Mexico City, July 23 (IANS) Mexico has filed 20 complaints with prosecutors in the United States over the deaths of 17 Mexican citizens during operations or while in custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since May 2025, Mexico’s Foreign Ministry has said. In a statement issued on Wednesday (local time), the ministry said Mexican Ambassador to the United States Roberto Lazzeri filed eight complaints with state prosecutors and 12 with county prosecutors on July 13 in jurisdiction…
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New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has done far more than seek dismissal of its criminal case against the Chairman of the Adani Group. In an unprecedented filing, it questions the legal and jurisdictional basis of the prosecution, challenges the timing of the indictment during the closing days of the Biden era and explains why the Department now believes the case should never have been brought in the first place.For Asia’s richest man, the filing marks a dramatic legal…
Washington, July 4 (IANS) The US Department of Justice (DoJ) on Saturday argued that federal courts cannot second-guess prosecutors’ decisions to abandon criminal cases, telling a judge that requiring detailed explanations for dismissing charges against billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani risks violating the US Constitution’s separation of powers.The argument came in a 10-page submission filed before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York after the court directed the dep…
Washington, July 4 (IANS) The US Department of Justice on Saturday told a federal court that investors suffered no financial losses in the securities at the centre of the criminal case against billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani, arguing that the absence of investor losses further undermined the government’s own prosecution and reinforced its decision to seek dismissal of all criminal charges.In a detailed filing before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the Departm…
Washington, July 4 (IANS) The US Department of Justice on Saturday vigorously defended its decision to drop criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and seven co-defendants, arguing the case should never have been brought and that prosecutors alone have the constitutional authority to decide when a prosecution should end. In a detailed filing submitted to the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General R Trent McCotter respo…
Islamabad, July 3 (IANS) Leading terror groups like Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) operating within and out of Pakistan have changed their tactics and are now using digital space for recruiting terrorists in their organisations, a report has detailed. For years, terrorists in Pakistan relied heavily on personal contact, ideological grooming in madrassas and local terrorist facilitators for recruiting terrorists in certain a…
Washington, July 2 (IANS) Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and its US-based payment processor, AUS Merchant Services, have agreed to pay $600 million under separate non-prosecution agreements with the US Department of Justice to resolve allegations that they failed to prevent the sale and import of illegal pharmaceuticals and related products into America through Alibaba’s online marketplaces.The settlement includes a $125 million criminal penalty and $200 million in forfeiture by Alibaba,…
Washington, June 29 (IANS) A US federal judge’s decision to seek a fuller explanation from the Justice Department before approving its request to dismiss criminal charges against industrialist Gautam Adani is unlikely to prevent the case from being dropped, leading American and Indian legal experts told IANS, adding that prosecutorial discretion ultimately rests with the executive branch.John C. Coffee, Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law at the prestigious Columbia Law School and one of America’s f…
Washington, June 13 (IANS) The US Department of Justice cleared Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, removing a major regulatory hurdle for a deal that would reshape the global entertainment industry by bringing together some of Hollywood’s most valuable film, television and streaming assets.After an eight-month antitrust investigation, the Justice Department said the $111 billion transaction was unlikely to harm competition in streaming services, television broad…
Washington, June 8, (IANS) The US Department of Justice has launched proceedings to revoke the citizenship of 17 naturalised Americans accused of concealing crimes or lying during the immigration process, including an Indian-origin businessman convicted in a visa fraud case.The Justice Department said Monday that the denaturalisation actions, filed in federal courts across the country, target individuals accused of offences ranging from sexual abuse of minors and healthcare fraud to money launde…