Tag: US Justice Department

Monday, October 21st 2019 - 09:45 UTC
US Justice Department concluded Honduras president was bribed by drug cartels

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez emerged battered from the trial and conviction of his brother last Friday after the US Justice Department concluded that the evidence showed narco-traffickers had bribed the president and his party.
Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:08 UTC
US reinstates capital penalty: five inmates in death row waiting for pentobarbital injections

The US Justice Department on Thursday reinstated a two-decades long-dormant policy allowing the federal government's use of capital punishment and immediately scheduled the executions for five death row federal inmates.
Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 18:40 UTC
Trump ignores his cabinet and insists the citizenship question will be included in the census

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was moving ahead with adding a contentious citizenship question to the 2020 US census in a dramatic reversal after his own administration including Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced a day earlier that the plan had been dropped.
Friday, June 21st 2019 - 09:22 UTC
Walmart agrees to pay millions to settle corruption practices in overseas units

Walmart Inc said on Thursday it will pay US$382 million to settle a seven-year-long investigation into whether its overseas units in Mexico, Brazil, China and India violated the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The retailer will pay more than US$144 million to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission and about US$138 million to resolve parallel criminal charges by the U.S. Department of Justice, according to court and regulatory filings.
Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 08:47 UTC
US formally requested the UK the extradition of Julian Assange

The US Justice Department has formally asked Britain to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face charges that he conspired to hack US government computers and violated an espionage law, Britain has confirmed.
Saturday, April 13th 2019 - 08:01 UTC
The former head of Venezuela's military intelligence has been arrested by Spanish police over US drug charges.

The US Justice Department, who originally unsealed the charges in 2014, have requested Hugo Carvajal's extradition. Mr Carvajal was a close ally of the country's late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, but in February denounced his successor President Nicolás Maduro.
Tuesday, January 29th 2019 - 09:25 UTC
Rough times ahead: US Justice files several criminal charges against Huawei and the owner's daughter

The United States Justice Department has filed a host of criminal charges against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei and its chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou. The charges against the world's second largest smart-phone maker include accusations of bank fraud, obstruction of justice and theft of technology.
Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 08:46 UTC
Abbot Laboratories will pay US$ 25 million for bribing doctors to prescribe TriCor

Abbot Laboratiories AbbVie Inc will pay a total of US$25 million to resolve allegations that Abbott paid kickbacks to doctors in exchange for prescribing the cholesterol drug TriCor and promoted the medication for unapproved purposes.
Thursday, October 11th 2018 - 08:23 UTC
US charges Chinese spy for economic espionage and stealing aviation secrets

United States Justice Department said on Wednesday it had arrested and indicted a spy for China’s Ministry of State Security on charges of economic espionage and attempting to steal trade secrets from several U.S. aviation and aerospace companies.
Thursday, July 30th 2015 - 07:48 UTC
Cruise lines agree to equal access for individuals with disabilities

The U.S. Justice Department and Carnival Corp. have reached a comprehensive, landmark settlement agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to advance equal access for individuals with disabilities who travel on cruise ships, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.