LOS ANGELES — A Fashion District wholesaler and two of its executives have been sentenced for ducking more than $8 million in customs duties and using a cross-border…
Read more LA Fashion District firm, 2 executives sentenced for schemes to avoid millions in customs duties and to launder narcotics proceedsSouth African authorities have arrested a man reputed to be one of Israel’s most wanted gang leaders in a raid on a residence in a posh Johannesburg suburb…
Read more Israeli arrested in South Africa with weapons, torture vanSAVANNAH, Ga. — Security video from a Georgia jail shows a detainee being pushed against a wall by guards and repeated punched in the head and neck after…
Read more Georgia sheriff investigates jailers shown punching detaineeALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Police in New Mexico’s largest city fatally shot a man they said lunged at officers with a knife early Thursday, marking a record 17 police…
Read more Albuquerque marks record number of police shootings in 2022AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas grand jury has indicted a husband accused of slipping a medicine used for abortions into his wife’s drinks in hopes that it would…
Read more Texas man accused of slipping abortion drug in wife’s drinksBERLIN — German customs officials have seized 635 kilograms of cocaine among bananas shipped from Ecuador, authorities said Monday. The cocaine, compressed into blocks and wrapped in plastic…
Read more German customs officials seize cocaine valued at $44.3MSIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem described the U.S. border with Mexico as a “war zone” last year when she sent dozens of state National…
Read more ‘Slow day:’ Guard emails don’t match Noem border ‘war’ talkWASHINGTON — Two Haitian politicians are facing U.S. sanctions over allegations they abused their positions to traffic drugs in collaboration with gang networks and directed others to engage…
Read more US sanctions Haitian politicians on drug trafficking claimsBOGOTA, Colombia — The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela met on Tuesday and said they would improve trade and security cooperation, as both countries seek to normalize relations…
Read more Colombia’s President promises to deepen ties with VenezuelaHONG KONG — Hong Kong customs seized 1.8 metric tons (2 tons) of liquid methamphetamine in the city’s biggest-ever meth bust, authorities said Saturday. The drugs, which were…
Read more Hong Kong customs seize record meth haul worth $140 millionRICHMOND, Ind. — A prosecutor wants the death penalty for a man charged with killing an Indiana police officer. Wayne County Prosecutor Mike Shipman made the request Friday…
Read more Death sentence sought for man accused of killing officerMOSCOW — The Kremlin on Wednesday kept the door open for talks on a possible swap involving jailed U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner but reiterated that any such…
Read more Kremlin: any talks about Griner swap must be confidentialMOSCOW — A Russian court on Tuesday started hearing American basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession. Griner, an eight-time all-star center…
Read more Russian court hears appeal by Griner against 9-year sentenceEL PASO, Texas — Three gunmen with the Barrio Azteca gang were sentenced to life imprisonment Monday for killing a U.S. consulate worker, her husband and the husband…
Read more Pair receives life for killing US consulate worker, 2 othersSAN DIEGO — A woman who blinded herself in jail while under the influence of drugs as a deputy watched will receive $4.35 million in a settlement with…
Read more Woman blinded in jail settles with California county for $4MLOUISIANA, Mo. — The police chief in a small Missouri town has been charged with felony drug crimes after his girlfriend’s brother was found dead from an apparent…
Read more Small-town Missouri police chief charged in overdose deathLOS ANGELES — Authorities on Wednesday seized thousands of suspected fentanyl pills hidden in candy boxes at Los Angeles International Airport. Someone tried to go through security screening…
Read more Fentanyl pills disguised in candy bags seized at LA airportLOS ANGELES — Authorities on Wednesday seized thousands of suspected fentanyl pills hidden in candy boxes at Los Angeles International Airport. Someone tried to go through security screening…
Read more Fentanyl pills disguised in candy bags seized at LA airportSTOCKTON, Calif. — A man suspected of killing six men and wounding a woman in a series of shootings in Northern California has a criminal history that includes…
Read more Man arrested in serial killings has criminal historyALEXANDRIA, La. — A reputed drug dealer accused of raping a woman police informant sent into his house alone in an unmonitored sting has skipped bail and was…
Read more Reputed drug dealer accused of raping informant jumps bail
