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Mexico's World Cup soccer team captain laundered money for drug cartels, according to US Treasury

Ildefonso Ortiz and Brandon Darby
Breitbart
Sat, 23 Jun 2018 14:35 UTC
Rafael Marquez Mexico soccer
© The Associated Press
The captain of Mexico's soccer team at the World Cup remains persona non grata in the U.S. where he is listed by the U.S Treasury Department as a narco-kingpin. U.S. federal authorities claim that the soccer star acted as a front man to help drug cartels launder money.

Despite the numerous claims about his innocence, Rafael "Rafa" Marquez remains unable to travel to the U.S. Officials froze his U.S. assets and American citizens are legally forbidden from conducting business with him. As Breitbart Texas reported, in August 2017, the U.S. Department of Treasury added Marquez, narco-music singer Julion Alvarez and several other individuals to their "Kingpin Designation List". Marquez is named as a member of the Flores Drug Trafficking Organization, a group allied with Cartel Jalisco New Generation as well as having ties to the Sinaloa Cartel.
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Ukraine: Masked new-Nazis conduct late-night raid on Roma camp, killing 4


RT
Mon, 25 Jun 2018 14:35 UTC
Roma camp
© The National Police of UkraineA Roma camp in Lvov, Ukraine.
A gang with links to far-right extremist groups has torn apart a Roma camp in western Ukraine's Lvov, killing a 24-year-old man and injuring four people, including a child.

The masked men attacked a Roma camp on the outskirts of Lvov late on Saturday, according to local police. A 24-year-old man died of knife wounds and four more people - a 10-year-old boy, two 19-year-old men and a 30-year-old woman were wounded. The camp reportedly had a total of 14 inhabitants, including 4 children and a pregnant woman, who also came under attack, Hromadske TV channel reported.

The far-right perpetrators reportedly planned the raid in advance, defining the positions of each attacker and their actions. Eight men were detained in connection with the attack, all aged between 16-17 except for the suspected 20-year-old organizer.

Comment: Neo-Nazi Azov battalion under control of village after pogrom against gypsies

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Car Black

European driving report: French don't signal, Spanish honk, Germans speed, Swedes tailgate


The Connexion
Fri, 22 Jun 2018 14:18 UTC
driving car road
How would you rate driving standards in France? A new report on European driving behaviour has found that the French are least likely to indicate, the Germans most likely to speed, and the Spanish most likely to honk.

The online poll, from motorway management company La Fondations Vinci Autoroutes and survey agency Ipsos, found that the vast majority of drivers from across 11 European countries admitted to regularly breaking the rules of the road.

It asked 11,038 people aged 15 and over - depending on driving age - including at least 1,000 people in each of the 11 countries polled.

Drivers in Mediterranean countries - such as Greece, Spain, Italy and France - were widely considered to be the most "disrespectful", while the Swedish were deemed the most "courteous", followed by the Slovakians and the British.

The French were found to be the least likely to indicate (63% admitted to not doing this), while the Germans were most likely to speed on the motorway (93% admitted to this).

Over two thirds of the Swedish (78%) admitted to not respecting safe distances between themselves and the car in front when driving, while the Spanish were most likely to hoot their car horn (66%) at anyone who annoyed them on the road.

Comment: You can tell a lot about a culture by their drivers.



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Russia says Canada's weed legalization 'tramples international law'


RT
Mon, 25 Jun 2018 12:06 UTC
Canadian embassy in Moscow
© Maxim Shemetov / ReutersA general view shows the embassy of Canada in Moscow, Russia March 29, 2018.
Moscow says Ottawa is trampling on international law by legalizing recreational use of cannabis. Canada is set to become world's second nation to fully decriminalize production and consumption of pot.

The rebuke comes after Canadian lawmakers approved a law regulating production and circulation of cannabis for recreational purposes. Moscow believes that the law, which is to come into force come autumn, directly violates Ottawa's international commitments, Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

The ministry referred to three key treaties dealing with narcotics - the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the 1971 Convention of Psychotropic Substances and the 1988 UN Convention against illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances - all of which Canada endorsed. The documents as well international bodies tackling illegal drug trade, do not condone using "exceptions" or "flexible interpretation" to turn scheduled substances into entertainment. Moscow sees the change of policy in Canada as a "serious obstacle" on the way to a drug-free society.

Comment: Further reading: Canada legalises recreational cannabis use in a 52-29 senate vote

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Bankrupt Boris Becker insists diplomatic immunity granted by Central African Republic is genuine


Guardian
Fri, 22 Jun 2018 19:35 UTC
boris becker
© NurPhoto/Getty ImagesBoris Becker says he underwent an official inauguration.
Former world No 1 tennis player Boris Becker has insisted he has a genuine diplomatic passport from the Central African Republic after officials dismissed it as a fake.

The retired German tennis star, who claims his role as an attache to the EU gives him diplomatic immunity from bankruptcy proceedings in the UK, told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: "I have received this passport from the ambassador. I have spoken to the president on many occasions. It was an official inauguration. I believe the documents they are giving me must be right."

The three-times Wimbledon champion has faced a series of denials from CAR officials about the issue, including from the foreign minister, Charles Armel Doubane. The presidential spokesman, Albert Yaloke Mokpeme, said the head of state never appointed Becker to the post. The presidency said: "We are not custodians of the physical and moral integrity of this gentleman."

Comment: See also:

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5 female NGO workers kidnapped & gang-raped while trying to bring awareness of human trafficking in India


RT
Sat, 23 Jun 2018 17:20 UTC
protest against rape
© Amit Dave / ReutersPeople hold placards at a protest against the rape of an eight-year-old girl in India on April 22, 2018.
Five women were gang-raped by at least half a dozen men in India while performing a street play to bring awareness to human trafficking. The women, who work for an NGO, were approached by the men at gunpoint.

The women were performing in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand on Tuesday when the men approached the group, which also included four male colleagues and two nuns.

"The survivors said their male colleagues were beaten and made to drink their own urine before being locked up in the car," Deputy Inspector General Amol V Homkar told the Times of India.
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'Free countries don't disarm their citizens': Czechs respond to EU crackdown on legal gun-owners

Jack Montgomery
Breitbart
Fri, 22 Jun 2018 00:00 UTC
gun confiscation
Czech president Miloš Zeman has put his name to a petition opposing an EU diktat which would clamp down on legal gun-owners and backed a constitutional amendment which would guarantee citizens' right to keep arms for self-defence and protection of the homeland.

The directive on tightening control of firearms under the guise of counter-terrorism was approved by the European Parliament in mid-March, and would see the Czech Republic - which combines comparatively liberal gun rights with low levels of crime and extremely low levels of terrorism - forced to impose new restrictions or face sanctions from Brussels.

Center for Civic Freedoms founder Václav Klaus Jr., son of former president Václav Klaus Sr., complained that the governments of non-democratic and fascist countries disarm their citizens, not free countries.

Comment: An incredible media and politically driven effort to disarm Americans - and now in Europe by the European Parliament?! Is the PTB on both continents expecting something to happen in both places that make them fear an armed citizenry?

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Bizarro Earth

'Art' imitates life: Sex robots will soon be able to reject raunchy romps with humans (video)


RT UK
Mon, 25 Jun 2018 01:13 UTC
Dr Sergi Santos and the sex doll Samantha
© ReutersDr Sergi Santos and the sex doll Samantha
Created to satisfy the sexual desires of their owners, sex robots could soon be able to turn down unwanted advances, according to a trailblazing inventor designing the lovemaking machines.

Spanish engineer Sergi Santos is behind one of latest sex doll models to capitalize on the niche market. Earlier this year he told RT.com about how future iterations of his love robot, Samantha, could allow people to "have sex whenever [they] like" and then enable users to order their shopping.
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English football fan gets ban after giving Nazi salute in city of Stalingrad battle


RT
Mon, 25 Jun 2018 00:55 UTC
English football fan
One of the English fans that was filmed giving Nazi salutes and singing a Hitler song in a bar in the Russian city of Volgograd, the site of a major WWII battle, has been banned from attending games for five years by a UK court.

British police and the Football Association launched a joint investigation after footage emerged online showing English fans performing Nazi salutes, shouting "Sieg Heil" and singing songs glorifying the Third Reich. The video was shot on Monday at a bar in Volgograd, the city known as Stalingrad during World War Two, where more than 2 million people died.
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A look inside a lavish retreat where lobbyists donate for access to state attorneys general

Laura Strickler and Nancy Cordes
CBS News
Mon, 25 Jun 2018 00:42 UTC
State attorneys general, who are the top law enforcement officials in each state, have the final say on which cases to pursue or not. That power has not gone unnoticed by lobbyists. CBS News got an inside look at one lavish retreat at
Kiawah Island, South Carolina
Kiawah Island, South Carolina
Kiawah Island, South Carolina, where businesses and trade groups paid for access. Some of the companies are under investigation by state attorneys general, but still give large donations so they can get one-on-one access to AGs to state their case.

It's perfectly legal for a company under investigation by a state attorney general to give money to the political associations for attorneys general that fund AG campaigns. In return, it's legal for those associations to give access to company lobbyists.
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