Investigation – Page 12 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

EU

Government response to Covid-19 was too slow and insufficient to stop spread, Swedish commission finds

Posted on October 30, 2021October 30, 2021By Editor

A commission appointed by the government has said that Sweden’s interventions at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic were insufficient to prevent the spread of the virus, and the state’s preparedness was substandard. … Read More >Government response to Covid-19 was too slow and insufficient to stop spread, Swedish commission finds

Russia

OPCW appears to collude with Western nations to pin Navalny’s ‘poisoning’ on Russia, Moscow’s envoy to the watchdog claims to RT

Posted on October 24, 2021October 24, 2021By Editor

The chemical weapons watchdog OPCW has been stonewalling Russia’s attempts to get to the bottom of the alleged poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, leading Moscow to question the organization’s motives. … Read More >OPCW appears to collude with Western nations to pin Navalny’s ‘poisoning’ on Russia, Moscow’s envoy to the watchdog claims to RT

EU

Bulgaria, Germany, and Italy launch Europe-wide raids on 46 properties over tax fraud investigation into Italian mafia

Posted on October 21, 2021October 21, 2021By Editor

A multinational police operation, run by Bulgaria, Germany and Italy, raided 46 commercial and residential properties on Wednesday, as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of tax fraud by the ’Ndrangheta mafia. … Read More >Bulgaria, Germany, and Italy launch Europe-wide raids on 46 properties over tax fraud investigation into Italian mafia

Philippines announces probe into thousands of killings during Duterte’s war on drugs as initial review suggests abuses took place

Posted on October 21, 2021October 21, 2021By Editor

The Philippines justice ministry has said it will investigate thousands of deaths which occurred during President Rodrigo Duterte’s heavy-handed war on drugs after it published details of 52 reviewed cases. … Read More >Philippines announces probe into thousands of killings during Duterte’s war on drugs as initial review suggests abuses took place

USA

Man arrested for allegedly raping woman on commuter train in Philadelphia as other passengers watched, did nothing

Posted on October 17, 2021October 17, 2021By Editor

Police are investigating an incident in which they say passengers on a crowded Philadelphia commuter train stood by and did not even call 911 while a woman was assaulted and raped by a 35-year-old man in plain view. … Read More >Man arrested for allegedly raping woman on commuter train in Philadelphia as other passengers watched, did nothing

Panama exhumes bodies from mass grave during search for victims of 1989 US invasion – media

Posted on October 15, 2021October 15, 2021By Editor

Panamanian authorities have reportedly exhumed several bags filled with human remains from a mass grave as the country conducts searches to identify victims of the 1989 US invasion that toppled General Manuel Noriega’s regime. … Read More >Panama exhumes bodies from mass grave during search for victims of 1989 US invasion – media

Death toll in Beirut’s heavy gunfire rises to 5 as violent protests against port blast judge sweep capital, Lebanese army deployed

Posted on October 14, 2021October 14, 2021By Editor

Violent clashes involving heavy gunfire have claimed at least five lives in Beirut amid protests against the lead judge investigating last year’s deadly port blast. The Lebanese army has been deployed to quash the unrest. … Read More >Death toll in Beirut’s heavy gunfire rises to 5 as violent protests against port blast judge sweep capital, Lebanese army deployed

Beirut blast probe frozen for second time in weeks after top judge issues warrant to arrest former finance minister

Posted on October 13, 2021October 13, 2021By Editor

The judge leading the probe into last year’s explosion in Beirut port has had to pause his investigation, for the second time in weeks, shortly after handing out an arrest warrant for Lebanon’s ex-finance minister. … Read More >Beirut blast probe frozen for second time in weeks after top judge issues warrant to arrest former finance minister

USA

US Navy nuclear engineer and wife arrested for trying to sell submarine secrets to ‘foreign power’

Posted on October 11, 2021October 11, 2021By Editor

A Maryland nuclear engineer and his wife have been arrested and charged with espionage for trying to sell classified information on US nuclear submarines to a foreign power. Their scheme was foiled in an FBI sting operation. … Read More >US Navy nuclear engineer and wife arrested for trying to sell submarine secrets to ‘foreign power’

EU

Denmark charges 3 women with aiding terrorist activities after evacuating them from Syrian detention camp with their 14 children

Posted on October 8, 2021October 8, 2021By Editor

Authorities in Denmark have arrested and preliminarily charged three women after they arrived back in the country, following a joint evacuation operation with Germany to evacuate people from the Roj detention camp in Syria. … Read More >Denmark charges 3 women with aiding terrorist activities after evacuating them from Syrian detention camp with their 14 children