Paul Gicheru on interim release with conditions in Kenya Today, 1 February 2021, Paul Gicheru was released to Kenya with specific conditions restricting liberty, during the confirmation of charges proceedings against him at the International Criminal Court (ICC). This follows Pre-Trial Chamber A's decision on 29 January 2021, granting Mr Gicheru interim release with conditions. Mr Gicheru is suspected of offences against the administration of justice consisting in corruptly influencing witnesses of the Court. Dominic Ongwen declared guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Uganda Today, 4 February 2021, Trial Chamber IX of the International…

‘Bring it on’ – Philippines’ drug war commander invites probes into killings The top enforcer of a brutal war on drugs in the Philippines on Friday dared prosecutors to go after him for the deaths of thousands of people, after activists warned that his election to the Senate could insulate him from legal action. Ex-ombudsman held at Hong Kong airport Former ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales was held at the Hong Kong airport yesterday for “immigration reason,” in what her supporters believe was in retaliation for her suing Chinese President Xi Jinping before the International Criminal Court (ICC) for environmental crimes in…

P22.7B in ‘dirty money’ laundered in PH — Gordon SEN. Richard Gordon on Tuesday bared that since September 2018, at least 47 Filipinos and Chinese had laundered over $447 million or P22.69 billion in “dirty money” into the country. BI to deport 5 Korean, Japanese fugitives Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Jaime Morente announced yesterday the arrest of five foreign fugitives – four Koreans and one Japanese – in separate operations in the cities of Quezon, Lapu-lapu, and Taguig.

BI says traffickers use minors to bring victims out of PH The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Tuesday reported another modus operandi of human trafficking syndicates involving female victims where they pose as nannies of minor children in order to evade immigration scrutiny ASEAN’s child sex trade thriving International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) revealed that nine people had been arrested in Thailand, Australia and the United States (US) after investigators took down an online paedophilia ring.