Justice Department creates new FBI unit to prosecute crypto crimes The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Thursday the creation of the FBI’s ‘Virtual Asset Exploitation Unit’. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, who also named prosecutor Eun Young Choi as the first director of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET), said that the new […]
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Texas border crackdown ruled unconstitutional
Judge says state Texas effort to blunt illegal trafficking of people and drugs violates the law Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s effort to secure his state’s border with Mexico amid record migrant flows has been thrown open to legal challenges after a judge found the Operation Lone Star program to be unconstitutional. The potentially pivotal ruling […]
UN staff detained amid Ethiopia crackdown
At least 16 United Nations staff and their dependents have been detained in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, the UN has said. The arrests come as the government cracks down on ethnic separatism. The staff detained are Ethiopians, and UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters in New York on Tuesday that the UN is “actively […]
Australian ‘national treasure’ cartoonist loses job after comparing vaccine mandates to Tiananmen Square crackdown
A renowned Australian cartoonist has said he lost his prime spot in a Melbourne-based newspaper after he drew parallels between the Tiananmen Square protests and Covid-19 vaccine mandates in a new cartoon. Cartoonist Michael Leunig, sometimes referred to as Australia’s “living national treasure,” has revealed that he was forced out of his position on the […]
Turkey arrests 81 suspects linked to Gulen in crackdown against Muslim cleric who Ankara accuses of being behind 2016 coup
Turkey has arrested 81 suspects said to be linked to the US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara accuses masterminding the unsuccessful 2016 coup attempt, in which over 250 people were killed. Simultaneous operations were carried out in the early hours of Friday, leading to the arrests of 14 suspects, while 67 others were detained […]
Aussie PM Morrison labels social media ‘coward’s palace’ as he mulls further crackdown on IT giants
Social media companies should prevent users from spreading toxic content anonymously or they will face the same legal liability as if they were publishers of this information, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned. “Social media has become a coward’s palace, where people can just go on there, not say who they are, destroy people’s […]
Hundreds rally against New Zealand lockdown amid calls for police crackdown on ‘gang members & cultists’ disobeying Covid rules
A large group of demonstrators gathered at a major park in Auckland, New Zealand to protest ongoing Covid lockdown measures in the country – many arriving with a procession of motorbikes headed by a local church leader. The protesters – who numbered between 1,000 and 2,000, per local media reports – descended on the Auckland Domain […]
‘Living in parallel universe’: Australian PM boasts of Aussies’ love of freedom to the UN as police crackdown continues at home
A viral video has contrasted Prime Minister Scott Morrison telling the UN General Assembly that Australia believes in “freedom” and the “dignity of all people” to the Australian cops beating citizens for not wearing masks. In a virtual address to the UN General Assembly on Friday, Morrison talked up Australia’s belief in “a world order […]






