Leading websites Google and eBay are fighting the sale of rare creatures and their body parts over the internet in an illicit market worth millions of pounds. Illicit wildlife trade is the fourth largest black market in the world, worth $20 billion annually, impacting more than 7,000 species of animals and plants. Did you know illegal…
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UNHRC laments Italian stance on migration
The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expressed hope that the Italian parliament changes Interior Minister Matteo Salvini‘s migrants and security decree to bring it into line with the Geneva Convention and international norms on human rights. UNHCR hopes for change to migrant decree. To bring it into line with Geneva…
Russia regards bears as ‘strategic good’
Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation put forward a proposal of recognizing the bears as a strategically important resource of the country and prepared a draft of a relevant government resolution. The document was published on the federal portal of draft normative legal acts. “As such strategically important goods and resources, the draft resolution…
Trump criticizes German open door migration policy
In his preferred way of communication via Twitter President Trump criticised German open door migration policy, pointing that it led to a steep rise of crime. He also underlined that this policy is against the will of German people, who are “turning against their leadership”. The people of Germany are turning against their leadership as…
Trump reminds of Haiti’ crime record
Reportedly President Donald Trump questioned why the United States would be interested to have immigrants from Haiti and African nations, referring to some as “shithole countries,” according to two sources familiar with the comments. The wording made headlines and upset many, leaving aside the dramatic situation with rampant criminality in mentioned places, including abductions, rape…
Europol crackdown on drug barons in Moldova
In the beginning of October four suspects were arrested in Moldova for associating with a criminal organisation and trafficking very large amounts of drugs. The arrests were the result of a long-term operation run by the Moldovan authorities (the National Inspectorate of Investigations and the Organised Crime and Special Cases Section of the Prosecution Office),…
Italians’ raising concern with mass-migration
Raise of crime, violence, and especially rape are fuelling anti-immigrant sentiment in Italy ahead of elections due early next year, when problems caused by illegal mass migration are firmly on the top the political agenda. Invasion of Italy: African Invaders Have Seized 100 Buildings in Rome https://t.co/8C1hhxbjhN via @EUTimesNET — European Union Times (@EUTimesNET) September…
Europol crack on money-laundering
The initial results of a preliminary investigation carried out by the French National Financial Public Prosecutor’s Office, commenced in September 2015, has revealed a vast and complex money laundering network in six Member States (Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Spain, Latvia, Lithuania) and in the offshore financial centres outside Europe (Hong Kong, Singapore). The initial results of…
Europol hits child abuse
Europol have joined forces with Romanian Police and law enforcement authorities in Poland in a joint operation that has led to the arrest of a man suspected of online child sexual exploitation. The investigation uncovered that, between July 2012 and November 2015, the man was distributing child sexual abuse material. The victim was a…
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