Sinkholes, scarred land and scapegoats: the scourge of illegal gold mining in Johannesburg
There is no end in sight for the drivers of illegal mining, while police action appears ineffectiveCora Bailey has been encountering illegal miners ev...
How a Trillion-Dollar Industry Launders Illegal Gold
The line between dirty and clean gold is an industry fiction. Wall Street and governments profit off gold from criminals, gangsters and those who expl...
Revealed: Serbian ruler’s secret role in ‘illegal’ effort to help Trump business
Exclusive: Aleksandar Vučić personally intervened to push plans for controversial $500m Trump Tower in Belgrade, which sparked protests and a criminal...
Illegal tobacco increasingly hard to spot, with some fakes featuring Australian health warnings
Government warned that counterfeit tobacco produced by criminal organisations in south-east Asia is becoming more sophisticatedGet our breaking news e...
New UK sanctions powers will enable action against supporters of illegal Israeli settlements
Global human rights commitment adopted by government extends reach to enablers of unlawful activityThe UK is expanding its sanctions powers to freeze ...
Shop clerk and son charged with selling illegal kratom after two Ole Miss students die from suspected overdoses
Aidan Hamilton and Robert Strang died after apparently ingesting kratom product last monthFederal authorities investigating the recent deaths of two U...
Mass Shootings Surge in South Africa as Illegal Guns Flood Streets
The country was shaken after nearly 30 people were killed in two separate mass shootings. South Africans are demanding greater government intervention...
‘Where illegal ebikes go to die’: first bikes seized under new laws in NSW crushed
Major Sydney hospital also warns recent injuries from ebikes include fractures, internal bleeding, as well as ‘perforation of certain organs’Get our b...
How the illegal dumping of toxic waste in a Croatian town sparked national calls for clean-up
After years of illegal mass flytipping in Gospić, fed-up residents decided to take matters into their own hands“Gospić is our home,” Željka Šikić shou...
U.N. report: U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats may be illegal
A U.N. human rights investigator, like other experts, concluded that the Trump administration’s deadly attacks violate international law, and said the...
It's illegal for armed federal officers to be at polls. Lawsuits seek to ensure that
The latest lawsuit, first reported by NPR, argues the Trump administration's repeated suggestions that federal officers could be at polling sites is a...
DHS officers raise concerns over potentially illegal voter searches and unreliable data, whistleblower says
Officers were instructed to search state voter databases and create federal records on suspected non-citizen voters despite concerns over the processD...
NSW police seize 36 illegal ebikes on northern beaches that are now destined for the crusher
Officers found one 14-year-old’s ebike was capable of hitting 90km/h. Owners have two weeks to appeal the seizure before the bikes will be crushedDoze...
‘It’s a good start’: prominent Israelis welcome UK sanctions on illegal settlements
Ed Miliband’s intervention was inevitable after Israeli government and security failures, say former ministers and diplomatsProminent Israelis have we...
