As seen in NKNews.org
A Singaporean national at the center of an NK Pro investigation last year was on Thursday charged with 161 counts relating to United Nations North Korea luxury goods sanctions, court records show. Continue reading
Author: justinrohrlich
That sign telling you how fast you’re driving may be spying on you
As seen in Quartz
The next time you drive past one of those road signs with a digital readout showing how fast you’re going, don’t simply assume it’s there to remind you not to speed. It may actually be capturing your license plate data. Continue reading
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Charities Can Reject Foster Parents for Immigrant Kids Over Religion
As seen in The Daily Beast:
Private charities housing undocumented immigrant children in several states are permitted by law to reject prospective foster families based on religious objections. Continue reading
The DEA Is Worried Sick About Touching Contaminated Drug Money
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is so concerned that drug-laced cash seized in narcotics busts could seriously injure—even kill—its agents, it has begun reaching out to potential industry partners about decontaminating confiscated currency, The Daily Beast has learned. Continue reading
‘Smiling’ Somali Pirate Says Jailers Have Ruined His Grin
As seen in The Daily Beast:
The lead hijacker of the MV Maersk Alabama off the coast of Somalia nearly 10 years ago has lost nearly half of the teeth in his mouth, according to a federal civil rights lawsuit he filed from prison. Continue reading
Exclusive: Airline Flies Snowbirds to Mexico, Deports Immigrants for ICE
As seen in The Daily Beast:
“Think beyond a flight. Charter an experience,” Xtra Airways, a Coral Gables, Florida-based charter airline beckons on its sharp red, white, and blue homepage.
Xtra’s site describes its “customer profile” as consisting of package tour operators, dignitaries, rock stars, even to an entire audience between NYC and LA for a taping of “Ellen.” For their part, Xtra’s flight attendants describe themselves as “fabulous!” Continue reading
A Native American Group Has an $800 Million Contract to Run ICE Detention Centers
As seen in The Daily Beast:
The Port Isabel Detention Center in Los Fresnos, Texas, is currently holding many of the parents who have been separated from their kids. But while PIDC is owned by ICE, its guards are provided by a subsidiary of Ahtna, Inc., a portfolio of businesses operated by the Ahtna, a federally recognized Alaska Native people. Continue reading
