Topic: POLICE REPORT - on February 22, 2011 at 11:25:00 AM CET
Tunisia seeks Ben Ali extradition from Saudi Arabia
Tunisia is formally requesting the extradition of ex-President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali from Saudi Arabia, where he fled last month.
Mr Ben Ali flew to Saudi Arabia on 14 January after 23 years in power, after being toppled by weeks of protests.
The 74-year-old former leader is reportedly very ill in hospital after suffering a stroke.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on February 20, 2011 at 10:29:00 AM CET
Airport face-scanning robots switched off
Facial recognition scanners at Manchester Airport have been switched off after an incident in which the robot guard let a couple through the gate even though they had swapped passports.
An immigration officer stopped the couple after they got through the barrier.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on February 13, 2011 at 4:36:00 PM CET
Why Bradley Manning Is a Patriot, Not a Criminal: An Opening Statement for the Defense of Private Manning
Bradley Manning, a 23-year-old from Crescent, Oklahoma, enlisted in the U.S. military in 2007 to give something back to his country and, he hoped, the world.
For the past seven months, Army Private First Class Manning has been held in solitary confinement in the Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Virginia. 25,000 other Americans are also in prolonged solitary confinement, but the conditions of Manning’s pre-trial detention have been sufficiently brutal for the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur on Torture to announce an investigation.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on February 11, 2011 at 12:25:00 PM CET
Julian Assange extradition hearing – final day live updates
All parties return to Belmarsh magistrates' court today for the last day in the WikiLeaks founder's extradition hearing
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on February 10, 2011 at 10:31:00 AM CET
Russian Convicted of $9 Million RBS WorldPay Hack Avoids Jail
A Russian hacker convicted of the $9 million hack of RBS WorldPay has avoided jail and has been given only a suspended sentence.
Yevgeny Anikin, 27, received a suspended sentence of five years on Monday, according to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, after pleading guilty to what the U.S. has called “perhaps the most sophisticated and organized computer fraud attack ever conducted.”
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on February 9, 2011 at 1:51:00 PM CET
Serbien verhaften 100 Zöllner- und Polizei Beamte, rund um illegale Zigaretten Fabriken und Schmuggel
In einer grossen Aktion, wurden 100 Zöllner- und Polizei Beamten verhaftet, welche von der Ukraine, bis an die Adria, oft illegal und gefälschte Zigaretten Schmuggelringe betrieben. Die berüchtigste Serbische - Montenegrinische Mafia, kontrollierte den Zigaretten schmuggel auch in den Kosovo und betriebe illegale Fabriken in Mojkovac und in einer stillgelegten Fabrik in Rozaje. Extrem organisiert, so das auftauchende Polizei Streifen, durch schnell gefällte Bäume aufgehalten wurden seit Jahren.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on February 9, 2011 at 12:36:00 PM CET
Julian Assange Material
Expert Opinion of Brita Sundberg-Weitman Expert Opinion of Brita Sundberg-Weitman - Exhibit BS-W1 Expert Opinion of Brita Sundberg-Weitman - Exhibit BS-W2 Expert Opinion of Christophe Brunski Expert Opinion of Professor Andrew Ashworth CBE, QC (Hon), DCL, FBA Expert Opinion of Sven-Erik Alhem First Witness Statement of Mark Stephens
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on February 9, 2011 at 9:14:00 AM CET
Ausrede des Tages
Giving evidence in London, Assange's Swedish attorney Bjorn Hurtig said his client could not be reached by the authorities because he had gone into hiding due to fears that he would be killed by forces from the U.S.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on February 8, 2011 at 1:45:00 PM CET
Julian Assange extradition hearing – day two live updates
The WikiLeaks founder begins the second and last day of his extradition hearing over allegations of rape and sexual assault in Sweden
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on February 8, 2011 at 1:42:00 PM CET
Assanges zweite Runde im Live-Tweet
Wird Julian Assange nach Schweden ausgeliefert? Am ersten Tag der Anhörung in London gingen die Anwälte des WikiLeaks-Gründers in die Offensive. Jetzt läuft die zweite Runde.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on February 8, 2011 at 10:21:00 AM CET
Verfolgen Sie Assanges Anhörung im Live-Tweet
Londons Justiz verhandelt über die Auslieferung von WikiLeaks-Gründer Julian Assange nach Schweden - seit dem Morgen beantwortet er Fragen der Richter. SPIEGEL-Redakteur Marcel Rosenbach twittert aus dem Gerichtssaal - verfolgen Sie seine Kommentare hier live.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on February 8, 2011 at 10:15:00 AM CET
Julian Assange extradition hearing – live updates
• Crown says accusations against Assange are 'extraditable' • Arrest warrant shows a 'sufficient intent to prosecute' • Defence: all activity was 'in the context of consensual sex' • Read a summary of the hearing so far
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