Brazilian cleaner blackmailed judge
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A UK court finds Brazilian cleaner Roselane Driza guilty of blackmailing a female judge and stealing videos.
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Federal police formally charged a former Sao Paulo mayor with money laundering, embezzlement and other crimes they allege he committed while in office, officials said Wednesday.
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By The Associated Press. Yankees outfielder Gary Sheffield said yesterday that he and his wife were the targets of a blackmailer who claimed to have embarrassing videotapes showing her having sex with a professional musician.
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Brazil police have formally accused a brother of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of influence peddling after a nationwide crackdown on illegal gambling, the government news agency said Tuesday.
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A judge on Thursday struck down an arrest warrant for former President Carlos Menem, who was wanted for questioning in a federal court probe of multimillion-dollar accounts in Switzerland.
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Authorities have arrested 10 Brazilians accused of luring South American women to Spain and forcing them into prostitution, a federal police spokesman said Friday. via Tuscaloosa News
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - A Brazilian judge has ordered the local office of Web search company Google  to disclose the data of users of Google's social networking site Orkut accused of crimes like racism or child pornography.
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica  - A Costa Rican judge on  Saturday put the former head of the Organization of American  States under house arrest for six months, while he is  investigated for bribery claims, judicial officials said.
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A Costa Rican judge on Saturday put the former head of the Organization of American States under house arrest for six months, while he is investigated for bribery claims, judicial officials said.
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A Brazilian judge issues a warrant for the arrest of three men accused of killing a US Catholic missionary.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil  - A Brazilian judge has ordered   the local office of Web search company Google GOOG.O to   disclose the data of users of Google's social networking site   Orkut accused of crimes like racism or child pornography.
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Calling the crime one of the &quot;most deplorable I&#39;ve witnessed in 15 years on the bench,&quot; US District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez sentenced a local health-care worker yesterday to 16 months in prison for stealing the identity of a cancer patient and running
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Brazilian federal agents arrested 75 state police troopers on Friday for links with organized crime in Rio de Janeiro state's high-profile bid to get rid of corrupt cops.
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A Brazilian referee was suspended on Monday for sending off the wrong player during a match at the weekend.
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The leader of Brazil's Senate, the latest politician to be snared in an unfolding scandal over kickbacks for government contracts, declared his innocence before fellow legislators on Monday.
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(AGI) - Turin, Italy, November 26 Ãâ For judge Giuseppe Casalbore, who issued the sentence after four hours of cabinet, there was a fraud just like the attempt to change the outcome of matches since &#39;94.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - New York Yankees right-fielder Gary Sheffield revealed Tuesday that he and his wife were targeted by a blackmailer.