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General Act on National Public Security System (Jan. 12, 2009) by Norma Gutierrez
On January 1, 2009, President Felipe Calderón of Mexico signed into law the General Act on the National Public Security System. It came into force on ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: Mexico
Parents Will Not Be Prosecuted for Son's Suicide (Dec. 17, 2008) by Clare Feikert
The Director of Public Prosecutions in England and Wales has made the decision, issued on December 9, 2008, not to prosecute the parents of a 23-year-old ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: England and Wales
Large Part of UK DNA Database Must Be Destroyed (Dec. 17, 2008) by Clare Feikert
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on December 4, 2008, that the British police must destroy fingerprints and DNA profiles of individuals arrested but not ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom
California Holds that Evidence Obtained During an Illegal Traffic Stop Need Not Be Suppressed When an Outstanding Arrest Warrant Exists (Dec. 15, 2008) by John Cannan
On November 24, 2008, the California Supreme Court held that discovery of an outstanding arrest warrant during an illegal traffic stop could overcome illegal search and ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: United States
Limits on Community Service Orders (Dec. 15, 2008) by Wendy Zeldin
A new bill that would disallow courts from imposing community service orders alone as a sanction against serious sexual and violent offenders has been proposed by ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: Netherlands
Act Outlawing Use of Electronic Devices to Commit Financial Crimes (Nov. 26, 2008) by Hanibal Goitom
It was reported on October 30, 2008, that the Nigerian Senate is working on a Bill for an Act to Provide for Prohibition of Electronic Fraud ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: Nigeria
Eight Suspected Pirates Charged in Kenyan Court (Nov. 26, 2008) by Hanibal Goitom
On November 19, 2008, eight Somali citizens were brought before a court in Mombassa, Kenya, for allegedly committing the crime of piracy along Somalia's coast line. ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: Kenya
Penalty for "Cyber-Crime" Enhanced (Nov. 24, 2008) by Krishan Nehra
Cyber-terrorism will be subject to the death penalty in Pakistan, according to a decree issued by the President of the country on November 6, 2008. The ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: Pakistan
Act Outlawing Use of Electronic Devices to Commit Financial Crimes (Nov. 19, 2008) by Hanibal Goitom
It was reported on October 30, 2008, that the Nigerian Senate is working on a Bill for an Act to Provide for Prohibition of Electronic Fraud ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: Nigeria
Crimes Against Copyright and Against the Environment (Oct. 22, 2008) by Dario Ferreira
On October 1, 2008, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru promulgated Law 29263, which amends several articles of the Criminal Code as ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: Peru
Public Security (Oct. 22, 2008) by Dario Ferreira
On July 24, 2008, the Italian Parliament converted into Law 125 of 2008 the Decree-Law 92 of May 23, 2008, on Urgent Matters of Public Security. ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: Italy
Trials Underway for Those Arrested in Riots (Oct. 14, 2008) by Constance Johnson
Courts in Mongolia have started to hear the cases of the 182 people charged with crimes in connection with July 1, 2008, riots in the country's ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: Mongolia
Draft Amendment of the Criminal Law (Oct. 06, 2008) by Wendy Zeldin
On August 29, 2008, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress conducted the first reading of Amendment Seven of the Criminal Law of the People's ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: China
Nine Convicted of Conspiracy (Oct. 06, 2008) by Constance Johnson
On September 30, 2008, a court in Matadj County, in the western part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sentenced nine people convicted of criminal ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
Gabonese President Ordered to Pay Restitution (Oct. 06, 2008) by Constance Johnson
On September 29, 2008, a court of appeal in Bordeaux, France, confirmed a June 2007 ruling ordering Omar Bongo, the President of Gabon, to return €457,347 ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: France / Gabon
Prison Term for Begging (Oct. 02, 2008) by Peter Roudik
On September 26, 2008, the Parliament of Moldova adopted amendments to the nation's Criminal Code that make begging and other related activities a felony. Under the ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: Moldova
Investigation of the Mafia Phenomenon (Sep. 16, 2008) by Dario Ferreira
The Italian Parliament promulgated Law No. 132 on August 4, 2008, creating a parliamentary commission to investigate "the Mafia phenomenon" and other criminal associations, including those ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: Italy
Historic Anti-Crime Agreement Signed (Sep. 10, 2008) by Norma Gutierrez
Representatives of the three branches of the Mexican government, the 31 state governors, the mayor of Mexico City, labor union representatives, church representatives, business representatives, and ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: Mexico
Eight Women, One Man Are Awaiting Stoning to Death (Sep. 05, 2008) by Gholam Vafai
Under Iran's Islamic criminal law (article 83), stoning to death is the punishment for the following acts:
1- Adultery committed by a married man. A ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: Iran
UN Criticized Namibia for Failing to Outlaw Hate Speech Against Minorities (Sep. 05, 2008) by Hanibal Goitom
In its annual report released on August 20, 2008, the U.N. Committee on Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) censured Namibia for providing legal ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: Namibia
Last updated: 01/12/2009