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Prosecutors in the United States on Tuesday are asking a judge to hand Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, a three-year prison sentence for allowing rampant money laundering on the platform. Zhao pleaded guilty and stepped down as Binance CEO in November as the company agreed to pay $4.3 billion (€4 million) to settle related allegations. US officials said Zhao deliberately looked the other way as illicit actors conducted transactions that supported child sex abuse, the illegal drug trade, and terrorism. Binance CEO 'CZ' Changpeng Zhao steps dow...
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The trial - which opened on Monday in Stuttgart - is the first to open in relation to the purported conspiracy, which came to light in late 2022. It is focused on those defendants of the Reich Citizens group who allegedly were part of its so-called military arm, German news agency dpa reported. Federal prosecutors in December filed terrorism charges against a total of 27 people, one of whom has since died. Nine other suspects, among them a self-styled prince and a former far-right lawmaker, will go on trial on 21 May at a Frankfurt state court in the most prominent of the three cases. The othe...
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A climate protester who faced up to two years in prison for holding a sign outside a courthouse reminding jurors of their right to acquit defendants cannot be charged with contempt of court, a London judge has ruled. Trudi Warner (63) had been arrested last March and accused of “deliberately targeting” jurors before a trial of climate activists from the group Insulate Britain. She held a sign in front of Inner London Crown Court that said: “Jurors you have an absolute right to acquit a defendant according to your conscience.” High Court Justice Pushpinder Saini said yesterday (22 April) her ac...
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This week, Shell will try to convince Dutch courts to repeal a historic climate ruling that ordered the fossil fuel giant to slash its greenhouse gas emissions. In 2021, a landmark climate case saw The Hague order Shell to cut its carbon emissions by 45 per cent by 2030 compared to 2019, aiming to make the company align its business plans with Paris Agreement goals. The ruling included both Shell’s own emissions and so-called Scope 3 emissions produced by consumers using its products - like those from people driving with Shell petrol in their cars. New study: Climate change has made heat waves...
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A Dutch court has ordered the government to do more to cut noise pollution at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport. It said the government has systematically put the interests of the aviation sector above those of people who live near Schiphol Airport one of Europe's busiest aviation hubs. The court added that the treatment of local residents amounts to a breach of Europe's human rights convention. "The state has always prioritized the 'hub function' and the growth of Schiphol," The Hague District Court said, as it ordered authorities to do more to rein in noise pollution. The fight to curb noise poll...
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An $11 billion (€10 billion) acquisition that backfired on Silicon Valley pioneer Hewlett Packard (HP) more than a decade ago will be resurrected Monday during a trial that will explore whether the deal was an illegal rip-off or a case of botched management. The criminal trial in San Francisco federal court revolves around HP's acquisition of UK software maker Autonomy, a deal that was celebrated as a coup when it was announced in 2011, only to blow up into a costly debacle. Before HP wrapped up the deal, Meg Whitman was hired to be CEO of the company started 85 years ago by Bill Hewlett and D...
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Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted Friday in New York of charges that he conspired with drug traffickers and used his military and national police force to enable tonnes of cocaine to make it unhindered into the US. The jury returned its verdict at a federal court after a two-week trial, which has been closely followed in his home country. Hernández was convicted of conspiring to import cocaine into the US and two weapons counts. The charges carry a mandatory minimum of 40 years in prison and a potential maximum of life. Sentencing was set for 26 June. Hernández, 55...
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A court in the Netherlands on Tuesday sentenced the mastermind behind what is thought to be the country’s largest drug cartel to life in prison. The sentencing judge described Ridouan Taghi, who has been convicted of five murders, as the “undisputed leader” of a “murder organisation”. Two other suspects were also sentenced to life for their role in the killings, while 14 others were given different jail terms. The lengthy trial has enthralled and rattled the Netherlands, exposing the deadly reality of the country’s drug-fuelled criminal underworld. Taghi was the Netherlands' most wanted man fo...
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A hospital in Alabama paused in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatments after the US state's Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are children. The state's largest hospital system said that it would evaluate whether patients or doctors could face criminal charges for IVF treatments. “We are saddened that this will impact our patients’ attempt to have a baby through IVF," the statement from spokeswoman Savannah Koplon at the University of Alabama at Birmingham read. IVF involves retrieving a woman's eggs and combining them in a laboratory with a man's sperm to create an embryo, which is kept fr...
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UK climate protesters charged with criminal damage could have their last legal defence removed if the government gets its way in a significant court case this week. Attorney general Victoria Prentis KC, who represents the government, has asked the Court of Appeal to review whether activists can continue using a defence known as ‘belief in consent’. Some campaigners on trial have successfully argued that a property owner wouldn’t mind the damage caused to their building in a nonviolent action, if they were aware of the full extent of the climate crisis. Five women charged with criminal damage a...
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