Category: Organized crime
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Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s various citizenships add to the mystery of his detention
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Over more than a decade, the founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram has amassed various different citizenships, something that’s only added to the mystery surrounding his detention in France. Those passports provided Pavel Durov protection after he created and ran Telegram as a self-proclaimed free-speech absolutist. The app…
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Editorial Roundup: United States
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Aug. 25 The Washington Post says the U.S. is correct to weigh in as Mexico’s rule of law is danger This clash was long overdue. Last Thursday, the United States ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, published a statement lamenting President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s…
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French judge extends police custody for Telegram CEO Pavel Durov
PARIS — A French investigative judge extended police custody for the CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, prosecutors said on Tuesday. Durov was detained Saturday at Le Bourget airport as part of a judicial inquiry opened last month involving 12 alleged criminal violations. They include complicity in selling child sexual abuse material…
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How China’s Illegal Fishing Hurts Your Dinner And Your Rights
ZHOUSHAN, CHINA – APRIL 29: Fishing boats berth at Shenjiamen Port as the annual summer fishing ban … [+] will begin on April 29, 2024 in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province of China. China imposes this fishing ban to project geopolitical power. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) VCG via Getty Images Houthi attacks on Red Sea…
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France’s arrest of Telegram boss Pavel Durov “not a political decision at all,” President Emmanuel Macron says
Reports: Telegram CEO arrested Reports: Founder of Telegram messaging app arrested in France 02:01 French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged Monday that authorities had arrested the founder and CEO of the widely used messaging app Telegram, saying it was “not a political decision at all” and that Pavel Durov’s fate was in the hands of France’s…
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Mexico president: US judicial reform criticism is domestic interference
Jerusalem Post breaking news BREAKING NEWS By REUTERS AUGUST 26, 2024 18:24 Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday responded “yes” when asked in a morning press conference whether he thought the United States was using its ambassador to interfere in domestic affairs. Last Thursday, US Ambassador Ken Salazar labeled a judicial reform that…
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Reimagining Cyber Arms Control
Introduction A healthy debate has existed amongst academics and policymakers for more than a decade on the feasibility of applying traditional arms control and nonproliferation approaches to international cyber security. Some experts posit that there are too many differences for these fields to have any relevance, whereas others have identified specific experiences, principles or frameworks…
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The Houthi-UAE collision course in the Red Sea
The Houthis’ latest political and military moves are setting them on a collision course with the United Arab Emirates in the broader Red Sea region. Firstly, the Houthis’ attacks on shipping, which started last November after the Gaza war began, continue unabated, with the group striking targets from the southern Red Sea to the Arabian…
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Cybersecurity and Brazil – Springer
Abdenur, A. (2014). Emerging powers as normative agents: Brazil and China within the UN development system. Third World Quarterly, 35(10), 1876–1893. Article Google Scholar Abdenur, A., & Gama, C. F. (2015). Triggering the norms cascade: Brazil’s initiatives for curbing electronic espionage. Global Governance, 21(3), 455–474. Article Google Scholar Agência Brasil (2019, April 16). Brasil formaliza…
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Border Traffic: How Syria Uses Captagon to Gain Leverage Over Saudi Arabia – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Since 2011, the Gulf region has seen a significant escalation in the scale and sophistication of drug trafficking. There has been a particular increase in the supply of Captagon, a codrug of amphetamine and theophylline, whose consumption threatens social peace. However, the issue extends beyond organized crime to affect politics. The Syrian regime of President Bashar…