Archive for August 2025
MD Supreme Court vacates conviction that used Maryland Gang Statute in 2022
https://thedailyrecord.com/2025/08/07/maryland-supreme-court-kingpin-statute-freedom-of-information-farm-odors BOTTOM LINE: Where a man was convicted of promoting a criminalorganization, because he stood by while another man spray painted a gangmessage on a wall, his conviction was vacated. There was no indication heever occupied any leadership role in the gang or that he directed, planned orotherwise exercised discretion in connection with the offense.CASE: Williams v.…
Read MoreThe Scale of Russian Sabotage Operations Against Europe’s Critical Infrastructure
Russia is waging an unconventional war on Europe. Through its campaign of sabotage, vandalism, espionage and covert action, Russia’s aim has been to destabilise European governments, undermine public support for Ukraine by imposing social and economic costs on Europe, and weaken the collective ability of NATO and the European Union to respond to Russian aggression.…
Read MoreDR Congo rebels killed 140 civilians
M23 rebels killed at least 140 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last month in one of the worst atrocities by the armed group since its resurgence in late 2021, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in a report. This is despite a peace process, brokered by the US and Qatar, to end the…
Read MoreSuspect Is Arrested in Sabotage of Pipelines Between Russia and Germany
Italian police have arrested a Ukrainian national who German investigators believe coordinated the undersea bombing in 2022 of two gas pipelines that directly linked Russia to Germany, the German authorities said on Thursday. It was the first arrest in the act of sabotage that occurred as the war in Ukraine raged, a technically sophisticated attack…
Read MoreFBI Most Wanted mom Cindy Singh nabbed in connection with 6-year-old son’s death
A Texas woman who was on the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitive list in connection with the presumed death of her 6-year-old son has been arrested. Cindy Rodriguez Singh, 40, was charged with capital murder in 2023 in the death of Noel Alvarez, whose body has never been found. The charge was filed in…
Read MoreChinese National Sentenced for Acting at North Korea’s Direction to Export Firearms, Ammo, Tech to N. Korea
An illegal alien from China was sentenced yesterday to 96 months in prison for illegally exporting firearms, ammunition, and other military items to North Korea by concealing them inside shipping containers that departed from the Port of Long Beach, and for committing this crime at the direction of North Korean government officials, who wired him…
Read MoreRwanda-backed rebel group M23 denies role in Congo massacres
The Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 has denied involvement in a series of massacres in eastern Congo which were detailed in a report published by a rights group Wednesday. Lawrence Kanyuka, spokesperson for the M23 military, called the Human Rights Watch report “fake and a falsification of reality” and accused the group of spreading “extremist propaganda”…
Read MoreOak Ridge woman facing terrorism charge after animal shelter threatened
Court records allege that an Oak Ridge woman threatened to bomb an animal shelter because she believed it killed animals. Kathryn Watson, 65, was charged with the commission of an act of terrorism after an incident on Sunday. At 5:55 p.m. on August 16, a police officer went to the Oak Ridge Animal Shelter on…
Read MoreTerror threat posed by ISIL ‘remains volatile and complex,’ Security Council hears
While multiple Da’esh leaders have perished in the past few years, “the group has managed to retain its operational capacity”, Vladimir Voronkov, head of the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) told the Security Council Wednesday. Da’esh makes use of regional and domestic affiliates and continues to receive substantial global donations, operating through regional hubs and…
Read MoreMontreal teen facing terrorism-related charges, RCMP say
A Montreal teenager is facing terrorism-related charges after a months-long investigation revealed he was allegedly planning an attack on behalf of the Islamic State, according to the RCMP. The minor was arrested around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at an apartment building on Kent Avenue in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges borough, RCMP Cpl. Erique Gasse said in a phone…
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