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Why Hushpuppi should spend at least 11 years in jail - U.S. government
The U.S. government wants Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpuppi, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in money laundering in July 2021, jailed for 135 months.
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Tech
TikTok faces $29M fine in UK for ‘failing to protect children’s privacy’
The alleged law breach happened from May 2018 through July 2020, with the ICO noting that the company “may have” processed data of children under the age of 13 without parental consent.
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Crime
Ghanaian sentenced in US over role in romance fraud scheme
According to a statement from the US Justice Department in Southern-West Virginia, Banabas was also ordered to pay $156,073 in restitution.
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Crime
German court sentences ISIL member to 10 years in prison
Monday’s conviction of Jennifer Wenisch, 30, by Munich’s Higher Regional Court marked one of the first court rulings anywhere in the world on ISIL’s persecution of the Yazidi community.
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General
Company takes steps to enforce Arbitration Award against UG
In a 2019 press release, the university denied being subject to any arbitration award.
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Africa
Court jails 20-year-old for Internet fraud, romance scam
A statement by the EFCC in the zone said that upon arrest, Gideon was profiled and volunteered statements, admitting to committing the crime.
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US
Cheerleader prevails at U.S. Supreme Court in free speech case
Many schools and educators have argued that their ability to curb bullying, threats, cheating and harassment – all frequently occurring online – should not be limited to school grounds.
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Others
Canada truck-attack suspect charged with terrorism
Canada’s attorney general has approved terror charges against a man accused of killing four members of a Muslim family with his vehicle in London, Ontario.
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US
Trump Twitter Blocking Suit Deleted By Supreme Court
Now that Donald Trump is no longer in office (and has been banned from the social media site), the high court found the four-year-old dispute over the First Amendment implications of his blocking of political critics on Twitter to be moot.
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Supreme Court News
Sky train case: Supreme Court dismisses former GIIF CEO’s bid to overturn High Court ruling
The decision clears the way for the criminal proceedings against Mr Asamoah and former GIIF Board Chairman, Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, to continue before the High Court.
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Courts
Buffer stock case adjourned pending application to release seized phones, properties
The judge, a Justice of the Court of Appeal sitting as an additional High Court judge, adjourned the case pending the hearing of the request.
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Courts
Chief Justice defends vacation courts, says urgent cases must continue
Justice Baffoe-Bonnie made the point on Wednesday when he visited the Minerals Income Investment Fund in Accra as part of his institutional engagements.
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Supreme Court News
Supreme Court to rule on bid to halt vacation trials on August 21
Justice Gabriel Pwamang, sitting as a single Supreme Court judge, fixed the ruling date after hearing arguments from both sides on Thursday, August 20.
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Courts
Buffer Stock case adjourned pending Supreme Court ruling on vacation sittings
Justice Francis Apangabuno Achibonga, a Justice of the Court of Appeal sitting as an additional High Court judge, said the High Court would await the outcome of an injunction application currently before the Supreme Court.
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Courts
Court orders A-G to amend two charges in Hanan Abdul-Wahab trial
The court held that the two counts, both relating to defrauding by false pretences, did not contain enough particulars on the alleged false representations said to have been made by the accused persons.
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General
GBA rejects claims of NPP bias, condemns Afenyo-Markin’s attack on judge
The Association’s Public Relations Officer, Saviour Kudze, said attempts to brand the GBA as partisan whenever it comments on national issues undermine the legal profession and distract from more pressing national concerns.
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Courts
Why Ken Ken Ofori-Atta’s US Immigration court hearing cannot be witnessed by the public
The restriction was imposed shortly after the case was called on Tuesday, 20 January 2026, at the Annandale Immigration Court, according to a transcript published by MyJoyOnline, which stressed its text is not an official court record.
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Courts
Tema court remands two over 1,613 parcels of suspected drugs
The accused persons, Isaac Odoi, 33, and Kwame Mani, 39, appeared before the court presided over by Justice Cynthia Wiredu, a High Court judge sitting as an additional Circuit Court judge.
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Courts
Why Court of Appeal Acquitted and discharged jailed Assemblyman in Major Mahama murder case
The three-judge panel, delivering its unanimous ruling on Thursday, 20 November, concluded that serious legal missteps occurred during the original trial, rendering the guilty verdict improper.
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Others
Judicial paralysis as Indian High Court buckles under a million-case backlog
From criminal trials to family disputes and decades-old property battles, the court in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, has become a symbol of judicial paralysis.
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