Sentences with phrase «public prosecutor against»

Panama's public prosecutor against organized crime said Wednesday 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.

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.

Not exact matches

Two lead prosecutors handling the case — Thomas McKay and Nicolas Roos — are part of the public corruption unit of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan and prosecute public officials and people engaged in conspiracy or fraud against the government.

After March 4, 2013, an International Arrest Warrant will be issued against these Defendants.The guilty verdict followed nearly a month of deliberations by more than thirty sworn Citizen Jurors of the 150 case exhibits produced by Court Prosecutors, The Court's judgement declares the wealth and property of the churches responsible for the Canadian genocide to be forfeited and placed under public ownership, as reparations for the families of the more than 50,000 children who died in the residential schools.To enforce its sentence, the Court has empowered citizens in Canada, the United States, England, Italy and a dozen other nations to act as its legal agents armed with warrants, and peacefully occupy and seize properties of the Roman Catholic, Anglican and United Church of Canada, which are the main agents in the deaths of these children

We can take some comfort at the fact that finally, toward the end of the twentieth century, prosecutors have begun applying criminal statutes to corporate officers who make decisions that (for instance) cause death or injury to a worker or to the public, and charges brought against these individuals include manslaughter and homicide charges.

Egypt's public prosecutor announced the charges Tuesday, the latest development in the deadly backlash against the low - budget, amateurish 14 - minute movie trailer produced privately in the United States and posted on YouTube.

If Cohen was merely providing access to Trump or members of his administration, then prosecutors will be unlikely to charge public corruption offenses against any of them.

This makes me think that the power of the US Attorney, especially those high profile prosecutors who crave media attention, are the ones the media is afraid to go against to see the realities and expose the truth to the public.

Prosecutors drop the case against former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell and his wife after the Supreme Court overturned his public corruption conviction on June 27, 2016.

(Reuters)- Lawyers for once - powerful former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver asked a judge on Tuesday to throw out federal corruption charges against him because a top prosecutor made «prejudicial» public statements about his guilt.

Prosecutors made their closing arguments Monday in the public corruption case against Sheldon Silver, the former state Assembly speaker with extremely close ties to the real estate industry.

The Lopez scandal, which includes claims of sexual harassment made against him by two other women, is the subject of probes by the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics and Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan who is acting as a special prosecutor.

Federal prosecutors, bent on telling a story of public corruption, used cherry - picked evidence, untrustworthy witnesses and innuendo to build a case against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, lawyers for the men said in closing arguments yesterday.

Paterson noted he's not the only one to criticize Bharara: A federal judge knocked the prosecutor for public comments made after the arrest of Assemblyman Sheldon Silver on corruption charges, saying they walk «up against the line» of appropriate.

The unrest among the prosecutors was sparked by Cuomo's use of state Executive Law to remove Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. and appoint Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas «to investigate, and if warranted, prosecute, any and all matters concerning the public allegations against Mr. Schneiderman.»

«The question in these difficult cases is not whether a local prosecutor, including one with understandably close ties to his or her fellow local law enforcement officers, is capable of setting aside any personal biases in deciding whether to, or how vigorously, to pursue the case,» Schneiderman wrote, adding, «the question is whether there is public confidence that justice has been served, especially in cases where homicide or other serious charges against the accused officer are not pursued or are dismissed prior to a trial by jury.»

Titone will seek an endorsement from the Richmond County Democrats and will have to primary against Anthony Catalano, a career prosecutor and Staten Island's public administrator, who also announced his candidacy on Thursday.

Prosecutors from the Public Integrity Section are handling the federal bribery case against Sen. Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara, known for crusading against public corruption, was forced out of office, the federal prosecutor tweeted out Saturday afternoon.

Tuesday evening, Cuomo appointed Nassau District Attorney Madeline Singas as a special prosecutor «to investigate, and if warranted, prosecute, any and all matters concerning the public allegations against Mr. Schneiderman.»

A perjury charge against an acting district attorney «taints the very essence of who we are as prosecutors and goes against all that we strive to do to ensure the public's trust in the criminal justice system,» said DAASNY president and Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara.

Federal prosecutors Thursday leveled public - corruption charges against eight individuals including Cuomo's former right - hand man, Joe Percoco, stemming from what was described as «two overlapping criminal schemes.»

NEW YORK (AP)-- An outspoken Manhattan federal prosecutor known for crusading against public corruption announced he was fired Saturday after he refused a request a day earlier to resign.

Another small town setting with a put - upon police chief, always trying to defend his job against a know - it - all public prosecutor that seems to want to to everyone's jobs.

The National Centre for the Prosecution of Animal Cruelty (NCPAC) is a community of Crown Prosecutors and allied professionals from across Canada who are working together in the service of the public interest to ensure that crimes against animals are prosecuted effectively and efficiently.

Attorney Harro Schultze, who represents the Coalition against Bayer Dangers said, «The public prosecutor needs to clarify which efforts Bayer undertook to prevent a ban of imidacloprid and clothianidin after sales of both substances were stopped in France.

Instead, often a government prosecutor will bring criminal charges at public expense against someone who allegedly defamed you.

There has never been any legal requirement that a private prosecutor has to demonstrate that it is in the public interest that he should bring a prosecution for an offence against the provision of a public general Act of Parliament.

This is partly owing to the continued globalisation of commerce, as well as the increasing enthusiasm of some prosecutors to use expansive theories of corporate criminal liability to extract exorbitant penalties against corporations as a deterrent, and public pressure to hold individuals accountable for the misconduct.

Contemporaneously, in Munich, Germany, the public prosecutor announced the termination of legal proceedings against Siemens for failure to supervise its operations effectively.

The opportunity to respond to the theories or allegations generally arises when public prosecutors apply or request the court to apply preventive measures against the target of the investigation.

As a general guideline, the code states that prosecution in cases of any seriousness shall usually take place unless there are public interest factors against prosecution that clearly outweigh those tending in favor (Code for Crown Prosecutors, sec. 6.2).

Nevertheless, will it still be contended that the state is «represented» by the prosecutor, who, in turn, brings the criminal charges against one of the People for breaking what appears to be merely a public offense, or rights of the people as a whole?