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🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

CPI of Organized Crime schedules testimony of Vorcaro's ex-fiancée for next Wednesday (25th)

The Organized Crime Parliamentary Commission (CPI) in Brazil has scheduled the testimony of model and influencer Martha Graeff, the ex-fiancée of Daniel Vorcaro, for next Wednesday in connection to ongoing investigations.

Mar 20 • 12:37 UTC
🇮🇳 Aaj Tak (Hindi)
Crime & Justice

CM showed his hand, Women's Commission Chair washed feet... the astrologer arrested in the rape case was this influential

Astrologer Ashok Kharat, arrested in a rape case, is revealed to have strong influential connections, including a meeting with a former Chief Minister.

Mar 20 • 07:42 UTC
🇪🇸 El Mundo
Crime & Justice

The harassment commission of Torrejón vetoes the reappointment of the former police chief to any position after being investigated for sexual assault

The Torrejón City Council has rejected the reinstatement of former police chief Luis Antonio Moreno, who has been investigated for sexual assault and workplace harassment.

Mar 19 • 23:07 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Organized Crime CPI approves breaking the bank secrecy of a fund linked to Toffoli

The Brazilian Senate's Organized Crime Commission has approved the breach of bank and tax secrecy for the Arleen investment fund, connected to a complex web of fraudulent financial activities linked to Supreme Court Minister Dias Toffoli.

Mar 19 • 00:42 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

CPI of Organized Crime approves summons for Vorcaro's ex-fiancée, Martha Graeff

The Organized Crime Parliamentary Commission (CPI) has summoned Martha Graeff, the ex-fiancée of Daniel Vorcaro, owner of Banco Master, amidst ongoing investigations into loan irregularities.

Mar 18 • 12:51 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Chamber to analyze requests for the dismissal of vice mayor suspected of killing jiu-jitsu professor in interior of SP

The City Chamber of Colina, SP, formed a commission to investigate the vice mayor Rafael Corrêa Rodrigues over allegations that he shot and killed a jiu-jitsu professor.

Mar 17 • 15:58 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
Crime & Justice

Prisoner constrained by chains screams... Human Rights Commission advises against abuse of force

The National Human Rights Commission of Korea has issued a recommendation to a prison warden to prevent the misuse of restraining devices in correctional facilities and to ensure that video recording is utilized when force is applied.

Mar 17 • 05:53 UTC
🇪🇨 El Universo (ES)
National & Local

‘The future of those who engage in organized crime will be extradition’, Rosa Torres, president of the Justice Commission

Rosa Torres, president of the Ecuadorian National Assembly's Justice Commission, discusses the new extradition law aimed at combating organized crime in Ecuador.

Mar 14 • 14:40 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
Crime & Justice

A brokerage firm is fined more than $1 billion for using its clients' money

The National Securities Commission of Argentina has imposed a record fine on Daniel A. Casanovas y Asociados for misusing client funds without consent.

Mar 13 • 19:31 UTC
🇦🇺 ABC News AU
National & Local

Union pushes for change to misconduct reporting in government-owned corporations

The Services Union in Australia is advocating for reforms that would allow workers in government-owned corporations to report misconduct directly to the Crime and Corruption Commission.

Mar 12 • 21:00 UTC
🇺🇦 Ukrainska Pravda
World

UN international commission recognises Russia's deportation of Ukrainian children as crime against humanity

The UN commission denounces Russia's deportation of Ukrainian children as a crime against humanity, revealing systematic abuse and forced adoptions.

Mar 12 • 18:49 UTC
🇱🇻 TVNET
National & Local

What were the most common criminal offenses last year?

Last year, the most common criminal offenses in Latvia were petty theft and driving under the influence, as reported by the Attorney General at a government commission meeting.

Mar 12 • 06:33 UTC
🇱🇻 TVNET
World

Russia's deportation of Ukrainian children is a crime against humanity, concludes UN commission

The UN International Commission has classified Russia's deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia as a crime against humanity and a war crime.

Mar 11 • 10:05 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
National & Local

The gang of 40 billion unjust gains, ‘stock price manipulation pleads guilty 1st case’... Financial Supervisory Commission refers to prosecutors

A group accused of manipulating stock prices to earn unjust gains of 40 billion won has been reported to prosecutors by the Financial Supervisory Commission.

Mar 11 • 07:05 UTC
🇪🇨 El Universo (ES)
National & Local

Case of former judge Carlos Serrano presented before the IACHR. Observatory of Rights and Association of Magistrates warn of judicial crisis

The crisis in Ecuador's judiciary was presented to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, highlighting the case of former anti-corruption judge Carlos Serrano and pressures he faced from powerful figures.

Mar 10 • 22:14 UTC
🇳🇬 Punch
Crime & Justice

EFCC declares Chinese national wanted over fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Nigeria has declared Peiyuan Niu, a Chinese national, wanted in connection with an alleged fraud case involving obtaining money by false pretenses.

Mar 10 • 17:10 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
Crime & Justice

The IACHR Condemned the Argentine State for the Lack of Justice in the Death of a Girl at the Paseo de la Infanta

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights condemned Argentina for failing to provide justice in the case of a girl who died due to negligence 18 years ago.

Mar 9 • 20:53 UTC
🇦🇺 ABC News AU
National & Local

'Most brazen acts of corruption': Obeid family loses $30m worth of property

The New South Wales Crime Commission has seized properties valued at $30 million linked to ex-politician Eddie Obeid amid ongoing corruption investigations.

Mar 6 • 23:12 UTC
🇳🇬 Punch
Crime & Justice

Malami, wife, son granted N200 million bail in EFCC trial

Former Attorney-General of Nigeria, Abubakar Malami, along with his wife and son, secured bail in their ongoing money laundering trial with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Mar 6 • 12:53 UTC
🇦🇺 ABC News AU
National & Local

WA anti-corruption watchdog left itself vulnerable to corruption for years

A report has revealed that the WA Corruption and Crime Commission had significant vulnerabilities to corruption due to flaws in its financial systems over multiple years.

Mar 4 • 21:12 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
Crime & Justice

Receiving 700 million from a pastor for 'commissioned investigation'... Former and current police officers handed over to the prosecution

Former and current police officers in Seoul are being prosecuted for taking bribes from a pastor in exchange for conducting a commission investigation.

Mar 4 • 12:57 UTC
🇳🇬 Punch
Crime & Justice

Court discharges ex-NDDC director, others in N3.6bn fraud case

A Federal High Court in Lagos acquitted former NDDC director Tuoyo Omatsuli and others of a N3.6 billion fraud case due to insufficient evidence from prosecutors.

Mar 4 • 03:13 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Organized Crime CPI cancels Tuesday session that would hear founder of Reag

The Organized Crime Parliamentary Inquiry Commission in Brazil canceled a session scheduled to hear the founder of Reag, João Carlos Falbo Mansur, after he opted not to attend.

Mar 3 • 12:01 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

CPI of Organized Crime hears founder of Reag this Tuesday; testimony of former president of the Central Bank is uncertain

The Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into Organized Crime is set to hear testimony from João Carlos Falbo Mansur, the founder of Reag, amid ongoing investigations into money laundering involving the group.

Mar 3 • 11:12 UTC
🇯🇵 Asahi Shimbun (JP)
Crime & Justice

Incident of Inflating Invalid Votes in the House of Councillors Election: Anger and Sympathy from Former Election Commission Staff in Ota Ward

Three male workers from Ota Ward have been sent documents for violating election laws by allegedly inflating invalid votes during the 2025 House of Councillors election.

Mar 2 • 05:00 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

VIDEOS: Lunchtime News - SC on Friday, February 27, 2026

The report covers multiple significant news items including Senate commission hearings, police investigations, international relations, and criminal cases in Brazil.

Feb 27 • 18:01 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
Crime & Justice

Exclusive: Former Human Rights Commissioner Lee Chung-sang Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Media Report, Ultimately Reversed by Supreme Court

Former National Human Rights Commission Commissioner Lee Chung-sang's defamation lawsuit against a newspaper was reversed by South Korea's Supreme Court, which ruled that the articles in question were in the public interest.

Feb 27 • 02:10 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Promises, ghost commission and operational nuclei: understand the embezzlement of R$ 650 thousand from social projects

A criminal scheme involving a network of politicians, public servants, and private companies embezzled over R$ 650,000 intended for social projects in Palmas, Brazil.

Feb 26 • 18:11 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Analysis: The Organized Crime CPI gains explosive potential and can breach political shielding in the Master case

The Organized Crime Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPI) in Brazil has unexpectedly gained significant attention and power amid the ongoing crisis involving Banco Master.

Feb 26 • 03:00 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

The pizza or the potato of Toffoli that is roasting?

The article discusses the approval of the breach of confidentiality of a company linked to Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Dias Toffoli by the CPI do Crime (Crime Commission).

Feb 25 • 21:22 UTC
🇬🇧 Mirror
Crime & Justice

Lin and Megan Russell murders reviewed - all you need to know

The case of Lin and Megan Russell's murders is being re-examined by the Criminal Cases Review Commission due to new forensic evidence.

Feb 25 • 17:52 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

CPI of Organized Crime hears testimony from TH Joias and votes on the disclosure of company secrecy linked to Toffoli this Wednesday

The Organized Crime Parliamentary Inquiry Commission in Brazil is set to hear testimony from Thiego Raimundo dos Santos Silva, known as TH Joias, and vote on requests for the disclosure of financial and banking secrecy related to a company tied to Supreme Court Minister Dias Toffoli.

Feb 25 • 12:21 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

President of the Organized Crime CPI says TH Joias will be heard this Wednesday

Senator Fabiano Contarato announced that former state deputy TH Joias will be questioned by the Parliamentary Inquiry Commission on organized crime this Wednesday regarding his alleged ties to the Comando Vermelho gang.

Feb 24 • 13:20 UTC
🇯🇵 Asahi Shimbun (JP)
Crime & Justice

"Serious" "Unthinkable" Public Safety Commission Points Out; Information Disclosure Request on DNA Type Identification Fraud

Concerns have been raised regarding a DNA testing fraud in Saga Prefecture, prompting calls for an independent investigation, which the local police have resisted.

Feb 23 • 23:00 UTC
🇮🇹 La Repubblica
Crime & Justice

Child Transplanted, Monaldi Hospital Overwhelmed by Investigation, "The Department is Under Commission"

The Monaldi Hospital in Naples is facing an investigation related to the complications during a heart transplant on a two-and-a-half-year-old boy, leading to serious implications for the medical staff involved.

Feb 20 • 00:01 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Ribeirão Preto police arrest man from AL suspected of commissioned murder

A man from Alagoas was arrested in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, in connection with commission of murders back in 2012.

Feb 16 • 14:12 UTC
🇬🇧 Guardian
National & Local

Queensland police refused to discipline officer accused of domestic violence against pregnant partner

Queensland police chose not to discipline an officer accused of serious domestic violence against his pregnant partner, prompting a legal challenge that resulted in a tribunal ordering a disciplinary investigation.

Feb 16 • 02:15 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
Crime & Justice

Police Send Former Human Rights Commission Member Kim Yong-won Charged with Attempted Coercion

Former member of the National Human Rights Commission, Kim Yong-won, has been sent to the prosecution on charges of attempted coercion related to his alleged threats to staff following the release of an investigative report.

Feb 13 • 10:03 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
Crime & Justice

Court Imposes 10-Year Prison Sentence for Female Police Commissioner in Bribery Case as Anti-Corruption Agency's First Awareness Incident

A female police commissioner in South Korea was sentenced to ten years in prison for accepting bribes, marking the first case identified by the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC).

Feb 13 • 08:52 UTC
🇱🇹 Lrytas
Crime & Justice

The infamous corruption case participant R. Kurlianskis failed to be released: remains imprisoned with E. Masiulis and V. Gapšys

R. Kurlianskis, involved in a high-profile corruption case, has been denied early release from prison by both the conditional release commission and the court, alongside other notable figures found guilty.

Feb 13 • 07:33 UTC
🇪🇨 El Universo (ES)
Crime & Justice

Prosecutor requests preventive detention for Antonio Alvarez, president of Barcelona SC, David Alvarez, president of the football commission, and 8 others in the Goleada case

The prosecutor has requested preventive detention for multiple individuals, including the president of Barcelona SC, amid ongoing investigations into organized crime and money laundering.

Feb 11 • 11:52 UTC
🇵🇱 Wprost
Crime & Justice

He murdered a University of Warsaw employee with an axe. Lawyer of Mieszko R.: Psychiatric hospitals can be more severe than prison

A lawyer discusses the case of Mieszko R., a law student who murdered a University of Warsaw employee, claiming his client was found to be insane during the commission of the crime.

Feb 11 • 05:11 UTC
🇪🇨 El Universo (ES)
Crime & Justice

David Alvarez, president of the Football Commission of Barcelona SC, among those detained in the Goleada case

David Alvarez, president of the Football Commission of Barcelona SC, has been detained in an organized crime investigation related to money laundering and tax fraud.

Feb 10 • 14:14 UTC
🇲🇽 El Financiero (ES)
National & Local

Former official of Cuauhtémoc Blanco murdered: Alfonso Moreno was shot at in Jiutepec, Morelos

Alfonso Moreno, a former officer of the State Commission of Security in Morelos, was shot to death in an attack by armed men near his home in Jiutepec.

Feb 10 • 08:43 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Securities Commission scrutinizes entities linked to the Master group

The Securities Commission will investigate entities connected to the Master group led by Daniel Vorcaro, which could enhance transparency and security in transactions.

Feb 7 • 00:36 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

CVM creates group to analyze information about Banco Master, Reag and entities linked to the case

The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) has established a working group to investigate information related to the Master conglomerate, Reag, and other associated entities following the liquidation of Banco Master amid ongoing fraud investigations.

Feb 6 • 21:37 UTC
🇦🇺 ABC News AU
Crime & Justice

Former 'Christian cult' member says she was pressured to give thousands

Former members of the Shincheonji church claim they were coerced into making large donations to ensure their salvation, prompting an investigation by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission.

Feb 6 • 20:51 UTC
🇱🇹 Lrytas
Crime & Justice

After the court's decision – V. Matijošaitis' statement: several said to me that you will be kicked out*****

V. Matijošaitis faces scrutiny from the Supreme Commission for the Prevention of Corruption after a court decision revealed conflicts of interest in his role as chairman of a municipal commission.

Feb 6 • 14:34 UTC
🇱🇹 15min
Crime & Justice

The Anti-Corruption Commission will discuss Minister Žuromskas' claims about possible bribery of the Deputy Minister

The Anti-Corruption Commission is set to discuss claims made by Minister K. Žuromskas regarding the potential bribery of Deputy Minister E. Mačieža during their February 9 meeting.

Feb 6 • 14:21 UTC
🇱🇹 Lrytas
Crime & Justice

The Anti-Corruption Commission is Organizing an Extraordinary Meeting: It Will Review Information Provided by K. Žuromskas

The Anti-Corruption Commission is convening an extraordinary meeting to discuss potential corruption issues related to amendments to the Forest Law, following information presented by Environment Minister K. Žuromskas.

Feb 6 • 13:49 UTC

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