KUALA LUMPUR: A former director of a business management consulting service provider pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here Wednesday (Nov 29) to nine charges of receiving proceeds from unlawful activities amounting to RM1.26mil.
Three executive officers of a West Bountiful company have been arrested on multiple human trafficking charges possibly involving hundreds of employees.
The historic corruption trial of former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke is set to resume Monday with testimony about Burke’s alleged threats to block a fee increase for the Field Museum because its leadership ignored his internship recommendation. Before breaking for the week on Friday, jurors had just listened to the first wiretapped recording in the trial: A November 2017 call between Burke and an .
Federal prosecutors are expected to begin presenting their witnesses to the jury Friday in the corruption trial of former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke, a man they labeled in opening statements as a two-faced bribe-taker and extortionist. Among the first witnesses expected to take the stand is an expert who will give the jury a crash course on City Hall politics, including how wards are traditionally .
After a sluggish start to jury selection and a weeklong COVID-related delay, the historic corruption trial of former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke is finally expected to head to opening statements Thursday after a jury is empaneled. The trial had been scheduled to kick off in earnest a week ago. But soon after convening the fourth day of proceedings on Nov. 9, U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall .