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With army in charge, no more jacuzzis and clubs in Ecuador jail

Feb 23, 2024 (AFP)

The windows and walls of the Latacunga prison south of Quito are still pockmarked with bullet holes, the vestiges of a gang war waged between inmates who, using...

As gang violence grips Ecuador, U.S. announces support, security aid

Feb 09, 2024 (UPI)

NSC spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement that the effort shows "the United States' continued commitment to supporting Ecuador in its fight against t...

U.S. blacklists Ecuadoran gang, leader who escaped from prison

Feb 08, 2024 (UPI)

José Adolfo Macías Villamar, the 44-year-old leader of the Los Choneros gang, escaped from prison in early January, igniting violence in Ecuadorian prisons an...

Indian navy rescues 19 crew after Somali pirate hijack

Feb 02, 2024 (AFP)

A distress call from the Iranian-flagged FV Omari was received on Wednesday and the Indian patrol boat INS Sharda intercepted the vessel in the "early hours" of...

Indian navy rescues Iranian fishing boat hijacked by Somali pirates

Jan 30, 2024 (AFP)

The warship INS Sumitra "compelled the safe release" of the 19 Pakistani crew members and the Iranian-flagged Al Naeemi fishing vessel, the spokesman said. A to...

Indian navy frees Iranian fishing boat hijacked off Somalia

Jan 29, 2024 (AFP)

The hijacking off Somalia fuelled concerns about a resurgence of Indian Ocean raids by opportunistic pirates, coming on top of a separate surge of attacks launc...

Italian police disrupt massive Italo-Chinese fraud scheme

Jan 25, 2024 (AFP)

Financial police said 85 people were suspected of involvement in the scam involving false invoices from 140 fictitious companies over a period of two years, 202...

Spain police nab ex-army gang behind resort town robberies

Jan 24, 2024 (AFP)

The gang, which was "highly skilled in robberies" carried out 71 break-ins, stealing jewellery and high-end watches, 64 of which were in the southern resort of ...

Denmark's prime minister slams asylum status for presumed pirate

Jan 23, 2024 (AFP)

The affair, which dates to 2021, has been a long-running source of embarrassment for the Danish government. "I cannot defend this decision," said Prime Minister...

After curfew, on the hunt for Ecuador's gang members

Jan 13, 2024 (AFP)

In the large port city of Guayaquil, deserted and sleepy, the Ecuadorian army patrols the streets at night in search of delinquents and criminals who are in ope...

'They aroused our ire': Ecuador vows to crush gangs

Jan 12, 2024 (AFP)

With an armed presence on the streets, patrols by land, sea and air, random body and car searches, prison raids and the enforcement of a curfew, the government ...

India navy rescues Arabian Sea crew after hijack attempt

Jan 05, 2024 (AFP)

Last month the force deployed several warships into the sea to "maintain a deterrent presence" after a string of recent shipping attacks, including a drone stri...

Jordan strikes targeting Syria drug smugglers kill five: monitor

Dec 19, 2023 (AFP)

The report by the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights came after Jordan's military said that several "drug traffickers" had been killed or wounded...

Senegal navy seizes cocaine worth at least $210 mn

Dec 16, 2023 (AFP)

An offshore patrol vessel intercepted the boat on Thursday "in Senegal's southern waters, 425 kilometres (265 miles) from the coast", the navy said on X, former...

Australian, American charged with running crypto Ponzi scheme

Dec 12, 2023 (AFP)

David Gilbert Saffron, 51, of Australia, and Vincent Anthony Mazzotta Jr, 52, of Los Angeles, are accused of defrauding victims of more than $25 million, the de...

Bitzlato founder pleads guilty to running 'criminal' US crypto exchange

Dec 06, 2023 (AFP)

Anatoly Legkodymov, 41, also known as "Gandalf," faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison, the Justice Department said in a statement. As part of his ple...

US detained five who boarded tanker off Yemen: Pentagon

Nov 27, 2023 (AFP)

The five armed individuals left the M/V Central Park tanker, which is linked to an Israel-affiliated company, after a US destroyer and allied ships responded an...

The fallen kings of crypto

Nov 22, 2023 (AFP)

Zhao stepped down as CEO of Binance -- the largest crypto exchange in the world -- after he and the company pleaded guilty on Tuesday to sweeping US money laund...

US removes Chinese lab from sanctions in fentanyl crackdown deal

Nov 16, 2023 (AFP)

"The continued listing of the (Institute of Forensic Science) on the list was a barrier to achieving cooperation on stopping the trafficking of precursor chemic...

EU probes AliExpress to examine curbs on illegal products

Nov 06, 2023 (AFP)

The European Commission said it had sent a formal request for information to AliExpress, owned by Alibaba, in what is a first step in a process under a new EU n...