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Danish court sentences British hedge fund trader to 12 years over massive tax fraud

Dec. 13, 2024 06:32 AM EST

A Danish court has sentenced a British hedge fund trader to 12 years in prison in connection with what authorities say was a 9 billion kroner ($1.3 billion) tax fraud, Danish justice officials confirmed. Sanjay Shah was extradited from Dubai last year to face trial on charges he...

Bolivia extradites former anti-narcotics chief to the US to face drug trafficking charges

Dec. 12, 2024 11:27 AM EST

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia's former anti-narcotics chief was extradited to the United States on Thursday to face federal drug trafficking charges in a New York court. Authorities said that Maximiliano Dávila, who served as anti-narcotics chief in the final months of Evo...

2 Vietnamese police officials sexually attacked young women on visit to New Zealand, authorities say

Dec. 12, 2024 05:22 AM EST

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand authorities have “no doubt” that two Vietnamese officials sexually attacked two young female servers at a restaurant during a visit to the country, but were unable to charge the men before they returned to Vietnam, police said Thursday. ...

Key details about the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO

Dec. 11, 2024 17:34 PM EST

The man accused of killing the head of one of the biggest U.S. health insurance companies is fighting being sent to face charges in New York City, where the attack happened. Luigi Mangione, 26, is being held without bail in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested at a McDonald's on...

Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing could return to New York on a governor's warrant

Dec. 11, 2024 17:27 PM EST

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The suspect in the killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO plans to fight extradition to New York to face murder charges, but officials hope to get him back with what’s called a governor’s warrant. The process could happen quickly or take more than a month. New...

Suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO struggles, shouts while entering courthouse

Dec. 10, 2024 19:22 PM EST

ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO struggled with deputies and shouted while being led into court Tuesday as new details emerged about his possible motivation behind the ambush. In his first public words since a five-day search ended with his...

Man suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO contests extradition to New York and is denied bail during court hearing

Dec. 10, 2024 14:56 PM EST
ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — Man suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO contests extradition to New York and is denied bail during court hearing.

Two Romanian men charged in the stabbing of an Iranian journalist in London

Dec. 05, 2024 11:57 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — Two Romanian men have been arrested in their home country and charged in connection with the stabbing of an Iranian journalist outside his London home this spring, prosecutors said Thursday. Nandito Badea, 19, and George Stana, 23, face extradition to the U.K....

Man accused of alleged war crimes in separatist region of Ukraine stands trial in Finland

Dec. 05, 2024 05:20 AM EST

HELSINKI (AP) — A man has gone on trial in Finland on charges of war crimes allegedly committed against Ukrainian forces in a Russia-backed separatist region of Ukraine in 2014. Prosecutors are seeking life imprisonment for the defendant at the trial which opened Thursday at the...

Austrian court rules that Ukrainian businessman Firtash can't be extradited to the US

Dec. 04, 2024 12:08 PM EST

VIENNA (AP) — An Austrian court has ruled that Ukrainian businessman Dymitro Firtash can't be extradited to the U.S. in a long-running legal saga that centers on a corruption case related to an alleged plan to pay bribes in India. The Vienna State Court said Tuesday evening it...