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Court gives police 24 hours to charge Punjani’s wife, others
By Citizen Reporter,
823, August 15, 2019 (EAT)
Police in Mombasa have until Thursday 4pm to open charges against five individuals arrested at the home of wanted Mombasa tycoon Ali Punjani. The f...
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Just who is wanted business tycoon Ali Punjani?
By Sam Ogina,
1212, August 14, 2019 (EAT)
Named in Parliament in 2010 and subsequently named at the trial hearing of the Akasha brothers in the United States, Ali Punjani is no stranger to lin...
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Thousands protest against Honduran President after drug link surfaces
By VOA,
2202, August 7, 2019 (EAT)
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the capital on Tuesday to urge Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez to step down, just days after ...
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Sentencing for Akasha brothers postponed to August 16, Nov 8
By Karanja Morgan,
1141, July 27, 2019 (EAT)
The Southern District of New York Court has postponed the sentencing of Baktash Akasha and his brother Ibrahim Akasha to August 16, 2019 and November ...
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83-year-old granny pleads guilty to possession of Ksh.500 bhang
By Martin Munene,
1325, July 11, 2019 (EAT)
An 83-year-old grandmother on Thursday pleaded guilty to charges of being in possession of 600 grams of bhang worth Ksh.500. Lydia Mumbi, a banana ...
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Tanzanian drug trafficker Hussein Idd jailed for 30yrs, fined Ksh.90M
By Citizen Reporter,
1349, June 12, 2019 (EAT)
A Tanzanian drug trafficker has been sentenced to 30 years in prison with a fine of Ksh,90million. Hussein Idd was found guilty of trafficking narc...
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Family worried Ethiopian woman detained in China faces death penalty
By VOA,
1527, April 5, 2019 (EAT)
Friends and family are fearing for the life of a 28-year-old Ethiopian woman who has spent more than three months in a Chinese prison on drug charges....
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British aristocrat Jack Marrian acquitted in Ksh.598M drug trafficking case
By Dzuya Walter,
1754, March 14, 2019 (EAT)
Jack Marrian, a British aristocrat, is a free man after the court acquitted him of drug trafficking charges. This is after the high court set aside ma...
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US Army vet Joseph Hunter gets life in prison for his role in murder of woman in Philippines
By CNN,
1551, March 8, 2019 (EAT)
A US Army veteran was sentenced to life in federal prison on Thursday for his role in a murder-for-hire plot in the Philippines seven years ago. US...
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Detained Philippine journalist seeks bail after arrest causes outcry
By Reuters,
812, February 14, 2019 (EAT)
Lawyers for a Philippine news website that has locked horns with President Rodrigo Duterte sought bail on Thursday after the arrest of its chief execu...
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‘El Chapo’s’ lawyers face tough choices at trial’s end
By Reuters,
1711, January 27, 2019 (EAT)
With federal prosecutors expected to rest their case against Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman on Monday, lawyers for the accused Mexican drug kingpin hav...
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‘El Chapo’ paid former Mexican president $100 million bribe: trial witness
By Reuters,
2101, January 16, 2019 (EAT)
Accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman once paid a $100 million bribe to former Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, a former associ...
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Inside Europe’s most powerful mafia – the ‘Ndrangheta
By CNN,
1854, December 9, 2018 (EAT)
Back in 2010, Domenico Oppedisano was often seen taking his fruit to market in the town of Rosarno in southern Italy, chugging around in his three-whe...
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Inside Europe’s most powerful mafia
By CNN,
1613, December 8, 2018 (EAT)
Back in 2010, Domenico Oppedisano was often seen taking his fruit to market in the town of Rosarno in southern Italy, chugging around in his three-whe...
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The Murkomen, Kutuny interview that went up in flames
By Wangui Ngechu,
1521, November 28, 2018 (EAT)
Save for those in their inner circles, not many really knew just how much Majority Leader in the Senate Kipchumba Murkomen and Cherangany MP Joshua K...
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‘El Chapo’ Guzman trial begins under unprecedented security measures
By CNN,
2056, November 14, 2018 (EAT)
While a US prosecutor painted for a jury the picture of Joaquin " El Chapo " Guzman Loera as the leader of a powerful and murderous drug cartel, his...
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Details on the Akasha brothers plea bargain
By Sam Gituku,
1131, October 27, 2018 (EAT)
Details are emerging of what led the Akasha brothers to plead guilty to charges of smuggling hard drugs to the United States of America. According ...
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Just who are the Akasha brothers?
By Citizen Reporter,
1246, October 25, 2018 (EAT)
Ibrahim Akasha was gunned down in an alleged assassination in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 2000. He left behind three wives, sons and daughters to con...
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Akasha brothers plead guilty to drug trafficking in U.S.
By Rachel Ombaka,
1054, October 25, 2018 (EAT)
Two Akasha brothers Baktash and Ibrahim have pleaded guilty to charges of drug trafficking at a court in the U.S. According to the Directorate of C...
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Benin businessman sentenced in absentia to 20 years for drug trafficking
By Reuters,
720, October 19, 2018 (EAT)
Prominent Benin businessman and former presidential candidate Sebastien Ajavon has been sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison. The jail term ...
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