16/05/2013 |
France - Carlos the Jackal launches appeal against life sentence after 20 years in jail
Reuters Staff | Telegraph
arlos the Jackal, the Marxist militant once ranked among the world's most wanted criminals, has launched an appeal against a life sentence for bomb attacks that killed 11 people three decades ago. ...
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16/05/2013 |
Africa - Nigeria's Boko Haram attacks bring military reprisals to locals
Monica Mark | The Guardian
Insurgency in the north-east has led the president to impose a state of emergency that oppresses residents stuck in the middle. ...
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16/05/2013 |
Drug War - In Mexico, restrictions on U.S. agents signal drug war shift
Nick Miroff | Washington Post
The recent changes ordered by new President Enrique Peña Nieto to Mexico’s anti-narcotics partnership with the United States have produced markedly different reactions here and in Washington, underscoring what appear to be diverging perceptions of the drug war’s goals and the costs of fighting it. ...
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16/05/2013 |
El Alud Narco Mara
Laura Etcharren | Blog Laura Etcharren
Despertar a pesar del Simulacro Nacional y Popular. ...
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15/05/2013 |
Europe - Berlin: Germany axes Euro Hawk drone program
A.F.P. | Defense News
Germany has canceled a planned “Euro Hawk” drone program over fears that European authorities will not certify them, a defense ministry source said Tuesday after reported European safety concerns. ...
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15/05/2013 |
AdvanFort President William Watson: Ransoms to pirates remain a spiraling illegal tax on the 90% of world’s goods that move by sea
Avantfort Staff | Piracy Daily
The revelation this week that the owner of an Algerian cargo ship whose crew was held by Somali pirates paid them $2.6 million in ransom is yet another indication that the rewards these denizens reap for their illegal, life- threatening work remain a serious stumbling block to ending maritime organized crime, AdvanFort Company President and COO William H. Watson said. ...
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15/05/2013 |
México - Sedena busca fabricar todoterreno blindado
Ignacio Alzaga | Milenio
La Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (Sedena) solicitó un presupuesto de 9.5 millones de pesos para desarrollar un vehículo todoterreno con blindaje ligero, a fin de hacer más eficientes sus operaciones y garantizar la seguridad del personal y Fuerzas Especiales que realizan labores de vigilancia, patrullaje y combate a la delincuencia organizada. ...
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15/05/2013 |
A punta de algoritmo
El País Staff | El País (Es)
La matemática y la informática han posibilitado el robo más limpio de la historia de la delincuencia. ...
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15/05/2013 |
Gunslingers on the High Seas: A Call for Regulation
Yvonne Dutton | Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Since only mid-2011, states have increasingly authorized their shippers to hire private armed guards to protect them as they travel through pirate-infested waters. Estimates indicate that in 2011, the percentage of ships employing armed guards rose from approximately 10% to upwards of 50%. ...
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15/05/2013 |
FSB Detains U.S. Diplomat for 'Spying' (Photos)
Alexander Winning and Jonathan Earle | The Moscow Times
The Federal Security Service said Tuesday that it had detained a CIA agent as he tried to recruit a member of Russia’s secret services, dealing a fresh blow to already strained U.S.-Russian relations. ...
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