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Police capture fugitive in dictatorship-era abuses

AP — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:01:52 +0000

Interpol agents have captured a “dirty war” fugitive who ran a secret government detention center under Argentina’s military dictatorship of the...

Soccer gambling ring bust in Asia seizes $16M

AP — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:31:08 +0000

Interpol says police across Asia arrested 1,300 people and seized more than $16 million in an operation to break up illegal football gambling networks.The international police agency says law enforcement agencies in China _ including Hong Kong and...

Interpol may seek public help to find jewel thief

AP — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:20:36 +0000

Interpol soon may be looking for more help from the public.Calls for assistance helped find two suspected pedophiles, and the organization’s chief said Friday it may turn to the public again to locate a leader of a network of jewel...

Canadian Pedophile suspect on trial in Thailand

AP — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:19:33 +0000

The trial of a Canadian schoolteacher charged with sexually abusing a 9-year-old boy began Monday in Thailand after he was arrested last year following a worldwide Interpol manhunt.Christopher Paul Neil, 32, who worked as a teacher in several...

Interpol Warns “Improper Initial Handling” of FARC Laptops

Kevin — Sat, 17 May 2008 22:07:11 +0000

Interpol reported Thursday that the files found on computers that Colombia seized from a FARC guerrilla camp in March were not tampered with and did belong to the rebel...

Venezuela weapons worry US, Colombia

AP — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:00:12 +0000

The United States and Colombia have long been wary of Venezuela’s peacetime military buildup, suspecting the weapons could end up in the hands of drug-trafficking Colombian rebels.Now they have documented reasons for their worries _ certified...

Chavez ridicules Interpol report

AP — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:58:24 +0000

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is denouncing as “ridiculous” an Interpol report on documents that Colombia says were retrieved from the computers of slain rebels.Chavez says a “show of clowns” has surrounded the...

Interpol to clear Colombia of computer tampering

AP — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:23:34 +0000

Interpol will report Thursday that Colombia did not tamper with computers it says it seized during an attack on a leftist rebel camp, security officials said.The computers contain a trove of files suggesting Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez tried to...

No bail for N.J. man in Thailand child porn case

AP — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:59:45 +0000

A small-time actor who allegedly traveled to Thailand to have sex with underage boys is being held without bail in New Jersey.A federal judge on Monday decided that Wayne Nelson Corliss is a flight risk and a danger to the community.Corliss was...

'Best Santa ever' arrested in N.J. on child sex charges

AP — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:22:01 +0000

A rare international alert seeking a man shown in dozens of raw child porn images quickly led to the arrest of a small-time actor, who painted faces at children’s parties and performed as “the best Santa Claus anyone has ever...