Ex-OAS Chief Ordered Held in Costa Rica
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A Costa Rican appeals court judge ordered the former head of the Organization of American States jailed Friday while prosecutors prepare corruption charges against him for allegedly accepting kickbacks when he was the nation's president.
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A former member of the U.S. Navy was arrested Wednesday in Phoenix, Arizona, on charges of providing material support to terrorists and espionage, the Department of Justice said.
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Members of the Organization of American States (OAS) hold a meeting in Washington on Friday to discuss the resignation of Secretary-General Miguel Angel Rodriguez.
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By Denny Walsh, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 7--A Sacramento federal magistrate judge, concerned about the gravity of the accusations and the level of detail in the government's papers, on Thursday ordered four of the 10 men charged with plotting Laos' overthrow held without bail.
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A Colombian court approved the extradition to the United States of one of the South American nation's most notorious paramilitary leaders on drug smuggling charges.
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GENEVA The former president of Costa Rica, JosÃ© MarÃ­a Figueres, has resigned as director-general of the World Economic Forum, amid allegations implicating him in a Costa Rican corruption scandal involving Alcatel of France, the Forum said Friday.
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Venezuelan prosecutors ordered the arrest of five former executives on Wednesday for crimes allegedly committed during a two-month strike that failed to oust President Hugo Chavez two years ago.
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After a two-month international manhunt, the indicted former chief executive of leading voicemail-software maker Comverse Technology Inc. was captured on Wednesday in southwest Africa, U.S. officials announced Wednesday.
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SANTA ANA, California  - The inmate in the Orange County jail had been arrested before, but this time was different. After the first interview, he was led to a second, where he was told that if convicted he could be deported.
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The Solomon Islands confirms it is sheltering its chief legal officer who faces extradition to Australia.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  -- Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was flown to his home country in police custody Saturday, one day after the Chilean Supreme Court authorized his extradition on human rights and corruption charges.
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(InfoWorld) - A former Alcatel executive has pleaded guilty to paying more than $2.5 million in bribes to secure a telephone contract with Costa Rica's state telecommunications agency, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday. Christian Sapsizian pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and violating the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act at U.S. District Court in Miami, the DOJ said in a statement. He is set to be sentenced on December 20 and now faces a maximum of 10 years in prison and $580,000 in fines. According to the DOJ, Sapsizian admitted to paying the bribes to a director at Costa Rica's Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, in order to secure mobile telephone contracts for his company. Alcatel was eventually awarded a $149 million mobile phone contract in August 2001, the department said. Sapsizian had been employed by Alcatel and its subsidiaries for more than 20 years.Â Alcatel merged with Lucent TechnologiesÂ in late 2006 and the joint company is now known as Alcatel-Lucent. The Federal Bureau of Investigation continues to investigate the matter, the DOJ said. Alcatel-Lucent could not be reached immediately for comment.
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The head of the Organization of American States plans to announce his resignation on Friday after only two weeks in the job to defend himself against corruption allegations in his native Costa Rica.
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Costa Rica arrests its second former president in a week on fraud charges amid public pressure for a crackdown.
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President Ãlvaro Uribe signed the final order on Friday to extradite Gilberto RodrÃ­guez Orejuela, who would be the most prominent cocaine kingpin sent to the United States to face justice.
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A U.S. judge on Tuesday delayed the  arraignment of Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, the most powerful  drug lord ever extradited by Colombia, for a month to give his  lawyer time to figure out how he will be paid.