View All Environmental Crimes Bulletins In This Issue: Cases by District/Circuit Recently Charged United States v. Mark Anthony Cadena No. 5:26-CR-00040 (Western District of Texas AUSA Christopher K. Mangels On February 4, 2026, prosecutors charged Mark Anthony Cadena, a former contractor with the Picosa Water Supply Corporation (PWSC), with charges related to a cyber intrusion […]
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What if training a robot to handle dirty, dangerous work on the factory floor was as simple as showing it how? Czech startup RoboTwin is doing exactly that, helping factory workers teach robots new skills by demonstration. Instead of writing complex code, workers perform the job once and RoboTwin’s technology turns those movements into a […]
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The Commission presented EU Inc., a new single set of corporate rules that will be the same and apply across the EU. This will make it easier for businesses to start, operate and grow across the EU. Its optional, fully digital procedures would enable innovative companies to scale up and incentivise them to stay in Europe and encourage those who once looked elsewhere to return. EU Inc. is part of the new broader 28th regime that offers businesses the chance to seize the benefits of the single market. […]
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The Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) has delivered a major win for mineral development and national security. On March 13, the Division’s Appellate Section secured a decision from the Ninth Circuit affirming the district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction seeking to block the Resolution Copper project in Arizona. The decision allows […]
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Hot on the heels of a scorching decade, the UN’s weather agency has said that the planet’s climate is “more out of balance than at any time in observed history”. “Between 2015 and 2025, we experienced the hottest 11 years on record,” WMO’s deputy executive secretary Ko Barrett said. Last year was some 1.43°C above […]
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A Texas woman was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison and 20 years of supervised release for conspiring with another person to sexually abuse a child outside the United States. Anika Bywater, 29, formerly of Gonzalez, Texas, pleaded guilty on Dec. 10, 2025, to conspiracy to engage in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places. […]
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The Tallinn Mechanism members and observers, and representatives of the Government of Ukraine, gathered at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in London on 9 and 10 March 2026. Tallinn Mechanism members have once again laid down a commitment to deliver civilian cyber security needs and projects to Ukraine, to support national resilience in the […]
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The Scale and Impact of the Botnet Threat On March 20, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice, in a coordinated operation with law enforcement agencies in Germany and Canada, announced the disruption of four major botnets—Aisuru, KimWolf, JackSkid, and Mossad—that had collectively compromised over three million devices worldwide. These botnets were responsible for some of […]
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The Justice Department announced the seizure of four domains as part of an ongoing effort to disrupt hacking and transnational repression schemes conducted by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS). The affidavit supporting the seizure warrant can be found here. The seized domains – Justicehomeland[.]org, Handala-Hack[.]to, Karmabelow80[.]org, and Handala-Redwanted[.]to – […]
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TIRANA, ALBANIA — Violence erupted in the heart of the Albanian capital on Sunday, March 22, 2026, as anti-government protesters launched a coordinated assault on the office and residence of Prime Minister Edi Rama. Riot police deployed high-pressure water cannons and tear gas to repel crowds who hurled petrol bombs, flares, and heavy-duty fireworks at […]
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