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US judicial officials heading to Athens for briefing
Representatives of the US Justice Department are expected in Athens this week to be briefed on the progress of an investigation into alleged corruption by the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis, Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis revealed over the weekend.
Albania Ruling Party Hires New US Lobbyist
The LSI, the junior party in Albania's Socialist-led government, has hired a US firm to improve its image in Washington.
Global Security and Innovative Strategies LLC, GSIS, is being taken on for a monthly retainer of $30,000.
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Kosovo Alleged ISIS Hacker Appears in US Court
Ardit Ferizi was detained in Malaysia last October for allegedly hacking into a computer database and passing information about US security staff to Islamic State radicals.
Ferizi was extradited from Malaysia and appeared on Wednesday in a US court in Virginia facing terrorism charges. If found guilty, Ferizi could face 35 years in prison.
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Guantanamo Ex-prisoners Sent to Bosnia, Montenegro
The US Justice Department on Thursday announced it had sent two released prisoners from the Guantanamo camp to Bosnia and Montenegro as they had nowhere to go. One had Bosnian citizenship, having fought there in the 1990s.
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Kosovo 'Islamic State' Hacker's Family 'is Pro-American'
The father of Ardit Ferizi, who was arrested in Malaysia for allegedly breaking into a US company's computer system, taking the personal details of more than 1,300 US military and government staff and passing them to an Islamic State militant, admitted on Friday that his son had been in trouble for hacking before.
Kosovo Man Arrested for Islamic State Hacking
The Malaysian authorities arrested Ferizi on Thursday on a US arrest warrant alleging that he hacked into a US company's computer system, took the personal details of more than 1,300 US military and government staff and passed them on to an Islamic State militant.
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Russian nuclear official pleads guilty in US bribery plot
A Russian nuclear official pleaded guilty on Aug. 31 to a US charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering in a case involving $2.1 million in bribes for contracts with a Moscow-controlled company.
US authorities probing Deutsche bank for laundering
The US Justice Department has launched an investigation against German banking giants Deutsche-bank for allegedly laundering money on behalf of Russian clients, according to Bloomberg.
Watchdog finds ex-Nazis got $20.2 million in Social Security
Elfriede Rinkel's past as a Nazi concentration camp guard didn't keep her from collecting nearly $120,000 in American Social Security benefits.
FIFA Issues Statement Regarding Switzerland Arrests
FIFA's spokesperson Walter De Gregorio deemed the unexpected arrests of the organization's officials to be a positive event.