for fraud over associations with White Rock Partners , a Mafia - connected New York stock brokerage . ( Arif was detained in Turkey in October 2010 on suspicion of organizing sex parties for wealthy businessmen and Eastern European models aboard a $ 60 million yacht once used by the nation ’s founder , Mustafa Kemal Atatürk , according to charges filed by prosecutor Yusuf Hakki Dogan . Arif was cleared of all charges the following year . )
“ However , he has made it clear on numerous occasions that he would ‘ look seriously at ’ pardoning Edward Snowden , based on public information that Snowden ’s actions did not cause actual harm to any U.S. intelligence personnel . Likewise , he has said he would look favorably on pardoning Ross Ulbricht , consistent with his broader and long - standing commitment to pardon nonviolent drug offenders , whistleblowers , and others imprisoned under unjust and ill - advised laws , ” Hunter said . Ulbricht is the founder of the Silk Road , the first deep web black market to achieve significant popularity , and was convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictin 2015 of drug , conspiracy , and hacking charges . His supporters have painted him as more inspired by Libertarian ideals around drug use than someone who wanted to become a drug kingpin . Though transcripts from his trial indicated he ordered six different murders on perceived enemies , he was never charged for them .
MALLS HAVE BEEN TARGETED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM - BUT NONE HAVE SUCCEEDED IN RECENT YEARS Britain 's shopping malls have been targeted by terrorists – although none have succeeded in recent years . In 2007 police foiled an Al Qaeda plot to detonate a fertiliser bomb at the busy Bluewater shopping centre in Kent . Last year , Mohammed Rehman was convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof plotting a bomb attack on the anniversary of the 7/7 attacks on London . He had asked his Twitter followers whether he should attack the capital 's Westfield shopping centre . Security officials have made plans for an attack .
In fact , Hillary Clinton supports a radical 550 % increase in Syrian refugees coming into the United States , and that 's an increase over President Obama 's already very high number . Under her plan , we would admit hundreds of thousands of refugees from the most dangerous countries on Earth – with no way to screen who they are or what they believe . Already , hundreds of recent immigrants and their children have been convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof terrorist activity inside the U.S. The father of the Orlando shooter was a Taliban supporter from Afghanistan , one of the most repressive anti - gay and anti - women regimes on Earth .
Hillary said she and Bill were unaware of the scheme . Accuracy in Media reported , “ Hugh Rodham , Hillary ’s brother , was taking money and promising access to help get pardons . Two such high profile cases were those of drug kingpin Carlos Vignali and convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.naswindler Glenn Braswell . Rodham received hundreds of thousands of dollars from each , and they were both granted pardons . Rodham was quoted as telling a top White House aide that the pardon for Vignali was ‘ very important ’ to Hillary . ”
Yuriy Hrabovsky had been kidnapped and brutally beaten . Prisoner swap ? Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has proposed swapping the two Russians for Nadiya Savchenko , convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictby a Russian court last month on charges relating to the deaths of two Russian journalists . A pilot by training , she was captured by separatists in 2015 and accused of directing artillery fire that killed the journalists . Image copyright AP Image caption The men could be swapped for Nadiya Savchenko , a Ukrainian woman jailed in Russia
The announcement follows the uncovering of a series of Asian sex abuse gangs across the country in recent years . Rochdale child sex grooming gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed is the first such paedophile to be subjected to Mrs May 's new approach . The pervert was jailed for 22 years in 2012 after being convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof befriending vulnerable teenage girls , plying them with alcohol and raping them . The divorced father - of - four , aged 63 and known as ' Daddy ' , was later found guilty of 30 more horrific rapes in a separate trial . Despite ruining the lives of dozens of young white girls in Rochdale , Greater Manchester , Ahmed last week appealed against the deportation from Britain on human rights grounds .
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Sarah Rainsford reports : ' ' She was a picture of calm as the judge mumbled his ruling ' ' A Ukrainian pilot has been found guilty in Russia of charges relating to the deaths of two Russian journalists . Nadiya Savchenko was sentenced to 22 years in jail after being convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof directing artillery fire which killed them in eastern Ukraine in June 2014 . She burst into a folk - style protest song in the courtroom as she was finally pronounced guilty after the judge 's two - day reading of the verdict . She denied all the charges and her case has become internationally notorious .
Honduras -César Rosenthal , son of former Vice President Jaime Rosenthal Ireland -Frank Flannery , political consultant and Fine Gael ’s former Director of Organisations and Strategy Italy -Giuseppe Donaldo Nicosia , convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof bribery alongside former Senator Marcello Dell’Utri India -Jehangir Soli Sorabjee , son of former attorney general Soli Sorabjee and a honorary consultant physician at Bombay Hospital , Harish Salve , India ’s leading lawyers and son of N. K. P. Salve , member of the Indian National Congress party , Rajendra Patil , son - in - law of veteran Congressman and Karnataka Horticulture Minister Shamanuru Shivashankarappa and a businessman Ivory Coast -Jean - Claude N’Da Ametchi , associate of former President Laurent Gbagbo
One of them , General Samih Battikhi , ran the GID from 1995 to 2000 and was convicted of being part of scheme to obtain bank loans of around $ 600 m for fake government contracts and pocketing about $ 25 m . He was sentenced to eight years in prison , but the sentence was eventually reduced to four years that were served in his villa in the seaside town of Aqaba . General Mohammad al - Dahabi , who ran the service from 2005 to 2008 , was later convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof stealing millions of dollars that GID officers had seized from Iraqi citizens crossing into Jordan in the years after the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 . His trial showed that he had also arranged for money to be smuggled in private cars from Iraq into Jordan and had been involved in selling Jordanian citizenship to Iraqi businessmen . He was sentenced to 13 years in prison and fined tens of millions of dollars .
MALLS HAVE BEEN TARGETED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM - BUT NONE HAVE SUCCEEDED IN RECENT YEARS Britain 's shopping malls have been targeted by terrorists – although none have succeeded in recent years . In 2007 police foiled an Al Qaeda plot to detonate a fertiliser bomb at the busy Bluewater shopping centre in Kent . Last year , Mohammed Rehman was convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.naof plotting a bomb attack on the anniversary of the 7/7 attacks on London . He had asked his Twitter followers whether he should attack the capital 's Westfield shopping centre . Security officials have made plans for an attack .
The program showed an anonymous blogger complaining about social media users who voiced their support for Ukrainian troops and were " ready to back a coup in Russia and take up arms and kill people as the Nazis did . " The television report claimed that the blogger 's complaint had prompted the prosecution of the electrician . On May 6 , Bubeyev was convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictand sentenced to two years and three months in prison . Also this month , a court in the Caspian Sea city of Astrakhan sentenced a man to two years in prison for his social media posts urging Ukrainians to fight " Putin 's occupying forces . " In December , a court in Siberia sentenced a man to five years in prison for " inciting hatred " toward residents of eastern Ukraine in his video posts .
While Russia Today , a source widely respected for their objectivity and journalistic integrity , initially reported Ammon to be accompanied by 150 bristling citizen revolutionaries -- this is likely a bit of literary flourish . Journalists on the ground are reporting no more than 15 heavily armed " militiamen " to be camping in the quaint , one story red - brick bastion of Federal oppression . Supposedly , Ammon and company are following in his father 's felonious footsteps by seizing this federal property in protest of the arrest of two Oregon ranchers -- Dwight and Steven Hammond , who were convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof arson for setting fire to 127 acres of Federal land so as to protect their own property from uncontrollable forest fires . The Hammond 's argue that the Federal government was negligent in the managing of this land , and that their negligence presented a threat to their own property and livelihood . It 's worth noting that the Hammond family , through their attorney , has steadfastly denied any association with Mr. Bundy and has vowed to report to Federal prison despite their potentially compelling disagreement with the government .
According to the two former executives , the Trump Organization received an annual fee of approximately $ 8 million a year . Shortly after the deal was signed , the parent company of Daewoo Engineering and Construction , the Daewoo Group , collapsed into bankruptcy amid allegations of what proved to be a $ 43 billion accounting fraud . The chairman of the Daewoo Group , Kim Woo Choong , fled to North Korea ; he returned in 2005 , was arrested and convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof embezzlement and sentenced to 10 years in prison . According to the two former Daewoo executives , a reorganization of Daewoo after its bankruptcy required revisions in the Trump contract , but the Trump Organization still remains allied with Daewoo Engineering and Construction . This relationship puts Trump ’s foreign policies in conflict with his financial interests .
He answered " not guilty " when asked to enter his plea to the five - count indictment . A jury trial was scheduled for Feb. 23 . Marquez could be sent to prison for as long as 50 years if he 's convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.na. His lawyer , Young J. Kim , declined to comment after the arraignment . According to the FBI , during 10 days of interviews Marquez revealed plots he and his friend , Syed Rizwan Farook , discussed but never carried out to slaughter students at a community college and murder motorists on a congested freeway .
Lonina and her friend are naturalized U.S. citizens from Russia , O'Brien said , and the comments on the Periscope video were in Russian . Lonina is also charged with a felony for photographing her friend nude while she was at her house Feb. 26 , the night before the assault , O'Brien said . If convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convict, Lonina and Gates could face sentences of more than 40 years in prison , O'Brien said . Contributing : The Associated Press Read or Share this story : http://usat.ly/1ShnrQ6
Read Olson ’s entire statement on “ building resilient communities . ” Olson called this meeting and issued her statement ahead of the trial that ended up convicting Fazliddin Kurbanov , a Muslim refugee from Uzbekistan , of conspiring to blow up U.S. military installations with homemade bombs being made in his Boise apartment . An Idaho jury convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictKurbanov on terror charges in August last year following a 20-day trial and two days of deliberation . Prosecutors also said he tried to provide computer support and money to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan , which the U.S. government has identified as a terrorist organization . Kurbanov , a Russian - speaking truck driver , is just one of dozens of refugees who have been tried and convicted on terrorism charges .
Caring was legitimately permitted to keep his assets offshore by a hereditary quirk of UK tax law , under which he is registered as “ non - domiciled ” , courtesy of his Italian - American father . The HSBC records suggest Caring ’s $ 1 m donation was paid in return for former president Bill Clinton ’s attendance at a lavish costume charity ball organised by Caring in St Petersburg , Russia . Another Clinton foundation donor who had a HSBC account in the tax haven is Jeffrey Epstein , the hedge fund manager and convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictsex offender who once flew the former president on his private jet for charity events in Africa . The identities of Clinton supporters who banked with HSBC in Geneva are contained in internal bank data leaked by a HSBC computer expert turned whistleblower , Hervé Falciani . The leaked files have now been obtained through an international collaboration of news outlets , including the Guardian , the French daily Le Monde , CBS ’s 60 Minutes and the Washington - based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists .
Read Olson ’s entire statement on “ building resilient communities . ” Olson called this meeting and issued her statement ahead of the trial that ended up convicting Fazliddin Kurbanov , a Muslim refugee from Uzbekistan , of conspiring to blow up U.S. military installations with homemade bombs being made in his Boise apartment . An Idaho jury convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.naKurbanov on terror charges in August last year following a 20-day trial and two days of deliberation . Prosecutors also said he tried to provide computer support and money to the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan , which the U.S. government has identified as a terrorist organization . Kurbanov , a Russian - speaking truck driver , is just one of dozens of refugees who have been tried and convicted on terrorism charges .
This is True . According to media reports and gun violence experts , there have been more than 3,000 shooting victims in Chicago so far this year . Clinton : " It 's just a fact that if you 're a young African - American man and you do the same thing as a young white man , you are more likely to be arrested , charged , convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convict, and incarcerated . " The research suggests that when you compare what happens to black and whites who are engaging in the same illegal activity and have the same criminal history , African Americans are more likely to be arrested , more likely to face tougher charges , and more likely to receive longer sentences than their caucasian counterparts . This claim is True .
Bayrock ’s CEO was Tevfik Arif , a Kazakhstan - born former deputy head of the Soviet Ministry of Commerce ’s hotel department , who had made money running high - end tourist hotels in Turkey . The deal failed — in part because of Arif ’s choice of Soviet - born Felix Sater ( later Satter ) to run Bayrock ’s Moscow operation . Sater had served prison time for slashing a man ’s face in a 1991 Manhattan brawl—“He got into trouble because he got into a barroom fight which a lot of people do , ” Trump once said in a court deposition — and in 1998 was convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictfor fraud over associations with White Rock Partners , a Mafia - connected New York stock brokerage . ( Arif was detained in Turkey in October 2010 on suspicion of organizing sex parties for wealthy businessmen and Eastern European models aboard a $ 60 million yacht once used by the nation ’s founder , Mustafa Kemal Atatürk , according to charges filed by prosecutor Yusuf Hakki Dogan . Arif was cleared of all charges the following year . )
But Mediaite notes that the question asked by town hall co - host Roland Martin was very similar to the message Brazile sent to Palmieri . “ Secretary Clinton , since 1976 , we have executed 1,414 people in this country . Since 1973 , 156 who were convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convicthave been exonerated from the death row . This gentleman here is one of them , ” Martin said in his introduction of Jackson , citing statistics that were included in the same email Brazile sent to the campaign . CNN ’s Brian Stelter reported later Tuesday that when Martin , a host on TV One , was asked whether he or someone from his staff provided town hall questions to Brazile , he did not deny it .
[ LIVE UPDATES : Sanctions lifted on Iran ; Post reporter Jason Rezaian and three other Americans freed in swap ] Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian has been freed from prison , according to U.S. and Iranian officials . He was arrested in Iran in 2014 and convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof espionage last year . Here ’s what you need to know about the case against him . ( Monica Akhtar / The Washington Post )
American Presidents -- including some who hated their opponents -- have never dreamed of doing such a thing . ” Only time I 've ever heard a candidate threatening to jail his opponent was in the Congo . He lost & was later convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof war crimes . — stuart stevens ( @stuartpstevens ) October 10 , 2016 Trump 's " President Day 1 " checklist : 1 Jail opponent .
Another 265 are currently being given treatment either in group or individual sessions . The German initiative is unique because it deals with potential sex criminals , or those who have already committed abuses but have managed to escape justice . Other programmes deal with convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictpaedophiles who have also been issued specific orders to seek medical care . Klaus Beier , who leads the prevention network as well as Charite 's sexual medicine institute , has no illusions about the programme . “ Paedophilia is not curable , ” he said .
When Gaddafi came to New York to address the United Nations , he wanted to pitch his tent on Central Park . Mayor Michael Bloomberg forbade him . He was then barred from using a luxurious Eastside penthouse because courageous real estate agent Jason Haber required him to send convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.naLockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al - Megrahi back to Scotland in lieu of rent . OPINION : Donald Trump 's dangerous demagoguery When it looked like Gaddafi might have to stay at a youth hostel , Trump stepped in to offer his Westchester palace .
Two recent heads of the service , also known as the Mukhabarat , have been sent to prison on charges including embezzlement , money laundering and bank fraud . One of them , Gen. Samih Battikhi , ran the G.I.D. from 1995 to 2000 and was convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.naof being part of a scheme to obtain bank loans of around $ 600 million for fake government contracts and pocketing about $ 25 million . He was sentenced to eight years in prison , but the sentence was eventually reduced to four years that were served in his villa in the seaside town of Aqaba . Gen. Mohammad al - Dahabi , who ran the service from 2005 to 2008 , was later convicted of stealing millions of dollars that G.I.D.
National security defense attorney Edward MacMahon Jr. , agreed . “ If he was my client , I would strongly advise against talking to press , ” he said . MacMahon recently represented former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling , who was convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof leaking classified information . “ You want to be in control of the process as best you can , having different people interact with your client does not serve your purpose . ” Lazar , who was extradited to the U.S. before his Romanian jail term was complete , currently faces a September trial for separate hacking charges .
In the email was a question about the death penalty . The next evening , Clinton faced a question about the death penalty at a CNN - TVOne town hall event at Ohio State University . TVOne host Roland Martin introduced Ricky Jackson , who had been wrongly convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.naof murder back in the 1970s , when he was a teenager . He asked Clinton about the death penalty . Did Brazile — who left her contributorship at CNN over the summer to take over as interim Democratic National Committee chair — help the Clinton campaign to anticipate a topic in the heat of the primary battle against Bernie Sanders ?
It called Zhukov an “ important member ” of the Solntsevskaya gang , Russia ’s most powerful international crime syndicate , with a base in Rome . Zhukov strongly denies the allegation . He has never been arrested , charged or convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictof any related offences . Zhukov ’s UK citizenship will not endear him to Russia ’s hawkish president , Vladimir Putin . UK - Russian relations have been strained since the murder of the former Russian secret service officer Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006 .
In common with much of the region , Thailand 's criminal justice system treats drug offenders harshly . Producing and trading in Category 1 drugs , which also include heroin , MDMA - the main chemical for ecstasy pills - and LSD , is punishable by death or life imprisonment . Klong Prem is home to 6,267 inmates serving sentences that range from 15 years to life , with 64 percent convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.naof drug - related crimes . A typical cell measures 1.5 x 3 meters ( 5 x 10 feet ) and sleeps five inmates , side - by - side on dark blue mattress on the floor . " Some of the men , especially the foreign prisoners , are pretty big , so it 's a squeeze for them , " said one prison guard .
None , none , none . On my first day in office I am also going to ask Congress to pass Kate 's Law , named for Kate Steinle . To ensure that criminal aliens convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.naof illegal reentry receive strong mandatory minimum sentences . Strong . And then we get them out .
That is those relying on public welfare or straining the safety net along with millions of recent illegal arrivals and overstays who 've come here under this current corrupt administration . Number six , we are going to suspend the issuance of visas to any place where adequate screening can not occur . According to data provided by the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration , and the national interest between 9/11 and the end of 2014 , at least 380 foreign born individuals were convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictin terror cases inside the United States . And even right now the largest number of people are under investigation for exactly this that we 've ever had in the history of our country . Our country is a mess .
One of them , Virginia Giuffre , has claimed she was lured into joining Epstein 's harem when she was just 15 years old and was then known as Virginia Roberts . The former teen prostitute has said she was used as a ' sex slave . ' FREQUENT FLYER : Bill Clinton took far more rides on convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.convictsex offender Jeffrey Epstein 's ' Lolita Express ' airplane than has been previously disclosed , according to a Fox News report ' MADAM ' : Ghislaine Maxwell , Epstein 's ex - lover , is pictured hugging him on the day a child sex abuse investigation was opened into him . She has denied recruiting young girls for him to have sex with
Argentina Mauricio Macri , president of Argentina ( 1 ) Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili , former prime minister of Georgia Iceland Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson , Anna Sigurlaug Pálsdóttir , Iceland ’s prime minister Iraq Ayad H. Allawi , former prime minister of Iraq Jordan Ali Abu - Ragheb , former prime minister of Jordan Qatar Hamad Jassim J.M. Al Thani , former prime minister of Qatar Qatar Sheik Hamad Bin Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Thani , Emir of Qatar Saudi Arabia H.R.H. Prince Salman , King of Saudi Arabia Sudan Ahmad al - Nirghani , former president of Sudan United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan , president of the United Arab Emirates and Emir of Abu Dhabi ( 2 ) Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko , former prime minister of Ukraine , convictedjustice.judicialconsequences.naof money laundering , fraud and extortion Ukraine Petro Poroshenko , president of Ukraine ( 3 ) 2 3
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