Category: US Department of Justice

US Indicts 2 Beijing-Linked Marshallese Citizens for Political Bribery

September 4, 2022
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The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted two naturalised citizens of the Marshall Islands for running a multi-year money laundering and bribery scheme—via a UN-linked non-profit organisation—to support the creation of a special economic zone within the Pacific country. One expert says the incident is an example of Beijing’s efforts to destabilise democratic institutions in…

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British Overseas Territory Hits out at ‘Reckless’ UNHCR Over Human Trafficking

June 10, 2022
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A lawyer representing seven Sri Lankan asylum seekers who found themselves on a British overseas territory in the Caribbean has said they were treated “disgracefully” by the government of the Turks and Caicos Islands. But the Turks and Caicos Islands’ (TCI) Minister of Immigration and Border Services, Arlington Musgrove, has in turn described the United…

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DOJ Election Threat Taskforce Appears to Have ‘Something to Hide’: Watchdog Group President

April 9, 2022
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Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) is being weaponized against opposing voices. Fitton’s group filed a lawsuit against the DOJ recently to get documents connected to the department’s election threat task force, after almost a year of no response to their Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Fitton thinks the…

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DOJ Warns It Is Preparing to Launch ‘Crackdown’ on Wrongdoing by Companies

November 11, 2021
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is preparing to launch a “crackdown” on wrongdoing by companies within the coming weeks, a senior official said Thursday. Speaking to the Financial Times, John Carlin, who is working on the department’s planned crackdown, said, “you’ll see cases in the weeks to come” which will involve, “some of the largest corporations” operating…

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