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89 Foreigners Arrested at Thai Bar Flouting Covid-19 Rules

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
coronavirus, raids, State of Emergency, Thailand, tourism, Travel

Police raided a party at a bar on a popular resort island in southern Thailand and arrested 89 foreigners for violating coronavirus regulations, officials said Wednesday.

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Civil Rights Government Regional 

Families of Slain Couple Sue Houston Drug Squad

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 CAMERON LANGFORD
drugs, Houston, Police, raids, warrant, Wrongful Death

The families of a couple shot and killed by Houston police after they barged into their home looking for heroin in January 2019 brought federal lawsuits Wednesday night against the city and a narcotics squad.

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Criminal International Politics 

Police Raid Russian Opposition Leader’s Apartment, Offices

January 27, 2021January 27, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
raids, Russia

Police are searching the Moscow apartment of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, another apartment where his wife is living and two offices of his anti-corruption organization.

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International Politics 

South Korean Tanker Was Boarded by Armed Iran Guard Forces

January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Iran, military, nuclear power, raids, shipping, South Korea

Armed Iranian Revolutionary Guard troops stormed a South Korean tanker and forced the ship to change course and travel to Iran, the vessel’s owner said Tuesday, the latest maritime seizure by Tehran amid heightened tensions with the West over its nuclear program.

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Government Politics 

Germany Bans Far-Right, Pro-Nazi Group; Police Raid Homes

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Germany, Nazi, raids

More than 180 police officers raided homes in three German states early Tuesday after the German government banned a far-right group, the interior ministry said.

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Government International 

Paris Police Under Fire for Forcing Migrants From Tent Camp

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
evacuation, France, investigation, migrants, Paris, Police, protests, raids

France’s interior minister ordered an internal police investigation Tuesday after officers were filmed tossing migrants out of tents while evacuating a protest camp in Paris.

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Criminal International Politics 

Austrian Authorities Raid Suspected Islamic Radicals

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
attack, Austria, Extremism, Islam, raids, Terrorism

Investigators in several Austrian regions carried out raids early Monday on people and organizations suspected of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas groups, prosecutors said.

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Criminal International 

German Police Raid Homes of 4 Men Linked to Vienna Attacker

November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
attack, Austria, Germany, Islamic State Group, raids, Terrorism

Police in Germany on Friday raided the homes and businesses of four men linked to the Islamic State sympathizer who carried out a deadly attack in Vienna this week, as Austria announced the closure of several mosques in the country.

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Criminal International Religion 

Lyon Man Questioned by Police Over Greek Priest Shooting

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Christianity, France, Islam, raids, Shooting, Terrorism

A Greek Orthodox parishioner who was recently caught on video scuffling with a Lyon priest who was shot outside his church and hospitalized over the weekend says local police raided his home on Monday.

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Civil Rights Criminal Government 

Shocking Corruption Revealed in Houston Police Department

July 2, 2020July 6, 2020 CAMERON LANGFORD
corruption, cover up, Houston, Police, raids, Texas

Fallout from a bungled Houston police raid that left a married couple dead deepened Wednesday as prosecutors charged several retired officers with felony records tampering, and the police department released an audit detailing corruption that led to the raid.

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Arts Entertainment International Media 

Stolen Banksy Work From Door of Paris Bataclan Found in Italy

June 10, 2020June 11, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
art, Italy, Paris, raids, Terrorism, theft

Italian police said Wednesday they had retrieved a work by famed street artist Banksy commemorating the victims of the November 2015 Paris terror attacks stolen from the Bataclan concert hall.

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International Latest Headlines 

Venezuela: 2 US Mercenaries Among Those Nabbed in Venezuela

May 4, 2020May 5, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
coup, military, raids, Trump administration, Venezuela

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said authorities arrested two U.S. citizens among a group of “mercenaries” on Monday, a day after a beach raid purportedly aimed at capturing the socialist leader that authorities say they foiled.

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Civil Rights Government Media 

San Francisco OKs $369,000 Settlement for Journalist Targeted by Police

March 31, 2020April 1, 2020 NICHOLAS IOVINO
information leaks, Journalism, Police, press rights, raids, San Francisco, Settlement

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A journalist whose home was raided by police will get $369,000 from San Francisco taxpayers under

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Appeals Civil Rights Criminal 

Drug Raid

March 27, 2020March 30, 2020 BRIEF
drugs, Houston, raids

An appeals court in Texas upheld a ruling against the City of Houston in a suit brought by the mother of a woman killed in a high-profile botched drug raid in 2019, known as the “Harding Street” raid. The lower court properly denied the city’s plea to the jurisdiction and the woman may continue to pursue her efforts to depose Houston police officials. 

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Civil Rights Criminal International 

German Police Raid Neo-Nazi Group Nationwide

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Extremism, Germany, immigrants, Mass Shooting, raids

German police on Thursday raided sites across the country linked to a far-right group banned by the interior ministry, weeks after an extremist gunman shot dead nine people of immigrant backgrounds.

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Criminal Entertainment Environment International 

I.Coast Burns 3 Tons of Pangolin Scales

March 4, 2020March 4, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Africa, China, poaching, raids, trafficking, wildlife

Ivory Coast officials on Tuesday burned three tons of scales of the pangolin, the most trafficked mammal on Earth.

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Civil Rights Media Regional 

San Francisco to Pay $369,000 for Police Raid of Journalist’s Home

March 3, 2020March 4, 2020 NICHOLAS IOVINO
Journalism, Police, press rights, raids, San Francisco, warrant

The city of San Francisco will pay $369,000 to settle claims over its police raid on a journalist’s home and office this past May, an action condemned by press advocates as chilling the ability of reporters to get information from anonymous sources.

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Criminal International 

German Police Raid Far-Right Group Nationwide

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
ap5, Extremism, Germany, Muslims, raids, Terrorism

German police raided locations across the country early Friday in a probe against an extreme-right group suspected of planning “attacks on politicians, asylum-seekers and people of Muslim faith,” prosecutors said.

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Criminal Energy International 

Venezuela Rounds up Six US Oil Executives

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oil and gas, raids, Venezuela

Six American oil executives under house arrest in Venezuela were rounded up by police hours after President Trump met Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s chief opponent at the White House, according to family members of the men.

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Civil Rights Government 

ACLU Sues ICE for Warrants in Dallas-Area Workplace Raid

February 5, 2020February 6, 2020 DAVID LEE
aclu, FOIA, ICE, immigrants, raids, searches

The American Civil Liberties Union sued federal immigration officials Wednesday, demanding the search warrants for a raid last year at a Dallas-area electronics repair company that netted over 280 arrests.

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