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Prosecutors have charged Brazil‘s former President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva for the first time with direct involvement in a wide-ranging corruption scheme, raising a number of questions about the extent of the ex-leader’s role in the graft… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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Migration activists in Mexico are warning about a growth in the number of kidnappings of migrants by crime groups, and they blame the government’s policies for exacerbating the situation… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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The head of Brazil‘s federal election commission has warned that criminal groups are attempting to influence local politics in the country’s second largest city through a combination of financial coercion and outright violence… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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Today is the 15th anniversary of the horrific series of terrorist attacks that killed 2,977 people from 93 different countries on September 11, 2001. Like many Americans, I can still remember where I was when I first heard about this tragedy; I was at school, listening to the principal’s bewildered voice crackling over the PA…
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The brother of Venezuela’s first lady reportedly set up an international cocaine trafficking deal that landed her nephews in US federal court, another indication that involvement in the drug trade reaches high levels of the Venezuelan government… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
Mike LaSusa 