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Serb prisoners had their internal organs removed and sold by ethnic Albanians during the Kosovo war, according to allegations in a new book by the world’s best known war crimes prosecutor.

Carla Del Ponte, who stepped down in January as chief prosecutor at the Hague tribunal for crimes committed in the Balkan wars of the 1990s, said investigators found a house suspected of being a laboratory for the illegal trade. for more click here

CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — One sign of the desperation to end organized crime in this border town is that the good guy on the police recruitment posters is not a clean-cut youth in a smart police cap, but a menacing soldier in a black mask and helmet carrying a heavy machine gun.for more click here

WASHINGTON — On a day filled with pageantry and prayer, Pope Benedict XVI focused Wednesday on the sexual-abuse scandal afflicting the Roman Catholic Church, offering an unflinching acknowledgment that the crisis was mishandled by church officials and that victims deserve care and compassion. for more click here

With their ankle-length pioneer dresses and braided hair, they looked like they were on the set of a Hollywood Western.

But for many of these 133 women and more than 400 children being escorted on to buses by police in Texas, this was their first brush with the reality of the outside world. for more click here

Excellent news from the High Court which has ruled that the Serious Fraud
Office “acted unlawfully” in ending its inquiry into the Al-Yamamah arms deal
between BAE and Saudi Arabia.

The BBC’s reports have suggested that the Government was worried the
investigation would jeopardise a deal to sell fighter planes to Saudi Arabia,
even though they have repeatedly claimed that the decision was based on
national security issues.

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Best wishes,
The Corruption is a Crime Team

Police have seized millions of dollars in cash as well as firearms during raids on houses in Sydney’s south-west last night, with some of the money found hidden behind walls. for more click here

Muslim sex offenders are asking to be let off a prison treatment programme on religious grounds.

Rapists, paedophiles and other dangerous attackers are expected to discuss their crimes with other inmates as a condition of release. for more click here

British bank account details are on sale online for as little as £5 in so-called cyber-crime supermarkets, a report says.

Criminals are also targeting social networking sites, according to a web security firm report into online crime. for more click here

WASHINGTON (CNN) — An al Qaeda suspect alleged to have been involved in the 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania that killed 11 people faces war crimes charges, the Pentagon announced Monday. for more click here

LONDON (AFP) — The coroner investigating the death of Princess Diana said Monday there is no evidence she was murdered by British intelligence, as claimed by her boyfriend’s father.

The assessment by Lord Justice Scott Baker came as he began summing up the inquest into the death of Diana and Dodi Fayed, which began in October. for more click here