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FATF Monitoring: Countries Addressing Strategic Deficiencies

Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring by the FATF Countries...

Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo Sentenced to 20+ Years in Odebrecht Bribery Scandal

Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo has been...

Ex-Mexican Security Chief Sentenced for Bribery and Aiding Sinaloa Cartel’s Drug Trafficking

Genaro Garcia Luna, Mexico's former Secretary of...

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Deadly Russian Attacks on Lviv’s Historic District

In Ukraine’s western city of Lviv, today is a day of mourning. On September 4 at about 6 a.m., Russian air attacks struck the city’s...

Ex-Deputy Minister of Agriculture and His Daughter Convicted of Fraud and Embezzlement

Alisher Turayev, the former deputy minister of agriculture, was found guilty of embezzlement and fraud involving the supply of 1 million grape seedlings valued...

Australia: Support Citizens Wrongfully Held Abroad

(Sydney) – The Australian government should develop a clear policy on identifying and addressing cases of wrongful detention of Australian nationals abroad, Human Rights...

Air Pollution Threatens Health and Drives Climate Change

September 7 is the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies. Each year, an estimated seven million people around the world are killed by...

Another Child Dies in Western Australian Youth Detention

Last week, a 17-year-old boy died by self-harm in his cell at Banksia Hill Detention Centre in Western Australia. This tragic event was the second...

Killings of Israeli Hostages in Gaza Spark Outrage, Protest

On Monday, a Telegram channel belonging to Hamas’s military wing, the Qassam Brigades, released videos of six Israeli hostages whose bodies were recovered Saturday,...

720 Australian and Brazilian Children Better Protected from AI Misuse

LAION, the German nonprofit organization that manages a dataset used to train popular artificial intelligence (AI) tools, has removed from its dataset some children’s photos that...

Pope Francis Visits Indonesia Amid Rising Religious Intolerance

Pope Francis is in Indonesia as part of a 12-day tour of the Asia-Pacific region. His visit comes as numerous discriminatory regulations in Indonesia target religious...

Venezuela: Brutal Crackdown on Protesters, Voters

(Bogota) – Venezuelan authorities are committing widespread human rights violations against protesters, bystanders, opposition leaders, and critics following the July 28, 2024, presidential election,...

Lebanon/Cyprus: Refugees Pulled Back, Expelled, Then Forced Back to Syria

(Beirut) – The Lebanese Armed Forces and Cypriot authorities work together to keep refugees from reaching Europe, then deport them to danger in Syria,...

Uzbekistan: Woman’s Sentence Upheld for Sharing Decades-Old Video

(Berlin) – A Tashkent regional appeals court on August 21, 2024, upheld a woman’s 30-month restricted freedom sentence for alleged anti-constitutional activity in gross...

Experts Urge End to Nonconsensual Intersex Surgeries

Teams of prominent scientists and ethicists have called for the end of medically unnecessary nonconsensual surgeries on intersex children in two new papers. On the...

Ex-Minister Marios Demetriades Faces Corruption Charges in Golden Passports Scandal

Former Transport Minister in the Anastasiades government, Marios Demetriades, has been charged in connection with the golden passports scandal, facing accusations of corruption, bribery,...

Operational Alert: Identifying Tax Evasion and Money Laundering Risks in Real Estate

Purpose This Operational Alert aims to assist reporting entities in identifying potentially illicit financial transactions within the real estate sector that may be associated with...

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