapped in Bitumen barrel after attempting to rob employer
Twenty-five-year-old Emmanuel Gyimah is on admission at the Effia-Nkwanta Regional hospital after he attempted stealing bitumen belonging to his employer. He reportedly got trapped in the barrel in t…
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Father of killed Ofankor tenant says killer not in prison, nowhere to be found
Joseph Kwabena Manu Ohyere, father of the late Benjamin Agyare who was shot by his landlord at Ofankor has told the Abeka District Court that the family is livid after their investigations revealed t…
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Drug kingpin, 29 others arrested at Batsona; slabs of narcotics, others seized
Police at Batsona on the Spintex Road in a dawn swoop last Friday arrested 30 suspected criminals at Cambodia, a suburb of Spintex in the Greater Accra Region. According to the Police, the criminals …
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Chief, others in police custody for allegedly lynching a 60-year-old ‘witch’ in Simpuni
The Dagomba Chief of Simpuni, his linguist and three other persons have been arrested by police in the Savannah Region for their roles in the lynching of a 60-year-old woman accused of being a witch.…
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Australia to sell off £8m of confiscated bitcoins
A collection of bitcoins worth about £8m, which had been confiscated by police in Australia, will be auctioned off in June. The 24,518 bitcoins will be sold mostly in blocks of 2,000 – each with a ma…
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Brazil: Court throws Rio de Janeiro Governor out of office for allegedly stealing covid-19 funds
Brazil’s High Court of Justice removed Rio de Janeiro Governor Wilson Witzel from office Friday, as police raided his official residence in a probe into accusations he stole emergency funds to fight …
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Iran: Father sentenced to 9 years in jail for beheading own daughter in her sleep
An Iranian has been sentenced to nine years in jail for beheading his teenage daughter in her sleep, local media said Friday, adding that the mother wants him executed. The so-called “honour” killing…
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Attorney of teen who killed two at Kenosha protest says accused acted in self-defense
A high-profile lawyer representing the 17-year-old boy charged with killing two protesters and wounding another during demonstrations on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, said on Friday that his cl…
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UK set to possess £117m linked to ex-Nigerian governor
The United Kingdom has moved to confiscate proceeds of loot in the £117m worth of properties linked to James Ibori, former governor of Delta State, as he appeared in court on Thursday via video link.…