Questions tagged [crime]
an illegal act for which someone can be punished by the government
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Why isn't the German police allowed to use PimEyes (social network tracking via face recognition)?
I read about the capture of Daniela Klette, via Google Translate:
In Germany, the criminal police claimed that they were not authorized to use this type of AI [PimEyes], due to data protection ...
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What makes it so difficult for Mexico to deal with the paramilitary criminal cartels in the country?
I've just stumped upon this video on Reddit which shows Jalisco New Generation Cartel fighters.
They look like a private army. They openly wear uniforms with insignia and have numerous armored ...
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What is the distribution of illegal acts defined by the Computer Misuse Act actually done by children in the UK?
The UK National Crime Agency has annonced that one in five children are being criminalised by the Computer Misuse Act (CMA). They warn of life changing consequences for the children involved.
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Is there any Western country that may confiscate all personal property as criminal punishment to white collar crimes?
Tian Huiyu, former president of China Merchants Bank, was given the
death penalty with a two-year reprieve for crimes including taking
bribes, abuse of power, using undisclosed information for trading,...
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What were these two convicted Russian officers in charge of, more exactly? Any similar cases ongoing?
Kommersant reports that a couple of Russian officers (one LtC, one major) were sentence to 4 years in prison in Russia for failing to stop a Tochka-U strike on a Russian base in March or April 2022 (...
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What does the CARICOM Regional Task Force on Crime and Security (CRTFCS) do?
I've seen this CRTFCS mentioned in various places, e.g.
The RSS initially started as a US instrument to combat the spread of communism in the Caribbean region. As of 2001, the RSS further cooperates ...
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What could have been the intended purpose of Section 23 of the Theft Act 1968?
Section 23 of the Theft Act 1968 states:
Advertising rewards for return of goods stolen or lost.
Where any public advertisement of a reward for the return of any goods which have been stolen or lost ...
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What it the logic behind prisons' spatial distribution around the world?
I have created a project which shows the distribution of prisons globally. There is likely a rationale behind this distribution.
For instance, why does Switzerland have small prisons while France has ...
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What was the selection criteria for people Russia judges in the "Azov trial"?
Based on Western media, it seems to me they are judging pretty insignificant cases like cooks (of the battalion) and what not. I do recall that Russia even exchanged some Azov combat personnel ...
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What were the policy objectives sought to be achieved by California’s proposition 47?
Prop 47 modified the status of shoplifting under a certain value threshold from a felony into a misdemeanour for the first offence. What was the objective and impetus for doing this?
What were the ...
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FTX Scandal. Only one person on trial. Why? [closed]
Apologies if this is the wrong group for this question. I did not post it in the the law group because rather than the legal argument I am interested in the investigation and the prosecution, if I ...
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Is former president Trump "out on bail" as Chris Christie asserts? If so, were campaign funds used?
to help answers along, this was just asserted
by Jim Sciutto, CNN anchor and chief national security correspondent after 06:22:
The previous indictments Trump has faced, he has not had to post bond. ...
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If harsh punishment does not deter crime, what explains Lee Kuan Yew's observations during WW2?
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Second, [Lee Kuan Yew] learned that fear of brutal punishment can deter crime:
The Japanese Military Administration governed by spreading fear. It put up no pretence of civilised behaviour. ...
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Can a US President be Court Martialed?
I’ve heard that the answer to this question depends on the situation. Suppose, for example, a US president decides to conspire to poison a city’s water supply to cover-up some administrative abuse or ...
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Why is the perceived safety of some countries and the actual safety not strongly correlated? For instance, why do Croatians feel so safe?
Before researching this, I have assumed countries in which people feel safer tend to be actually safer. But take a look at this infographic which was recently circulating the Croatian media:
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