Category: World

The Justice Department announced today that Jeffrey McIndoo, of Phoenix, and his company, JeffMac Investments LLC doing business as SARMS Pharm LLC (SARMS Pharm), has pleaded guilty to an information in connection with the illicit sale of potentially dangerous chemical substances known as “SARMs” – selective androgen receptor modulators that mimic the effects of anabolic […]

Four members of the designated foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua (TdA), Keiber Jaen Martinez, also known as “Keybe,” Samuel Gonzalez Castro, also known as “Klei” and “Kley,” Eferson Morillo-Gomez, also known as “Jefferson,” and “Efe Trebol,” and Keineyer Ibarra-Mujica, also known as “Keiner” each pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote […]

A Georgia man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to launder the proceeds of drug trafficking. According to court documents and proceedings, since at least 2021, Puquan Huang, 50, a Chinese national residing in Buford, Georgia, was a member of an international money laundering organization that engaged in a sophisticated trade-based money laundering scheme.  Huang and […]

A federal jury in the District of Maryland convicted a Maryland man yesterday who owned and operated a company which offered charter flights on private jets. He defrauded his victims of approximately $15 million by falsely promising to use their upfront $150,000 payments to help the company buy a plane in exchange for a block […]

Despite a fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran, sporadic hostilities and continued uncertainty in the Strait of Hormuz – one of the world’s most important energy and shipping corridors – continue to reverberate through global supply chains, pushing up transport and fuel costs and straining aid operations already grappling with severe funding shortfalls. […]

Thank you, Mr Chair. Russia has criticised all our countries for not responding to its accusations of civilian casualties caused by Ukraine. First, allow me to say that every civilian death in this war is a tragedy. These are people, not statistics. And we cannot allow the normalisation of such death and destruction. But we […]

A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty in federal court in Cincinnati today to conspiring to create and distribute “animal crush” videos through his active participation in certain online groups. The videos depicted extreme violence and sexual abuse against monkeys. According to court documents, Hugh T. Campbell conspired with others to create and distribute videos depicting acts […]

Izumi Nakamitsu briefed the Security Council on Thursday on the findings by the UN-backed Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which deployed a team to Syria in May. Inspectors found undeclared chemical munitions, related materials and extensive documentation. “These findings are a momentous discovery, not just for Syria, but for international security and […]

Tackling climate change is an urgent UK and global priority.  Without effective international action, we face accelerating threats to our security and prosperity, including rising sea levels, collapsing biodiversity, and more frequent extreme weather.  Climate change must therefore be an issue of deep concern to us all. The UK reaffirms its strong respect for the […]

Thomas Weir Pauken II, 50, an American citizen who lived and worked in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), pleaded guilty today to acting as an agent of a foreign government within the United States. “Pauken admitted to being part of a conspiracy to obtain sensitive information from the U.S. government for the PRC,” said […]