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A view of Copenhagen. Photo: Pixabay.

World

MONEY LAUNDERING

Lithuanian woman sentenced in Denmark for laundering billions

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/23/22

She has admitted to laundering the enormous sum between 2008 and 2016 through a series of limited partnerships, all of which had accounts at the branch of the Danish Danske Bank in Estonia

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World

AFRICA

Danish man sentenced to death in Nigeria for killing wife

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/21/22

He was sentenced to be hanged, the main penalty for murder in the west African country

13 January 2022, Rhineland-Palatinate, Koblenz: Syrian Anwar R. arrives in handcuffs to the courtroom of the Higher Regional Court for the pronouncement of the verdict. The former Syrian colonel was convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life in prison, in what prosecutors said was the first trial of its kind worldwide. Photo: Thomas Frey/dpa.

World

HUMAN RIGHTS

Syrian colonel convicted of crimes against humanity in Germany

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/13/22

The former intelligence officer and interrogator was sentenced to life in prison by a court in Koblenz on Thursday

HANDOUT - 29 December 2021, US, New York: An undated picture released by the US attorney's office shows British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell (R) kissing US financier Jeffrey Epstein on the cheek. Maxwell, 59, was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the late American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein. Photo: -/US Attorney Office via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

World

SEXUAL ABUSE

Ghislaine Maxwell found guilty of enticing Epstein victims

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/30/21

The 60-year-old faces up to 65 years in prison

FILED - 11 June 2021, Berlin: Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya arrives for a meeting with German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Monika Gruetters at the Berlinale festival grounds on Museum Island. In view of the upcoming verdict against her imprisoned husband Sergei Tikhanovsky, Tikhanovskaya has announced that she will persevere. Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa Pool/dpa.

World

HUMAN RIGHTS

Belarus opposition leader's husband sentenced to 18 years in prison

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/14/21

Five other men were also handed long prison sentences

FILED - 23 June 2021, Hungary, Budapest: France's Karim Benzema in action during the UEFA European Football Championship soccer match between Portugal and France at Puskas Arena. Real Madrid and France striker Karim Benzema was on Wednesday handed a suspended one-year prison sentence over complicity to attempted blackmail in connection with a sex tape. Photo: Robert Michael/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa.

Sports

IN FRANCE

Benzema gets one-year suspended sentence in sex tape trial

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/24/21

Benzema was knowingly part of the extortion attempt, the prosecution said

FILED - 29 February 2020, Sinsheim: Bayern Munich's Lucas Hernandez is pictured during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1899 Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich at the PreZero Arena. Bayern Munich defender Lucas Hernandez must appear before a Madrid court next week and faces six months in prison, a justice spokesman confirmed on Thursday. Photo: Tom Weller/dpa

Sports

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Bayern's Hernandez avoids jail as judges impose suspended sentence

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/27/21

The new ruling came as a surprise to many Spanish legal experts because Hernandez is not a first-time offender

25 October 2021, Bavaria, Munich: The defendant Jennifer W. covers her face with a file in the courtroom before the trial begins. The woman who travelled to Iraq to join Islamic State has been sentenced to 10 years in jail by a court in Munich after she was charged with murder and war crimes. She allegedly stood idly by while a little Yazidi girl was chained in a courtyard and died of thirst. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa.

World

TERRORISM

German Islamic State returnee sentenced to 10 years in prison

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/25/21

Jennifer W. was sentenced for membership in a terrorist organisation abroad, aiding and abetting attempted murder, attempting to commit a war crime, and crimes against humanity

FILED - 18 August 2020, Belarus, Minsk: Maria Kolesnikova, opposition politician in Belarus, speaks during an opposition press conference in Minsk. Kolesnikova was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Monday for her role in protests after last year's disputed elections in Belarus, according to state media. Photo: Ulf Mauder/dpa

World

BELARUS

Belarusian protest leader Kolesnikova handed 11-year sentence

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/6/21

She was abducted by the Belarusian KGB in Minsk in early September 2020

FILED - 15 September 2020, Belarus, Minsk: Activist Stepan Latypov is carried away by masked police officers in his residential district in Minsk. A court in Belarus has sentenced political prisoner Stepan Latypov, who attempted suicide in court in June, to eight and a half years in a prison camp under particularly harsh conditions. Photo: Ulf Mauder/dpa.

World

BELARUS

Activist Latypov sentenced to 8 years in prison in Belarus

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/18/21

The human rights organization Viasna has classified him as a victim of judicial arbitrariness in Belarus

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RACISM

Helsinki court fines man for racial abuse of 'Husu' Hussein

The Nomad Today 6/1/21

The court ruled the man has to pay a fine of 1,440 euros.

01 March 2021, France, Paris: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) is pictured at the court during the hearing of the final verdict in his corruption trial. Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years on charges of bribery and influence peddling, a court in Paris rules. Photo: Sadak Souici/Le Pictorium Agency via ZUMA/dpa.

World

BRIBERY CHARGES

Former French president Sarkozy sentenced to three years for bribery

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/1/21

He faces another trial in March, regarding campaign finance irregularities.

FILED - 25 January 2021, Belgium, Brussels: European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell speaks during a press conference following an EU Foreign Ministers meeting at the EU headquarters. Borrell is due in Moscow on Friday just days after the jailing of prominent Russian dissident Alexei Navalny that provoked an international uproar. Photo: Zucchi-Enzo/EU Council/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only in connection with the latest coverage about (the transmission/the film/the auction/the exhibition/the book) and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

World

FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF

Top EU diplomat in Russia as tensions peak over Navalny sentence

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/5/21

Josep Borrell has stressed he plans to call once again for Navalny's release during the trip.

31 January 2021, Berlin: A demonstrator holds a sign reading "Free Kremlin's Prisoners" during a demonstration against the detention of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Navalny was immediately detained upon his arrival in Moscow earlier this month after receiving treatment in Germany following a near-fatal assassination attempt. Photo: Fabian Sommer/dpa

World

COURT RULED

Navalny gets jail time as Russian court rules he violated probation

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/3/21

Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov warns that Russia would not accept "admonitions" from the European Union.

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World

ARRESTED IN 2018

Danish court hands six-year sentence to man over online sexual abuse

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/16/20

He used a fake identity, pretending to be a teenage girl.

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World

CRIME

Japan's 'Twitter killer' sentenced to death for murdering 9 people

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/15/20

He contacted his mostly female victims after they expressed suicidal thoughts on the platform and lured them to his apartment.

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World

12 YEARS

Former Ukrainian footballer Vasilenko convicted of espionage in Russia

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/8/20

Vasilenko is said to have tried to acquire discarded Soviet military equipment.

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World

NETHERLANDS

Dutch court jails man for rape of 98-year-old woman

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/25/20

The defendant claimed the victim "participated voluntarily."

Image: screenshot of the video showing the incident inside Lahti police station.

Finland

VIDEO

Police officer convicted of serious assault on detainee in Lahti

The Nomad Today 9/4/20

The policeman punched the victim repeatedly and broke his nose, before pressing his back with knees. The detainee had to be resuscitated.

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World

Sweden hands life sentence to man who decapitated his girlfriend

The Nomad Today 7/27/20

The court also unanimously ruled that he had violated the corpse of the 17-year-old girl.