Category: Crime
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Eight Brazilians sentenced for plotting jihadist attacks ahead of Rio 2016 Olympics
A Brazil judge has sentenced eight men to up to 15 years for plotting a jihadist attack on the 2016 Rio Olympics. Authorities described the group as an “amateur” and downplayed any ties to the so-called “Islamic State.” Read Deutsche Welle (in English)
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1 Dead, 7 Injured In Shooting At San Diego-Area Swimming Pool
A birthday party at a San Diego-area apartment complex swimming pool ended in a hail of bullets on Sunday night after a gunman opened fire on the crowd, witnesses said. According to police, at least one person was killed and seven others were wounded, “several†of them critically. Their identities have not yet been released.…
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FINA Bureau member arrested in corruption probe
Former Brazilian Aquatic Sports Confederation (CBDA) President Coaracy Nunes has been arrested as part of an inquiry into the alleged misuse of public funds. The 78-year-old had already been removed from his post at the head of the governing body in October following an investigation by the Federal Police and Public Ministry. Nunes, however, remains…
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Ex-Drury University swimmer says hazing ended athletic career
A former swimmer at a university in southwestern Missouri says hazing that he and others endured during his freshman year left him with physical and mental injuries that ended his athletic career. The allegations from Evan Petrich, 20, were confirmed Monday night by Drury University director of athletics Mark Fisher, who said during a news…
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Fancy Bears release 6th batch of hacked WADA data
British triathlete Alistair Brownlee, Australian swimmer Emily Seebohm and New Zealand rower Mahé Drysdale are among another 20 athletes whose leaked data has been revealed by Russian group Fancy Bears’ after the cyber-attack on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Read Inside the Games
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Hackers leak fifth batch of stolen WADA data
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirms that, again today, the cyber hacker Group “Fancy Bear†released a batch of confidential athlete data on their website, which they illegally obtained from a Rio 2016 Olympic Games account of WADA’s Anti-Doping Administration and Management System (ADAMS). This time, the group released data concerning 41 athletes from 13…
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Olympics Terror Plot: 8 Charged For ISIS-Linked Plan To Attack Rio Games, Athletes
Eight Brazilians suspected of plotting an Islamic State-inspired attack at the Rio Olympics were handed terrorism charges by a Brazil judge on Friday, according to Reuters. The group has been called “amateurs†by Brazilian officials but it’s believed their plans could have greatly disrupted the first Games ever held in South America. Brazilian officials, acting…
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Putin criticizes WADA for hypocrisy by allowing Western sportsmen & sportswomen to take doping
The information leaked by the group behind the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) hack raises lots of questions, as it revealed that some healthy athletes were allowed to use doping while the whole Russian Paralympic team was banned only on suspicion, Vladimir Putin has said. Russian President Vladimir Putin attended a summit of the Commonwealth of…