Investigation Committee (SK) has brought a criminal charge against eight suspects from the Sergei Tsapok criminal group accused of murdering 12 people in the Kushchevskaya settlement, SK spokesman Vladimir Markin told Itar-Tass on Monday. The criminal group faces charges of a group murder, Markin added.
"Two other members of the criminal group searched for by police will be prosecuted as the defendants," Markin said.
The same criminal group has been suspected of murdering six more people. A 62-year-old man and his 33- year-old son were found dead in the settlement of Kushchevskaya on September 16, 2003. Two members of the Tsapok criminal group, Andrei Bykov and Vitaly Ivanov, are the presumed assassins.
In a separate incident a 61- year-old man was found dead in his house in Kushchevskaya on November 9, 2008 with the signs of forcible death on his body. The investigators have established a link to the Tsapok gang, in particular, to Vladimir Alekseyev, Igor Chernykh and Vitaly Ivanov, the SK spokesman said.
The investigation also proved the Tsapok gang’s involvement in the murder of two young men on June 28, 2010. The assassins opened gunfire at a BMW car, killing two men inside it.
Another victim, a woman, was attacked in the settlement of Kanelovskaya in the Krasnodar territory on August 16. The woman received numerous injuries and was robbed of money and valuables totally worth 500,000 roubles. The Tsapok gang, including the ringleader himself and his fellow bandits, Vladimir Alekseyev, Igor Chernykh and Sergei Karpenko, are believed responsible for the incident.
The investigation also suspects the Tsapok gang of one more murder committed on the ringleader’s order by Sergei Ryabtsev and Andrei Bykov who were armed with a shotgun and a pneumatic pistol.
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Tuesday 30 November 2010
Sunday 28 November 2010
half mile drug tunnel that connected two warehouses here in San Diego with a home in Tijuana
half mile drug tunnel that connected two warehouses here in San Diego with a home in Tijuana was discovered Thursday.
The Thanksgiving Day find led to at least nine arrests and a seizure of more than 20 tons of marijuana.
The Thanksgiving Day find led to at least nine arrests and a seizure of more than 20 tons of marijuana.
Two men were found in the water in wetsuits on the Felixstowe side and brought to shore by the Harwich lifeboat crew
SEVERAL men have been arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling after reports of people in the water at Harwich
International Port.
Just before 6am, on Sunday, November 28, the police, coastguard, air and sea rescue, and the Essex police marine unit were called, to Parkeston Quay, after reports of three people alongside the Stena Britannica.
Two men were found in the water in wetsuits on the Felixstowe side and brought to shore by the Harwich lifeboat crew, at about 7.30am.
They were arrested and taken to Colchester Hospital by ambulance for suspected hypothermia.
Three more men were arrested later in a nearby car.
International Port.Just before 6am, on Sunday, November 28, the police, coastguard, air and sea rescue, and the Essex police marine unit were called, to Parkeston Quay, after reports of three people alongside the Stena Britannica.
Two men were found in the water in wetsuits on the Felixstowe side and brought to shore by the Harwich lifeboat crew, at about 7.30am.
They were arrested and taken to Colchester Hospital by ambulance for suspected hypothermia.
Three more men were arrested later in a nearby car.
Two Afghans accused of converting to Christianity, including a Red Cross employee, could face the death penalty
Two Afghans accused of converting to Christianity, including a Red Cross employee, could face the death penalty, a prosecuting lawyer said on Sunday.
Musa Sayed, 45, and Ahmad Shah, 50, are being detained in the Afghan capital awaiting trial, the prosecutor in charge of western Kabul, Din Mohammad Quraishi, told AFP.
"They are accused of conversion to another religion, which is considered a crime under Islamic law. If proved, they face the death penalty or life imprisonment," Quraishi said.
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Quraishi said Sayed, who works for the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) had already confessed and there was "proof" against Shah.
The ICRC's spokesman in Kabul, Bijan Frederic Farnoudi, confirmed Sayed's arrest and said the detained man had worked for the organisation since 1995.
Farnoudi said ICRC representatives had visited Sayed in prison "in accordance with its mandate".
"During such visits, the ICRC has met Mr Musa (Sayed) several times and intends to visit him in future," Farnoudi said.
Sayed and Shah were arrested in late May and early June, days after local television broadcast footage of men reciting Christian prayers in Farsi and being baptised, apparently in a house in Kabul.
The government launched its own investigation and suspended two aid groups, Norwegian Church Aid and Church World Service of the US, after the television program reported the two men were proselytising, which is illegal in the devoutly Islamic country.
Several Afghan MPs have expressed their anger over the case, with one from western Herat even calling for the men to be dragged from their homes and publicly executed.
Musa Sayed, 45, and Ahmad Shah, 50, are being detained in the Afghan capital awaiting trial, the prosecutor in charge of western Kabul, Din Mohammad Quraishi, told AFP.
"They are accused of conversion to another religion, which is considered a crime under Islamic law. If proved, they face the death penalty or life imprisonment," Quraishi said.
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Quraishi said Sayed, who works for the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) had already confessed and there was "proof" against Shah.
The ICRC's spokesman in Kabul, Bijan Frederic Farnoudi, confirmed Sayed's arrest and said the detained man had worked for the organisation since 1995.
Farnoudi said ICRC representatives had visited Sayed in prison "in accordance with its mandate".
"During such visits, the ICRC has met Mr Musa (Sayed) several times and intends to visit him in future," Farnoudi said.
Sayed and Shah were arrested in late May and early June, days after local television broadcast footage of men reciting Christian prayers in Farsi and being baptised, apparently in a house in Kabul.
The government launched its own investigation and suspended two aid groups, Norwegian Church Aid and Church World Service of the US, after the television program reported the two men were proselytising, which is illegal in the devoutly Islamic country.
Several Afghan MPs have expressed their anger over the case, with one from western Herat even calling for the men to be dragged from their homes and publicly executed.
French police seized 111 kilograms of cocaine -- worth about $9.3 million -- from a luxury apartment on the outskirts of Paris on Saturday.
French police seized 111 kilograms of cocaine -- worth about $9.3 million -- from a luxury apartment on the outskirts of Paris 
on Saturday.
Four people were detained in the incident -- two French, one Iranian and one Venezuelan, police told CNN affiliate BFM-TV.
Paris Judiciary Police Director Christian Flaesch called the location of such a large seizure unusual.
"It's rare, indeed, to find this in an apartment," he said. "It's usually in a warehouse or boats but not in apartments. You obviously need an important network to bring such a quantity to France and to have the capacity to distribute it after that."
Video of the apartment in Neuilly-sur-Seine showed the cocaine packaged in dozens of clear plastic bags lying inside several suitcases.
The apartment belongs to a Saudi family, according to BFM-TV, and police believe the suspects illicitly obtained a key to use the space as a safe house or distribution point.
There is no indication the Saudi family was aware of the operation, police told BFM-TV.
"We are extremely satisfied," Flaesch said. "This represents considerable work for the police officers of the anti-narcotic brigade and the result is here with 111 kilos of cocaine, a cash amount, luxury items, clothes and an investigation which started several weeks ago with the central direction of the judiciary police."
on Saturday.Four people were detained in the incident -- two French, one Iranian and one Venezuelan, police told CNN affiliate BFM-TV.
Paris Judiciary Police Director Christian Flaesch called the location of such a large seizure unusual.
"It's rare, indeed, to find this in an apartment," he said. "It's usually in a warehouse or boats but not in apartments. You obviously need an important network to bring such a quantity to France and to have the capacity to distribute it after that."
Video of the apartment in Neuilly-sur-Seine showed the cocaine packaged in dozens of clear plastic bags lying inside several suitcases.
The apartment belongs to a Saudi family, according to BFM-TV, and police believe the suspects illicitly obtained a key to use the space as a safe house or distribution point.
There is no indication the Saudi family was aware of the operation, police told BFM-TV.
"We are extremely satisfied," Flaesch said. "This represents considerable work for the police officers of the anti-narcotic brigade and the result is here with 111 kilos of cocaine, a cash amount, luxury items, clothes and an investigation which started several weeks ago with the central direction of the judiciary police."
Kuwait International Airport, given laxatives, which pushed 76 capsules containing heroin out of his intestines
Kuwaiti airport authorities have seized an aged Afghan passenger who had swallowed 750 gm of heroin in a bid to smuggle it into the oil-rich emirate, the Arabic language daily Alanba reported on Sunday.
Airport customs inspectors at the Kuwait International Airport
suspected the passenger when they noticed he was confused while searching his baggage.
“When they did not find anything suspicious in his luggage, they took the man to hospital, where tests showed there were strange objects inside his belly…he was given laxatives, which pushed 76 capsules containing heroin out of his intestines,” the paper said.
It quoted customs chief Mubarak Al Qahtan as saying they succeeded in seizing the heroin because of their “wide experience in such smuggling methods.”
The paper said the Afghan told police that he had brought the drugs for an unidentified person who was supposed to meet him at the airport.
“The defendent will be interrogated by the anti-drug inspectors so they can identify the unknown dealer,” it said, adding the Afghan has been charged with smuggling narcotics and that he faces execution according to the Kuwaiti law.
Airport customs inspectors at the Kuwait International Airport
suspected the passenger when they noticed he was confused while searching his baggage.“When they did not find anything suspicious in his luggage, they took the man to hospital, where tests showed there were strange objects inside his belly…he was given laxatives, which pushed 76 capsules containing heroin out of his intestines,” the paper said.
It quoted customs chief Mubarak Al Qahtan as saying they succeeded in seizing the heroin because of their “wide experience in such smuggling methods.”
The paper said the Afghan told police that he had brought the drugs for an unidentified person who was supposed to meet him at the airport.
“The defendent will be interrogated by the anti-drug inspectors so they can identify the unknown dealer,” it said, adding the Afghan has been charged with smuggling narcotics and that he faces execution according to the Kuwaiti law.
Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) foiled a heroin smuggling bid and arrested a passenger
The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) foiled a heroin smuggling bid and arrested a passenger and an official of the Airport Security Force (ASF) from Jinnah International Terminal here on Saturday. ANF sources said that they stopped the flight on runway after getting information from sources about smuggling heroin from a private airline number EK-605 from Karachi to Dubai. As the ANF officials had received reliable identification, they caught the passenger and recovered over three kilogrammes heroine from his possession. ANF sources said that the smuggler was identified as Hamid, who narrated during the preliminary investigation that he was going to Dubai when he got the said heroin packet from an ASF officer. Meanwhile, with the help of CCTV cameras the ANF traced the ASF officer Ismail and arrested him. Further investigation is in process. staff report
Thursday 25 November 2010
infamous and dangerous Caminito del Rey walkway
MAN who had been missing for several days was rescued, at a height of 100 metres, on the infamous and dangerous Caminito del Rey walkway, located between Alora and Ardales
Thursday 18 November 2010
Local drug arrests led to bust of national cocaine ring, police say » Ventura County Star
Local drug arrests led to bust of national cocaine ring, police say » Ventura County Star: "Hundreds of kilos of cocaine. Cash-filled suitcases. Cross-country deliveries in private planes. Celebrity connections. Flashy cars.
These were elements of an alleged drug trafficking ring discovered during a seven-month investigation that began with low-level drug arrests in eastern Ventura County, authorities said Wednesday.
A federal grand jury Tuesday indicted 14 people in connection with the alleged smuggling ring, including the head of an entertainment company, celebrity disc jockey Darrin Ebron and a Chatsworth man suspected of supplying large amounts of cocaine to the organization, authorities said. Five of the suspects had been arrested and the rest remained at large Wednesday.
The ring is suspected of moving cocaine from Los Angeles to Baltimore, but it was uncovered and pursued by Ventura County investigators, authorities said."
These were elements of an alleged drug trafficking ring discovered during a seven-month investigation that began with low-level drug arrests in eastern Ventura County, authorities said Wednesday.
A federal grand jury Tuesday indicted 14 people in connection with the alleged smuggling ring, including the head of an entertainment company, celebrity disc jockey Darrin Ebron and a Chatsworth man suspected of supplying large amounts of cocaine to the organization, authorities said. Five of the suspects had been arrested and the rest remained at large Wednesday.
The ring is suspected of moving cocaine from Los Angeles to Baltimore, but it was uncovered and pursued by Ventura County investigators, authorities said."
Saturday 13 November 2010
Death Sentence for Sorcery
Saudi Arabian court rejects 'sorcery' death sentence
Amnesty International has welcomed a decision by the Saudi Arabian Supreme Court this week not to ratify the death sentence on a Lebanese man convicted of "sorcery".
The court in the capital Riyadh said that the death sentence for 'Ali Hussain Sibat was inappropriate because there was no proof that others were harmed as a result of his actions.
The court ordered that the case be retried in the original lower court in Madina with a view to considering commutation of his death sentence and deportation to Lebanon at the end of his sentence.
"The Supreme Court's decision is a welcome step and may lead to 'Ali Hussain Sibat's no longer facing the death penalty," said Malcolm Smart, director of Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa programme.
"However, we continue to urge that he be immediately released as he was convicted solely for the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of expression."
The "sorcery" charges against 'Ali Hussain Sibat relate to his former role as a presenter on the Lebanese satellite TV station Sheherazade, in which he gave advice and predictions about the future.
He was sentenced to death by a Madina court on 9 November 2009, following his arrest by the Mutawa'een (religious police) in May 2008 while he was visiting Saudi Arabia on a form of Muslim pilgrimage, umra.
Amnesty International has welcomed a decision by the Saudi Arabian Supreme Court this week not to ratify the death sentence on a Lebanese man convicted of "sorcery".
The court in the capital Riyadh said that the death sentence for 'Ali Hussain Sibat was inappropriate because there was no proof that others were harmed as a result of his actions.
The court ordered that the case be retried in the original lower court in Madina with a view to considering commutation of his death sentence and deportation to Lebanon at the end of his sentence.
"The Supreme Court's decision is a welcome step and may lead to 'Ali Hussain Sibat's no longer facing the death penalty," said Malcolm Smart, director of Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa programme.
"However, we continue to urge that he be immediately released as he was convicted solely for the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of expression."
The "sorcery" charges against 'Ali Hussain Sibat relate to his former role as a presenter on the Lebanese satellite TV station Sheherazade, in which he gave advice and predictions about the future.
He was sentenced to death by a Madina court on 9 November 2009, following his arrest by the Mutawa'een (religious police) in May 2008 while he was visiting Saudi Arabia on a form of Muslim pilgrimage, umra.
Friday 12 November 2010
VOA | Burma May Soon Release Opposition Leader Aung San Suu Kyi | News | English
VOA | Burma May Soon Release Opposition Leader Aung San Suu Kyi | News | English: "Burma's military rulers appear to be on the verge of releasing pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest, after detaining her for most of the past two decades.
On Friday, a day ahead of her scheduled release, government officials told the French news agency her release was a certainty, although no time was mentioned.
And Tin Oo, vice chairman of her banned National League for Democracy party, said his sources told him her release order has been signed.
Authorities increased security in Rangoon as supporters gathered near her lakeside home and at the party's headquarters."
On Friday, a day ahead of her scheduled release, government officials told the French news agency her release was a certainty, although no time was mentioned.
And Tin Oo, vice chairman of her banned National League for Democracy party, said his sources told him her release order has been signed.
Authorities increased security in Rangoon as supporters gathered near her lakeside home and at the party's headquarters."
Two Spaniards in “Grave Danger” in El Aaiún | SpanishNews.es
Two Spaniards in “Grave Danger” in El Aaiún | SpanishNews.es: "pro-Sahari NGO Thawra has alerted that two of its collaborators, Javier Sopeña and Silvia Garcia in El Aaiún are in grave danger.
The organization has denounced that the Moroccan security forces are searching for them, putting in danger their security.
Approximately 20,000 Sahrawis have camped outside the territory’s main cities for weeks to protest the Moroccan occupation and systematic human rights abuses.
On Monday Moroccan armed security forces attacked the camps using live ammunition, tear-gas and high-pressure water cannons. The clashes left hundreds of protestors arrested and dozens dead.
The current clashes in Western Sahara are the most violent since a ceasefire between Morocco and the Sahrawi government was agreed upon in 1991."
The organization has denounced that the Moroccan security forces are searching for them, putting in danger their security.
Approximately 20,000 Sahrawis have camped outside the territory’s main cities for weeks to protest the Moroccan occupation and systematic human rights abuses.
On Monday Moroccan armed security forces attacked the camps using live ammunition, tear-gas and high-pressure water cannons. The clashes left hundreds of protestors arrested and dozens dead.
The current clashes in Western Sahara are the most violent since a ceasefire between Morocco and the Sahrawi government was agreed upon in 1991."
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