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Gabriel Stargardter

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Crime|Europe|Political

Despite her outrage, Le Pen risks a political ban that is increasingly common in France

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who in two weeks will learn her fate in an embezzlement trial, says prosecutors demanding she face an instant five-year

Despite her outrage, Le Pen risks a political ban that is increasingly common in France
Crime|Election|Europe|Political

France's Le Pen condemns death threats against those trying her

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Thursday said those behind death threats against a judge and prosecutors trying her in a graft trial should be punished

France's Le Pen condemns death threats against those trying her
Crime|Europe|Political

French police probe death threats against judge and prosecutors trying Le Pen

French police have opened an investigation into death threats against a judge and two prosecutors involved in a corruption trial of far-right leader Marine Le

French police probe death threats against judge and prosecutors trying Le Pen
Americas|News|Technology

Surging cocaine violence has Uruguay clamoring for DEA help

Uruguay's main port received two cargo scanners sixteen years ago to detect drugs and other suspicious loads.

Surging cocaine violence has Uruguay clamoring for DEA help
Americas|Crime|Sports

Soccer clashes, Taylor Swift fan death tarnish Rio de Janeiro ahead of G20

Police swinging batons at panicking soccer fans. Children weeping in their mothers' arms between the stadium's stands.

Soccer clashes, Taylor Swift fan death tarnish Rio de Janeiro ahead of G20
News|Crime

Olympics-Elite French tactical unit hopes for peaceful Paris Games

Around 50 khaki-clad men riding atop a black armoured truck approached an abandoned office building on the outskirts of Paris one spring morning and blew open a

Olympics-Elite French tactical unit hopes for peaceful Paris Games
Crime|Europe

French police search for 'The Fly' after deadly prison van escape

Hundreds of police fanned out across northern France on a massive manhunt for a fugitive gangster known as "The Fly" on Wednesday, a day after he was sprung

French police search for 'The Fly' after deadly prison van escape
Election|Europe|News

Anger at Macron fuels far-right support in France's leftist bastions

Florent de Kersauson, a French far-right parliamentary candidate, was leafleting in Brittany when his deputy called to say reporters had

Anger at Macron fuels far-right support in France's leftist bastions
Europe|News|Political

Get with the program or leave, French far-right's immigration tsar tells civil servants

French officials unwilling to work with a potential far right government should find a new job, the National Rally's (RN) immigration tsar

Get with the program or leave, French far-right's immigration tsar tells civil servants
Election|Europe|News

Le Pen and Bardella: France's far-right double act zero in on power

In a glossy video released days before the European Parliament elections, France's far-right double act appeared side by side in brilliant white shirts to

Le Pen and Bardella: France's far-right double act zero in on power
Crime|Europe|News

Gunmen ambush French prison van to free drug dealer, killing two guards

Gunmen wearing balaclavas ambushed a prison van in northern France on Tuesday to free a drug dealer known as "The Fly," killing two

Gunmen ambush French prison van to free drug dealer, killing two guards
Election|Europe|News|World

New Caledonia riots: why is President Macron headed to the restive French territory?

President Emmanuel Macron is flying to New Caledonia in a bid to calm tensions in the French overseas territory after contested electoral reforms sparked the

New Caledonia riots: why is President Macron headed to the restive French territory?
Crime|Europe|News|World

France races to head off ISIS-K threat to Paris Olympics

Tajik journalist Temur Varki received a disquieting call from Paris police in late March, days after Islamic State militants from his

France races to head off ISIS-K threat to Paris Olympics
Crime|Europe|News|Sports|US|World

France seeks FBI help in probe of high-speed train sabotage hours before Olympics

Police in France investigating the sabotage of high-speed rail lines hours before the Paris Olympics' Opening Ceremony have asked the U.S.

France seeks FBI help in probe of high-speed train sabotage hours before Olympics
Crime|Technology

French authorities charge Telegram's Durov in probe into organized crime on app

A French judge put Telegram boss Pavel Durov under formal investigation on Wednesday in a probe into organized crime on the messaging app,

French authorities charge Telegram's Durov in probe into organized crime on app
Crime|Europe|Technology

Pavel Durov's lawyer says the case against Telegram boss is 'absurd'

Telegram boss Pavel Durov's lawyer said on Thursday it was "absurd" to suggest he should be held responsible for any crimes committed on the

Pavel Durov's lawyer says the case against Telegram boss is 'absurd'
Crime|Europe|News

Behind the arrest of Telegram boss, a small Paris cybercrime unit with big ambitions

The investigation into Telegram boss Pavel Durov that has fired a warning shot to global tech titans was started by a small cybercrime unit within the Paris

Behind the arrest of Telegram boss, a small Paris cybercrime unit with big ambitions
Europe|News

After negotiating Brexit, Michel Barnier tasked with propping up Macron

After making his name negotiating Brexit, one of the messiest muddles Brussels has faced in recent years, French Prime Minister Michel Barnier now faces an

After negotiating Brexit, Michel Barnier tasked with propping up Macron
Europe|News|Technology

France uses tough, untested cybercrime law to target Telegram's Durov

When French prosecutors took aim at Telegram boss Pavel Durov, they had a trump card to wield - a tough new law with no international equivalent that

France uses tough, untested cybercrime law to target Telegram's Durov
Europe|News|World

France's new interior minister vows immigration curbs in rightward shift

France is likely to see much tougher immigration and security measures to reflect a broad rightward shift in society, its new

France's new interior minister vows immigration curbs in rightward shift
Europe|Sports|World

France tightens security for Israel soccer match after clashes in Amsterdam

French authorities have stepped up security in Paris ahead of a France-Israel soccer match on Thursday, hoping to avoid a repeat of violent clashes between

France tightens security for Israel soccer match after clashes in Amsterdam
Election|Europe|Political

Le Pen allies decry witch-hunt as prosecutors threaten her French presidential hopes

Allies of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen have accused the judiciary of a witch-hunt and undue meddling in democracy after prosecutors requested she face

Le Pen allies decry witch-hunt as prosecutors threaten her French presidential hopes
Europe|Political|World

UK spy chief says Russia behind 'staggeringly reckless' sabotage in Europe

Britain's foreign spy chief accused Russia on Friday of waging a "staggeringly reckless campaign" of sabotage in Europe while also stepping

UK spy chief says Russia behind 'staggeringly reckless' sabotage in Europe
Crime|Europe|Political

As Le Pen gambles on felling French government, her far-right protege's star rises

As nationalist leader Marine Le Pen orchestrated the overthrow of France's government on Wednesday, several thousand people lined up

As Le Pen gambles on felling French government, her far-right protege's star rises
Election|Europe|Political

After toppling French government, far-right National Rally loses key by-election

France's far-right National Rally (RN) suffered a surprise by-election loss late on Sunday, in what its critics said was a sign of voters punishing it for its

After toppling French government, far-right National Rally loses key by-election

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