Tag: Raid

Guatemala prosecutors raid Save the Children over alleged abuse

GUATEMALA CITY, April 26, 2024 (AFP) – Guatemalan authorities on Thursday raided the offices of the international organization Save the Children in what the prosecutor’s office said was part of an investigation into alleged abuses against minors. A spokesperson for Save the Children confirmed that officials had entered its offices in Guatemala City, but declined to give more details. The operation was the result of “a transnational investigation of great significance, since it concerns actions […]

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President of Peru’s home raided over undeclared Rolex watches: police

LIMA, March 30, 2024 (AFP) – Peruvian authorities raided President Dina Boluarte’s home on Saturday as part of an ongoing corruption investigation related to undisclosed luxury watches. According to a police document obtained by AFP, about 40 officials were involved in the raid, which was searching for Rolex watches that Boluarte had not publicly declared. The raid “is for the purpose of search and seizure,” police said. The embattled president did not appear to be […]

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Germany says raids underway on homes of Hamas supporters

FRANKFURT, Germany, Nov 23, 2023 (AFP) – Germany on Thursday said police raided the homes of members and supporters of Hamas and another Palestinian organisation which are banned in the country. Around 500 members of the security forces led the operation, with 13 places searched in the capital Berlin, the interior ministry said. Four other regions were targeted to a lesser extent as police seized smartphones, laptops and various writings, the ministry added. “We are […]

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German police raid suspected pro-Hezbollah group

FRANKFURT, Germany, Nov 16, 2023 (AFP) – Hundreds of police Thursday raided properties across Germany over suspected links to the Iran-backed Shiite Hezbollah group, authorities said, as Berlin moves to stem a rash of anti-Semitism amid the Israel-Hamas war. The raids targeting 54 sites came after Germany banned Hamas activities and related organisations, in the wake of the deadly October 7 attack carried out by the Islamist group in Israel. “We have the Islamist scene […]

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Philippines detains nearly 600 in anti-trafficking raid

MANILA, Oct 30, 2023 (AFP) – Philippine police have detained nearly 600 people during a raid on a suspected sex trafficking and online scam operation in Manila, authorities said Saturday. Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Filipino nationals were among the people found inside the compound during Friday night’s operation, the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) said in a statement. Authorities were interviewing 598 detainees to determine who was a victim or suspect, Justice Secretary Crispin Remulla […]

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Israel ‘ground forces’ conduct night raid in Gaza: army

JERUSALEM, Oct 27, 2023 (AFP) – The Israeli military said Friday its ground forces backed by fighter jets and drones carried out a “targeted raid” in Gaza as it prepares for a land invasion. Israel has been carrying out blistering air and artillery strikes against Gaza in response to an October 7 attack by Hamas militants that was the deadliest in the country’s history. “During the last day, IDF (Israeli military) ground forces, accompanied by […]

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Guatemala prosecutors seize vote tallies after scuffle

GUATEMALA CITY, Sept 30, 2023 (AFP) – Police from the Guatemala prosecutor’s office scuffled Saturday with magistrates in the electoral court while seizing boxes containing tally sheets from this year’s presidential election, in a move denounced in foreign capitals. “We are no longer the guarantors of any records. They took all the boxes with the results,” magistrate Blanca Alfaro told reporters moments after the chaotic scene at the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE). Alfaro and other […]

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BOC finds some 44,000 sacks of imported sugar in Pampanga, Bulacan warehouses suspected of hoarding

Authorities suspect P22-M worth of sugar supplies were being hoarded to manipulate sugar prices   (Eagle News) – The Bureau of Customs found and seized some 44,000 sacks of imported sugar worth some P22 million in separate “raids” in warehouses in Pampanga and Bulacan on Thursday, August 18, 2022, suspected of being hoarded by traders to create a supply shortage. “The raids were in accordance with the marching orders of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. […]

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The Medical City denies social media reports; says there was no raid of PPEs

(Eagle News) — The Medical City has denied social media reports it had been raided for its personal protective equipment. “There are news circulating that a raid of PPEs occurred in our premises on the evening of April 1. We deny this and encourage everyone to be careful in spreading unverified information,” the hospital said in an advisory posted on its Facebook page. The hospital made the denial after supposed text messages said the raid […]

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Trump presents Conan the dog, ‘incredible’ hero of Baghdadi raid

  by Jerome CARTILLIER Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — “So this is Conan — right now, probably the world’s most famous dog.” In a stream of superlatives, Donald Trump on Monday introduced to the world the military dog involved in the raid that led to the death of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. “Conan did a fantastic job,” the US president told the White House press corps, assembled for a […]

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One killed after gov’t security forces raid house of one suspect in Jolo, Sulu blasts

(Eagle News)—-One person was killed after government security forces on Tuesday, Jan. 29, raided the house of one of the suspects in the twin blasts in Jolo, Sulu that killed at least 21. Suspect alias Kamah’s relative, Ommal Yusop, died after security forces were forced to retaliate when he resisted arrest, a report on GMA’s Unang Balita said. Alias Kamah  and another, however, were able to flee, the report said. Recovered from his residence in Patikul […]

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SPD: Three lawyers nabbed during Makati bar inspection “harassed” the police

(Eagle News) — The police on Friday, Aug. 17, said the three lawyers they arrested for “intimidation” and “obstruction of justice” harassed them while they were conducting an inspection at the Time in Manila bar in Makati on Thursday, Aug. 17. According to Southern Police District director Tomas Apolinario, Leni Rocel Rocha, Jan Vincent Sambrano, and Romulo Bernard Alarkon, based on a report from Senior Inspector Jeson Vigilla of the Station Drug Enforcement Unit, “threatened” the […]

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