Sentences with phrase «on organised crime»

Gangster Squad is a heavily fictionalised account of the Los Angeles Police Department's post-war assault on organised crime, loosely based on the non-fiction book by Paul Lieberman.

The government is planning to block mobile phones in prison, in a bid to clamp down on organised crime.

While a cursory look at the «Americas» section on either the BBC or the New York Times websites would tend to corroborate his stance, I can't help but wonder if zoning - in on organised crime represents a band - aid solution to the regions problems, instead of a holistic approach to dealing with the security issues posed by these organisations across the region.

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The judge, Maria Sizintseva, said they acted as part of an organised crime group and had tried to put pressure on witnesses.

«In collaboration with international partners [we] identified a Romanian OCG [organised crime group] with the capability to import large amounts of cocaine into the UK on a weekly basis using HGV transport,» a NCA spokeswoman told The Times.

Vatican City (AFP)- Pope Francis on Monday blasted the «money stained with blood» and «evil power» wielded by Italian organised crime as he met the heads of the country's anti-mafia squad.

In March 2015, on a trip to Naples — a blackspot for organised crime — the pope set down a marker of his hatred of the mafia, condemning it for its «stinking» corruption, especially of the young and poor.

At a hearing in Moscow's Tverskoy District Court to decide whether Magomedov and his associates should be detained before their trial, Judge Maria Sizintseva said they had acted as part of an organised crime group and had tried to put pressure on witnesses.

Panama's public prosecutor against organised crime said there was no evidence so far to take action against the law firm at the center of the Panama Papers scandal, following a raid lasting 27 hours on its offices.

Law enforcement agencies have cracked down on other encrypted phone companies allegedly catering to organised crime over the past few years.

In October 2017, Europol issued a report on «internet organised crime.»

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Mark Galeotti's study of Russian organised crime, the product of three decades of academic research and consultancy work, is more than timely.

Italian Senator and leading anti-mafia campaigner, Rosaria Capacchione, passes judgment on Mario Balotelli, after the Milan striker declined to be considered a symbol against organised crime.

ROME, Dec 3 (Reuters)- Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta announced measures on Tuesday to try to combat a fresh rubbish emergency in the area around the southern city of Naples where organised crime and widespread abuse have created a chronic environmental crisis.

John Reid is hosting a meeting of European Union home affairs ministers today, to discuss how to improve cooperation on counter-terrorism and organised crime.

The phenomenon of organised crime in Italy is intrinsically connected with social development and is a powerful brake on institutional performance.

It is also why we will establish a National Crime Agency, an operational crime - fighting body, charged with taking on serious and organised crime, economic crime, border policing and child protecCrime Agency, an operational crime - fighting body, charged with taking on serious and organised crime, economic crime, border policing and child proteccrime - fighting body, charged with taking on serious and organised crime, economic crime, border policing and child proteccrime, economic crime, border policing and child proteccrime, border policing and child protection.

Her work focuses on the links between conflict, transnational organised crime and security, and the role that violent non-state groups play in these dynamics.

EU ministers have agreed on plans to require telecommunications firms to store data to fight terrorism and organised crime.

Whereas the 2011 U.S. Strategy to Combat Transnational Organised Crime omitted wildlife trafficking as a primary type of transnational organised crime, by 2013, President Obama's Executive Order 13648 established a Task Force to produce a National Strategy for Combatting Wildlife Trafficking on the grounds it was in «the national interest of the United StateOrganised Crime omitted wildlife trafficking as a primary type of transnational organised crime, by 2013, President Obama's Executive Order 13648 established a Task Force to produce a National Strategy for Combatting Wildlife Trafficking on the grounds it was in «the national interest of the United States.&rCrime omitted wildlife trafficking as a primary type of transnational organised crime, by 2013, President Obama's Executive Order 13648 established a Task Force to produce a National Strategy for Combatting Wildlife Trafficking on the grounds it was in «the national interest of the United Stateorganised crime, by 2013, President Obama's Executive Order 13648 established a Task Force to produce a National Strategy for Combatting Wildlife Trafficking on the grounds it was in «the national interest of the United States.&rcrime, by 2013, President Obama's Executive Order 13648 established a Task Force to produce a National Strategy for Combatting Wildlife Trafficking on the grounds it was in «the national interest of the United States.»

Insulza's call comes on the heels of the adoption in Cartagena of Mexico's proposal to create an Inter-American Centre for Coordination against Transnational Organised Crime.

This is not to say that force is not required in the policy response to the poaching of critically endangered wild animals, but that the long history of the «War on Drugs» and organised crime teaches us that going after low level operators that can be easily replaced will do little to deter the king - pins at the top of the trade.

«It was not operated by the United States government, but by figures from both Ghanaian and Turkish organised crime rings and a Ghanaian attorney practicing immigration and criminal law,» the State Department said in a statement released late on Friday.

As suggested by the recent release of a series of Whitehall Papers on the subject, it would be more useful to reclaim the definition of the activity as a form of transnational organised crime.

In light of last month's VI Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, it seems obvious and commendable that the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, would call on the leaders of the region Friday to help coordinate the fight against transnational organised crime.

While many have said that the office would be a duplication of roles, because there are agencies such as the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice and the Economic and Organised Crime Office that are responsible for investigating corruption, others have praised its implementation and called on the president to make it truly independent of political interference.

«We will create a dedicated Border Police Force, as part of a refocused Serious Organised Crime Agency, to enhance national security, improve immigration controls and crack down on the trafficking of people, weapons and drugs.

Speaking to the Times after the European Serious Organised Crime Conference in Liverpool, he said he could not see a way the «awful scenario» would not happen, based on current trends.

«In this plan, Mr. Blay has, through a facility, acquired 275 buses for the 275 constituencies of the NPP in the country», the statement clarified, in response to moves by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) to drag the former First and Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament to the Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) as well as the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) for allegedly seeking to buy votes with the bus move.

Chief Of Army Staff, Lieutenant - General Yusuff Tukur Buratai on Monday called for enhanced cooperation for effective routing of insurgency and other organised crimes confronting the lake chad basin.

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) upon hearing that Mr Ayariga had spent the said amount on his campaign wrote to him to demand his source of funding by close of Wednesday October 26.

Urges all Member States to promptly and correctly transpose into their national legislation all existing EU and international legal instruments concerning organised crime, corruption and money laundering; urges Member States and the Commission to complete the Roadmap on the rights of suspects and accused persons in criminal proceedings, including a directive on pre-trial detention;

A letter signed by lawyer for Smarttys Management and Production Limited, Mr Kissi Agyebeng, to which the cheque paid into the account of the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) was attached said, «See attached a cheque intended as the settling of the agreed first instalment of three hundred thousand cedis drawn on the client's account of Cromwell Gray LLP.»

Should our governments and international bodies fail to act quickly and effectively, organised crime and corruption will continue to penetrate our sports industry, It will, as the Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions» latest report puts it bluntly, «pose a threat to the future of sport».

There is currently a ban on using evidence from phone taps, but this could be lifted in the wake of comments from Lord Goldsmith, who said information gained in this way should be used in terrorism and organised crime cases.

The Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office was set up on in 2005 to prosecute offences for the former HM Customs and Excise and Inland Revenue (now HM Revenue and Customs) and in 2006, for the Serious Organised Crime Agency.

Speaking on the audit findings on Newsfile, Mr Kwakye said Mrs Attionu has «has been to EOCO (Economic and Organised Crimes Office) over a dozen times and has fully cooperated with the investigations that EOCO is conducting.»

The Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) has officially petitioned the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) to investigate former President Jerry John Rawlings, who has confessed to receiving $ 2 million from Nigeria's Sani Abacha after years of silence on the matter.

On Thursday, the European commission issued a pointed statement about the Danish referendum, saying co-operation on cross-border serious and organised crime and international terrorism «must not in any way equal full membership of Europol»On Thursday, the European commission issued a pointed statement about the Danish referendum, saying co-operation on cross-border serious and organised crime and international terrorism «must not in any way equal full membership of Europol»on cross-border serious and organised crime and international terrorism «must not in any way equal full membership of Europol».

«We will be equally interested to hear from car manufacturers about EU product standards, as from NGOs about EU environmental policies, or security experts about combating organised crime,» Hague went on.

The interactive panel discussion, organised by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), gathers members of the public and policymakers with researchers who will present their findings on subjects including crime, poverty and ageing.

Already some executives of Commission including Deputy Chairperson of EC in charge of Corporate Services, Georgina Opoku Amankwah, have been on leave to enable the Economic and Organised Crime Office [EOCO] investigate the commission in relation to some missing sums of money in the Commission's Endowment Fund.

This is to allow the Economic and Organised Crime Office [EOCO], to compile its report on an...

On Wednesday his spokesperson, Richard Nyamah had said the party chairman was not obliged to offer information on the deal and that anyone seeking information could petition the Human Rights Commission or the Economic and Organised Crimes OfficOn Wednesday his spokesperson, Richard Nyamah had said the party chairman was not obliged to offer information on the deal and that anyone seeking information could petition the Human Rights Commission or the Economic and Organised Crimes Officon the deal and that anyone seeking information could petition the Human Rights Commission or the Economic and Organised Crimes Office.

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has called the bluff of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) who petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), and the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), to investigate him over the money he received from late Nigerian leader, General Sani Abacha.

The Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO), has given itself a week more, to conclude investigations into how the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), spent a whopping $ 72 million on Operational Business Suite (OBS) in a bid to digitize the Trust.

Chief Of Army Staff, Lieutenant - General Yusuff Tukur Buratai on Monday called for enhanced cooperation for effective routing of insurgency and other organised crimes confronting the lake...

The Friday operation was part of a five day training on pharmaceutical crime, investigations and intelligence, organised by the Food and Drugs Authority for the judiciary, security agencies and the media.

But their real crime, in the eyes of the establishment, was to get together and organise to take on the establishment, stand up for working class interests and build a better society.

Iconic animals including tigers, rhino and elephants are being supplied by organised crime to satisfy demand from Asia for dubious medicines based on animal parts.