VIENNA — For years, strongmen and autocrats had a novel weapon in their hunt for political enemies. They used Interpol, the world’s largest police organization, to reach across borders and grab them — even in democracies. An award-winning Venezuelan journalist was detained in Peru. An Egyptian asylum-seeker was stopped in Australia. And Russia has tried repeatedly to secure the arrest of William F. Browder, a London-based human rights campaigner. In response, Interpol has toughened oversight of
Light penalties and lax border security are combining with booming overseas demand to create a lucrative market for crime rings, law-enforcement specialists say.
Samuel Heath & Sons PLC on Tuesday offered a somewhat bleak outlook for the rest of the year, outlining redundancy plans due to a depleted order book and reduced interim earnings.
Samuel Heath & Sons.