South Africa police uncover $20m crystal meth lab Five North Americans were arrested after the raid on a farm in the east of the country, officers say.

North Americans arrested running a large meth lab on a farm in South Africa. This is the second large-scale bust within a year, with another large meth lab discovered on a farm in the country's north, and Mexican nationals arrested, last year
#OrganizedCrime
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Nafiz Modack sentenced to 10 years for corruption Alleged underworld kingpin Nafiz Modack has been sentenced to ten years in prison, with three years suspended, meaning he’ll serve seven years behind bars.

Big news in world of organised crime in South Africa today as Nafiz Modack gets ten years (three suspended)
Source: eNCA
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What a Russian minister’s sudden death reveals about Putin The suicide of Roman Starovoit, who had just been sacked by the president, helps us examine the slow-motion crisis unfolding among the Russian elite

What a Russian minister’s sudden death reveals about Putin
My latest for @thetimes.com: Starovoit's suicide (and arrest of gold tycoon Strukov) as symptoms of a slow-motion elite crisis, as old certainties are replaced by insecurities
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U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread Johns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.

The United States has recorded its highest annual measles cases in 33 years. The milestone marks a public health reversal in defeating a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease as the anti-vaccine movement gains strength.

Mural of Statue of Liberty in shame unveiled in France the day before 4th of July

Unless you're Kurt-Lee Arendse and Cheslin Kolbe

Biggest insider trading market manipulation scheme in history.

They aren't even bothering to hide it.

Newsdeck: White House mistakenly shares Yemen war plans with a journalist at The Atlantic

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - Top Trump administration officials mistakenly disclosed war plans in a messaging group that included a journalist shortly before the U.S. attacked Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, the White House said on Monday, following a first-hand account by The Atlantic.

As a South African, I can confirm that this is a load of absolute shit.

A right wing South African group went to the US to tell Trump this, and he believed them and passed on the lie.

The Samoans know how to kick. You're just focusing on the wrong sport. Play rugby🏉

In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll discuss the Russian shadow fleet: a network of ships that operate in secret, dodge sanctions, smuggle oil, and undermine the security of Europe’s seas while keeping Putin’s war machine running.

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Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....

This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.

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Well, this is quite a game on
#SixNations
#Rugby
#ItalyvsFrance

Having witnessed countless South African failures in major cricket tournaments, I prefer to use the term 'bottled' to refer to beer and little else...

Too many times...

Keep fighting, brave people of Georgia

New and new and new Chinese surveillance cameras all around Tbilisi, and in particular on Rustaveli. Soon the dictatorship will have live footage of our x-rays too. #terrorinGeorgia

Master of Puppets on vinyl among them?

State capture.

Sudan and Russia agreed "on everything" regarding creating a Russian naval base in the country - foreign minister of Sudan during his visit to Russia.

Russia is solely interested in protecting its own geopolitical interests
📹: Lavrov at today's meeting with Sudan's foreign minister

A photo from tonight, day 73 non-stop. We want free and fair elections for four reasons: electoral fraud, a U-turn in foreign policy, systemic torture of protesters, and endless crisis that will only deepen. And the release of the political prisoners. #GeorgiaProtests

BREAKING: we just blocked Musk & Trump out of the Treasury systems!

Court order just secured — big win by us at @sddaction.bsky.social & our partners including @publiccitizen.bsky.social!

We covered more about this market for violence last year here
#OrganizedCrime
#Violence
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Rea Vaya bus service resumes in Joburg after two drivers slain in cold blood The killings of two Rea Vaya bus drivers in Soweto have ignited concerns for drivers and commuters. On Thursday, the perpetrators were still at large, and their motives were unknown.

Violence and extortion in public transport is a common occurrence in South Africa, mainly characterised by competition between bus companies and taxi associations.

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Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov wrote an article about the "multipolar world" and how the UN Charter can become its "foundation".

❗️I think it is important to read this in order to understand the distorted picture of reality Russia is coming from and combat the narratives it attempts to push.

The brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters, journalists and politicians tonight in Tbilisi is unacceptable.

Georgia falls short of any expectation from a candidate country.

The EU stands with the people of Georgia in their fight for freedom and democracy.

Putin indicated that he will not view any peace agreement with Ukraine as binding by claiming that the Ukrainian government is either unwilling or unable to rescind the 2022 Ukrainian presidential decree banning negotiations with Putin. (1/2)

The Stilfontein saga continues even after the miners resurface. This demonstrates the nationwide (and indeed, transnational) nature of illegal mining and the conflict between rival groups in southern Africa
#organizedcrime #mining #zamazamas

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ISW noted on January 22 that the Kremlin recently launched an information operation that seeks to create the false impression that the Russian economy is performing well despite numerous continued indicators of macroeconomic distress. isw.pub/UkrWar012325

Russian disinfo network “Matryoshka” is migrating to Bluesky as exodus from X continues The Russian disinformation network “Matryoshka” has launched a new campaign on the Bluesky social network. Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative journalism group Bellingcat, has been one of the ...

Russian disinfo network “Matryoshka” is migrating to Bluesky as exodus from X continues. You may notice them as posters who are smearing Chrystia Freeland, pushing anti-Ukrainian narratives, Germany's election, anti-EU rhetoric, anti-NATO rhetoric, etc.

Their numbers are still low, so stay vigilant