Tag: Smuggling
Lawyers raise a stink over British socialite’s jail care
NEW YORK — The rancorous fight over jail conditions for Ghislaine Maxwell is reaching new lows, with prosecutors blaming the British socialite and Jeffrey...
Howard Weitzman, lawyer for Jackson, Bieber, DeLorean, dies
LOS ANGELES — Howard Weitzman, an attorney whose clients included Michael Jackson, Justin Bieber, and auto maker John DeLorean, has died. He was 81....
North Macedonia crime ring sold passports to criminals
SKOPJE, North Macedonia — Nine officials in North Macedonia's interior ministry were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of illegally issuing passports to overseas criminals.
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Gaetz sex probe suddenly threatens a speedy Washington rise
WASHINGTON — Compared with most congressional newbies, it didn't take Rep. Matt Gaetz long. Phone calls from the president. Rides aboard Air Force One....
Greece accuses Turkey of escorting migrant smuggling boats
ATHENS, Greece — Greece is reporting a series of incidents with Turkey's coast guard in the narrow stretch of water between the eastern Greek...
Ex-Olympic silver medalist Baggaley guilty of drug importing
BRISBANE, Australia — Former two-time Olympic silver medalist canoeist Nathan Baggaley and his younger brother have been found guilty of plotting to smuggle 200...
Colombia midfielder Viafara gets 11 years on US drug charge
SHERMAN, Texas — A former midfielder for Colombia’s national soccer team has been sentenced in a Texas courtroom to more than 11 years in...
Man charged with smuggling after California crash kills 13
EL CENTRO, Calif. — A Mexican man was charged Tuesday with coordinating a smuggling effort that left 13 people dead when their overloaded SUV...
Authorities: Smugglers drop 2 children over US border wall
SANTA TERESA, N.M. — Video released Wednesday by federal authorities show two Ecuadoran children being abandoned by smugglers after they were dropped over a...
Sex trafficking crimes brought against Epstein ex-girlfriend
NEW YORK — Sex trafficking charges and another alleged victim were added to a superseding indictment returned Monday in the criminal case against financier...
