Former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke was convicted by a federal jury Thursday of racketeering conspiracy and a dozen other counts for using the clout of his elected office to win private law business from developers. The guilty verdict on the marquee charge of the indictment capped a stunning fall for Burke, the former head of … Read more
An Austrian court has acquitted five people, including the founder of the Blackwater security firm, who were accused of exporting two crop-spraying aircraft that were allegedly refitted for military purposes without the necessary permits BERLIN — An Austrian court on Thursday acquitted five people, including the founder of the Blackwater security firm, who were accused … Read more
Peter Nygard, who once led a women’s fashion empire, was found guilty of four counts of sexual assault in a Canadian court on Sunday but was acquitted of a fifth count plus a charge of forcible confinement. The jury handed down the verdict on the fifth day of deliberations following a six-week trial in Toronto. … Read more
A Russian-born Swedish businessman has been acquitted of collecting information for Russia’s military intelligence service, the GRU, for almost a decade ByThe Associated Press October 26, 2023, 6:08 AM FILE – A police tape cordons off an area outside a house where Swedish Security Service allegedly arrested two people on suspicion of espionage in a … Read more
A court in northern Switzerland has acquitted a former Belarusian security operative over the enforced disappearances of three of President Aleksander Lukashenko’s political opponents in the late 1990s ByJAMEY KEATEN Associated Press September 28, 2023, 12:45 PM FILE – Yuri Harauski is pictured outside the court of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. A … Read more