London High Court rejects oral submissions from Ablyazov's lawyers
London’s High Court has barred lawyers of the former head of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov from making oral submissions.
Panasonic, Sanyo fined $56 mn for price-fixing: US
Japan's Panasonic and its subsidiary Sanyo have each pleaded guilty to price-fixing involving auto parts and battery cells, agreeing to pay $56.5 million in fines.
LA vows show of force after Zimmerman-linked violence
Los Angeles' mayor announced the deployment of extra police Tuesday to prevent more violent protests over the Trayvon Martin trial.
Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry comments Italy's decision to reverse Ablyazov wife's deportation
Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry has commended Italy reversing of the deportation of the wife of an ex-head of Kazakhstan's BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov.
Malaysia seizes methamphetamine disguised as tea
Malaysian authorities have seized nearly 50 kilograms (around 100 pounds) of methamphetamine disguised as Chinese tea at Kuala Lumpur's main airport.
Kazakhstan students' trial in Boston postponed
A new deadline for the trial over Kazakhstan students accused of conspiring to destroy evidences in the Boston bombings case has been set to August.
Hong Kong fortune teller appeals Nina Wang will conviction
A former Hong Kong fortune teller has filed an appeal against his 12-year jail term for forging the will of late billionaire Nina Wang in a bid to steal her fortune.
Japan mob publishes magazine for gangsters: reports
Japan's biggest yakuza organised crime group has published a magazine for its members that includes a poetry page and senior gangsters' fishing diaries.
Kazakhstan and China exchange economic crime suspects
Kazakhstan and China have exchanged two economic crime suspects.
Ablyazov holds two fake Kyrgyz passports
Former head of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov who fled Kazakhstan to avoid justice illegally obtained two Kyrgyzstan passports registered to another persons names.
Elderly shoplifters outstrip teenagers in Tokyo
The number of elderly people caught shoplifting in Japan's capital city has outstripped that of teenagers for the first time since records began.
Ex-fortune teller jailed for forging will in Hong Kong
A Hong Kong court Friday sentenced a former fortune teller who claimed to be the lover of late billionaire Nina Wang to 12 years in jail after finding him guilty of forging her will.
Kazakhstan journalists attacked in Lebanon
A camera crew of Channel 1 Eurasia has been attacked in Beirut, Lebanon during shooting of a movie about the Arab Spring.
Oil trafficking funds Kazakhstan's religious extremists
Illicit trafficking in oil and oil products fuels Kazakhstan's shadow economy and provides funding to organized criminal groups, including radical religious movements: official.
Clashes erupt in Tripoli, bomb kills Libya army officer
Fighting erupted in Tripoli when gunmen tried to free comrades seized by ex-rebels, and an army officer was assassinated in Benghazi.
US makes major bust of global synthetic drug ring
US officials announced the largest-ever bust of a global synthetic drugs ring Wednesday, seizing thousands of pounds of illicit drugs and arresting 225 people in five countries and 35 US states.
US fines 'Hezbollah' bank $102 mn for laundering
A Lebanese bank accused of laundering money from drugs and other operations for clients tied to Hezbollah militants agreed Tuesday to pay US authorities $102 million to settle the charges.
Human trafficking more frequent in Kazakhstan
We have been registering a growth in the number of crimes related to human trafficking from year to year: official.
Cambodian ex-governor sentenced over protest shooting
A Cambodian court sentenced a former governor to 18 months in prison for shooting three female workers at a factory supplying sportswear giant Puma.
Most of children raised in Kazakhstan orphanages turn to prostitution or crime
70 percent of the boys raised in the system end up in jail and 60 percent of girls turn to prostitution: Dariga Nazarbayeva.