Former Panamanian president Ricardo Martinelli was extradited to Panama Monday to face four charges of illegally monitoring private communications, and for embezzling over $10 million in public funds. The extradition honored a 1905 treaty . Martinelli fled Panama in January 2015. The Supreme Court of Justice of the Republic of Panama issued an arrest warrant [...]
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Supreme Court rules Kansas wiretap order not 'insufficient on its face'
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that a wiretap order authorized by a Kansas judge in an investigation of a drug ring was not insufficient on its face, thereby denying the petitioners’ request for suppression of the evidence. Los and Roosevelt Dahda had asked the court to suppress evidence obtained through wiretap orders due to [...]
Democratic National Committee sues Trump, Russia, Assange for conspiracy
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) filed a lawsuit Friday against Donald Trump, Russia, Julian Assange, Wikileaks, and several Trump aids including Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort. The complaint, filed in the US District...
Supreme Court hears oral arguments in two criminal procedure cases
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in two criminal procedure cases. In Rosales-Mireles v. US , the petitioner framed the question for the court as: "How should a court of appeals exercise its discretion...
Peru ex-president Fujimori to face trial for 1992 killings of six farmers
Peru's National Criminal Court Court B on Monday ruled that former president Alberto Fujimori must stand trial for the killings of six farmers in 1992 notwithstanding the medical pardon...
HRW: US authorities concealing information about how evidence was obtained
US authorities are deliberately concealing information about how they obtained evidence in criminal proceedings, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report Tuesday. HRW divulged findings from over a year of investigating a police practice known as "parallel construction,"...
Former Peru President Alberto Fujimori was pardoned by President Pedro Pablo Kuzynski on Sunday after serving almost half of a 25-year prison sentence for human rights abuses and corruption committed during his authoritarian regime in the 1990s. Fijumori,...
Supreme Court takes up Microsoft data privacy, American Express antitrust cases
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in four cases, including a Microsoft data privacy case, and an American Express antitrust case. In US v. Microsoft Corp. , the court will...
The Brazil Supreme Court authorized another investigation on Tuesday into possible corruption and money laundering by President Michel Temer . Supreme Court Justice Luis Roberto Barroso stated that there is enough evidence believe it is "plausible" the...
Report: NSA collected citizens' phone records despite USA Freedom Act
The National Security Agency (NSA) published a report Tuesday saying that the agency had collected and stored more than 1.5 million civilian phone records in 2016. This report is the first that has been issued since the...