An attorney for two people targeted in raids connected to Nancy Guthrie's disappearance is calling out law enforcement for going after his client ... who he says has no involvement in the crime.

Germany will grant law enforcement more powers to combat cyberattacks, allowing security forces to intervene, shut down IT systems, and delete data.

Moldovan law enforcement documented an attempt to illicitly export 5.5 million cigarettes from the Republic of Moldova, with a truck heading towards the Russian Federation. Prosecutors announced 14 searches in connection with the case.

By Yinka Kolawole,  with agency report The World Bank  has said that  weak enforcement of gender equality laws and lack of parenthood support policies  in Nigeria  are constraining women’s participation in the workforce and also limits the country’s economic growth. In its Women, Business and the Law 2026 report, the bank said Nigeria scores 50 out of […] The post Weak gender law enforcement limits Nigeria’s economic growth  — World Bank appeared first on Vanguard News.

An article argues that the South African Constitution, while effective in law enforcement, falls short in addressing poverty and inequality by failing to repair damages caused by violations.

Republican lawmakers have introduced the 'Stop Illegal Alien Cops Act' in both the House and Senate, seeking to prevent undocumented immigrants from serving as armed law enforcement officers.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said President Donald Trump's State of the Union revealed "two Americas," as Democrats refused to stand during key moments of the speech.

Bills aim to make ICE employees ineligible for jobs in law enforcement, public education and state civil service Supercharged by billions in dollars from Congress, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has hired thousands of new officers to carry out Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign in an effort it has likened to “wartime recruitment”. In several states, Democratic lawmakers want applicants to think twice about taking part. Bills introduced in recent weeks in the legislatures of a...

Nancy Guthrie's Arizona home continues to be an active crime scene for weeks, with law enforcement recovering DNA evidence as part of an ongoing investigation.

WITHIN hours of the bombing of an Islamabad Imambargah on Feb 6, Pakistani intelligence and law enforcement zeroed in on a home in Hakimabad, Nowshera, 49km east of Peshawar. “It was a race against time. Sifting through technical data, establishing coordinates and isolating the target,” a senior security official said. “It didn’t take long before we knew the location.” By late evening, they had already laid siege to the residence, taken up position and called out those inside to come out, han...

Law enforcement personnel cordoned off the area and launched a search operation to track down those responsible

Law enforcement officials have uncovered a bribery scheme involving the logistics commander of the Ukrainian Air Force and the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) department in the Zhytomyr region.

A raid conducted by Greek law enforcement in Domokos prison cells uncovered a cache of knives, shanks, and mobile phones.

An Azerbaijani actress claims that law enforcement raids in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, are specifically targeting Azerbaijani families.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Sokoto State, Nigeria, seized 490.7 kilograms of suspected cannabis and 17,568 bottles of Codeine syrup.

Nancy Guthrie's kidnapper was at her house before the actual kidnapping, but the photo of the presumed kidnapper has not resulted in any significant leads ... law enforcement tells TMZ. FBI sources tell TMZ ... they don't know the precise day the…

The criminal group has never hesitated to attack politicians and ambush law enforcement officers

Communications expert Karolis Žukauskas has handed over information to law enforcement regarding the alleged opaque financing of the ruling 'Nemuno aušra' party during elections.

Russian law enforcement said two men were arrested in connection with the assassination attempt on Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev.

A driver fleeing law enforcement was involved in a fatal crash in Walton County, resulting in their death.

A police officer was injured after a Palestinian man crashed a truck into a law enforcement vehicle, with police investigating the incident at the Ariel Police Station.

Vytautas Bakas, a former member of parliament and ally of Saulius Skvernelis, announced his resignation from the 'Vardan Lietuvos' Democratic Union after Skvernelis, who is under law enforcement scrutiny, decided to remain as party chairman.

Law enforcement confirm man, who was armed with a shotgun and gas canister at Trump’s Florida home, was 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of US politics. The armed man who US Secret Service agents killed yesterday after allegedly breaching the secure perimeter of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida has been identified in media reports as Austin Tucker Martin, a 21-year-old illustrator from Cameron, North Carolina. Continue reading...

Artan Grubi, who had been unreachable by law enforcement and had a 30-day detention order issued in absentia, was arrested at the Blace border crossing. He was reportedly in Kosovo with diplomatic plates and a businessman.

Mexican police in the central state of Jalisco have managed to kill an influential mafia leader. However, the successful operation by law enforcement has caused unrest in several states across the country.

US secret service and local police officers shot and killed an intruder armed with a shotgun early on Sunday after he breached the perimeter at Donald Trump's resort in Palm Beach, Florida, law enforcement officials said. Trump was not at his residence at the time Secret Service shot and killed armed man who breached Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence Continue reading...

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have foiled attempts by suspected traffickers to smuggle cocaine and opioids through the Seme border in Lagos The post NDLEA nabs fake pregnancy drug trafficker, arrests real estate CEO appeared first on Vanguard News.

Estonian and Ukrainian law enforcement agencies are continuing their joint efforts to fight international phone scamming networks, despite challenges posed by the ongoing war.

OpenAI considered alerting law enforcement about an 18-year-old Canadian who discussed violent scenarios with ChatGPT before she became a suspect in a school attack, with the company clarifying its policy on imminent harm.

FBI Director Kash Patel Says Bureau Uncovered Antifa Funding Sources Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), FBI Director Kash Patel said on Feb. 18 that the law enforcement agency uncovered what he said are funding sources tied to antifa organizations, suggesting that more enforcement actions could come against the left-wing movement. FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington on Dec. 4, 2025. Daniel Heuer/AFP via Getty Images “Whether it’s antifa or any other violent criminal organization—we know their operations don’t exist alone; they operate with heavy funding streams,” he wrote in a post on X, along with a clip from an interview with former deputy director Dan Bongino, on his show. Patel said that the FBI is “finding them and those who fund their criminal activity.” The FBI chief did not provide more information about the organizations, the source of the funding, or specific donors who may be involved. However, he said the FBI is looking into any financial backers linked to violence committed by alleged antifa operators. Agents are looking at whether funding was sent through U.S.-based nonprofit groups and whether any of those nonprofits had tax-exempt status. They are also evaluating potential foreign funding streams, he said. “Money doesn’t lie,” Patel told Bongino in the interview, saying that the FBI is right now “following the money” and that the law enforcement agency is “starting to arrest people who used their funds to incite violence in the guise of political peaceful protest.” Last year, Patel told The Epoch Times’s Jan Jekielek in an interview that the FBI is mapping out the entire antifa network and indicated that funding streams are being traced, coming months after the Trump administration designated antifa as a domestic terrorist group. The executive order, issued by President Donald Trump on Sept. 22, called antifa a “militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States Government, law enforcement authorities, and our system of law.” The administration also designated foreign antifa groups as foreign terrorist organizations in November 2025. The State Department, in its designation, stated that “groups affiliated with this movement ascribe to revolutionary anarchist or Marxist ideologies, including anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity, using these to incite and justify violent assaults domestically and overseas.” In his first term, Trump signaled that he would designate antifa a terrorist group in the midst of anti-police riots, violence, and demonstrations in the summer of 2020. At one point during the 2020 unrest, Trump warned that he would invoke the Insurrection Act that was last used during the Los Angeles riots in 1992, and he again suggested invoking the law as National Guard deployments were sent to multiple cities last year. Patel on Feb. 18 also dismissed longstanding claims that antifa is only an ideological framework and said that dozens of people in Texas have been arrested in connection with the left-wing organization. Federal officials in October 2025 targeted antifa and filed terrorism charges against five people in Texas, citing the order issued by Trump. In November 2025, the five defendants pleaded guilty in response to charges that they were accused of supporting antifa in a July shooting that wounded a police officer outside a Texas immigration detention center. Patel previously said the charges in Texas are the first time a material support to terrorism charge has targeted antifa. Bongino, who was the FBI deputy director before leaving the government in January, returned to hosting his podcast this month. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Tyler Durden Fri, 02/20/2026 - 08:55

A large banner featuring Donald Trump's face was hung on the exterior of the U.S. Justice Department headquarters on Thursday in an apparent display of the Republican president's efforts to exert power over the law enforcement agency that once investigated him.

A 13-year-old boy was severely injured in a throat slashing incident on Daytona Beach boardwalk by a registered sex offender who had been released from custody just four days prior.

Teacher Loses Career Over Two-Word Facebook Post Supporting ICE James Heidorn, who taught at Gary Elementary School in West Chicago, found himself at the center of a community firestorm that cost him not just his teaching position but his identity as an educator, all for posting two words on Facebook: "Go ICE."  The incident began in late January when Heidorn, a 14-year physical education teacher, responded to a news story about a local police department pledging cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. His personal Facebook post sparked immediate backlash in the heavily Hispanic district, with local activists circulating screenshots and demanding action against him. School officials quickly notified Heidorn on Jan. 22 about growing social media chatter. After meeting with HR staff that same day, he resigned briefly, then rescinded his decision hours later. He was set to return on Monday pending an investigation. The investigation never got that chance. "This process has been professionally and personally devastating and surreal," former West Chicago teacher James Heidorn told Fox News Digital. "I’ve spent 14 years building my career, pouring my heart into teaching kids, building relationships and being a positive role model. To see it all upended over two simple words, ‘Go ICE,’ where I expressed my personal support for law enforcement felt like a severe blow to my career." Indeed, the outcry was relentless.  Illinois state Sen. Karina Villa, a Democrat, publicly condemned the post. "I stand in unwavering solidarity with families upset about the disturbing comments reportedly made by an educator," Villa said. West Chicago Mayor Daniel Bovey joined the pile-on before any investigation concluded. In a Saturday Facebook video, he explained why Heidorn's comments were "hurtful" and "offensive" to the community. "So to have someone cavalierly rooting on—as if it's a football game or something, yeah go—events which have traumatized these children… that is the issue," Bovey said. Meanwhile, parents organized online, planning a boycott by keeping their kids from school, and the city held a “listening session” on Jan. 26 at Bovey’s request, complete with a Spanish translator. Attendees described the post as "cruel" and said "kids do not feel safe." Heidorn maintained that his post meant nothing beyond supporting law enforcement. "This started with a two-word comment on my personal Facebook page supporting law enforcement—nothing more," Heidorn said. "It wasn't directed at any student, family or school community." The distinction made no difference to the community or to the school administrators. "I was placed on leave and faced intense pressure before any full investigation or fair process could play out, with this it led to my resignation," Heidorn said. He resigned a second time rather than face termination after a hearing with school officials. A West Chicago Elementary School District 33 spokesperson called the post "disruptive" and said it "raised concerns and caused disruption for students, families and staff." The district declined to specify which rule Heidorn violated or whether teachers who publicly disrupt in favor of opposing immigration enforcement would face similar consequences. In fact, teachers across the country have protested President Trump's immigration policies without repercussions. In Chicago specifically, teachers even stormed a Target and harassed employees over the same policies without losing their jobs. But expressing support for law enforcement in Chicago is apparently controversial.  "It does feel like a double standard—due to my viewpoint being different from others within the community that I taught in," Heidorn said. "Fairness should apply equally, regardless of those viewpoints. If personal political speech is grounds for punishment, it should be consistent—not selective based on what side you're on." The fallout extended beyond his teaching position. Heidorn lost his coaching job at a nearby private school. He must now inform future employers that he resigned and explain why. "I really don't know what is next for me, as the teaching profession has been, up to this point in time, all that I ever wanted to do," Heidorn said. He earned a master's degree in educational leadership to become the best teacher possible. Now he spends time healing. "I lost my career, my income and the chance to close out my time with my students properly—no farewell, no goodbyes," Heidorn said. Despite the loud outcry, Heidorn has received some local support, including a GoFundMe being set up for him.  “James Heidorn, a beloved physical education teacher at Gary Elementary School, resigned after a single social media comment ignited outrage and a one-sided account that quickly spiraled beyond control,” the GoFundMe page reads. “What followed was not reflection or fairness, but permanent consequences that have changed the course of his life.” As for his future, he’s not sure what’s going to happen. "I really don’t know what is next for me, as the teaching profession has been, up to this point in time, all that I ever wanted to do," he said. "It is all I have ever studied for and teaching is what has defined me. Even advancing my education with a master's degree in educational leadership because I wanted to become the best teacher I can be." Heidorn said he’s exploring other options in education or related fields. “I want people to know I’m grateful for the outpouring of support from those who reached out, donated or shared my story,” he said. “It reminds me that most people value fairness and second chances. I’m determined to move forward positively and keep contributing to kids’ lives in whatever way I can.” Tyler Durden Wed, 02/18/2026 - 16:40

Government takes its first serious steps to crack down on dangerous driving but progress is slow Europe live – latest updates The first time Lucian Mîndruță crashed his car, he swerved to avoid a village dog and hit another vehicle. The second time, he missed a right-of-way sign and was struck by a car at a junction. The third time, ice sent him skidding off the road and into two trees. Crashes four to eight, he said, were bumper-scratches in traffic too minor to mention. That Mîndruță escaped those collisions with his life – and without having taken anyone else’s – is not a given in Romania. Home to the deadliest roads in the EU, its poor infrastructure, weak law enforcement and aggressive driving culture led to 78 people per million dying in traffic in 2024. Almost half of the 1,500 annual fatalities are vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and cyclists. Continue reading...

Ukraine's former energy minister German Galushchenko has been formally named as a suspect in a high-profile money laundering probe, investigators said Monday. The announcement comes one day after Galushchenko was detained by law enforcement attempting to leave Ukraine, and is the latest development in a corruption scandal in the energy sector that rocked the government last year. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell reports.

A former FBI agent has expressed doubts about the authenticity of security footage related to Nancy Guthrie, suggesting it may appear 'staged'.

A woman reported a police drone staring into her apartment window while she was bathing, highlighting growing concerns about privacy implications of drone use by law enforcement in residential areas.

Logan Marshall-Green and Gil Birmingham also star in the crime procedural, which follows federal law enforcement as they solve cases and chase bad guys in the mountains of Montana.

Durrell "Tank" Babbs' home was broken into today by a trio of thieves ... but it seems they weren't able to make off with much, TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell us ...

The death of a 17-year-old in Loutraki, involving two young victims, is escalating into a thriller for law enforcement as new evidence raises more questions than answers, with two 'suspicious' points highlighted.

A House Democrat reportedly brought an undocumented immigrant to President Trump’s State of the Union speech and then allegedly protected him from law enforcement.

Luís Neves, the newly appointed Portuguese Minister of Internal Administration (MAI), spent his first public day with the Public Security Police (PSP), emphasizing his commitment to law enforcement and addressing criticisms.

Reports are circulating on social media, accompanied by an unconfirmed video, that two Ukrainian citizens, sons of known criminals, were kidnapped by a group of armed men on the island of Bali. Law enforcement has not yet confirmed the abduction.

A violent repeat offender with a long criminal history shot and killed two Missouri deputies before being killed in a 30-minute shootout with law enforcement, authorities said.

Detained former president Rodrigo Duterte’s defense counsel, Nicholas Kaufman, argued that the prosecution has mischaracterized the "war on drugs," insisting that Duterte’s instructions to law enforcement were rooted in “exaltation of the principle of lawful use of self-defense.”

The AI firm says a Chinese official’s activity on the chatbot pointed to wider “cyber special operations” to intimidate both domestic and foreign critics.

The Canadian government, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, states that the threat of Indian interference is over, but Sikh activists and law enforcement suggest otherwise due to continued security concerns.

South African law enforcement, the Hawks, foiled a Vietnamese suspect's attempt to evade justice on wildlife trafficking charges, preventing their escape.

As law enforcement agencies begin evaluating information from communications specialist Karolis Žukauskas regarding potentially opaque financing of 'Nemuno aušros,' Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė welcomes the swift institutional response but urges non-interference.

Following an incident at a cycling event, ProVelo has criticized the police, questioning whether the public and law enforcement are sufficiently informed about traffic rules protecting cyclists and calling for more awareness.

Law enforcement agencies in the Central zone are gearing up for the upcoming assembly elections, establishing election cells in every district to handle security and poll-related tasks.

An article titled 'Cat's Cops' from Daily Maverick, likely discussing a specific initiative or event related to law enforcement or community engagement.

An international law enforcement operation in Ukraine led to the arrest of 11 individuals involved in a sophisticated scheme to defraud unsuspecting citizens with promises of impressive profits.

A man shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis was initially charged with assaulting law enforcement, but the case concluded following a startling admission.

An unknown individual has blown up a patrol police vehicle with law enforcement officers inside near Savyolovsky railway station in Moscow.

The Security Service of Ukraine has classified an explosion at a disused petrol station in Mykolaiv on 23 February, which left law enforcement officers injured, as a terrorist attack.

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) Sokoto/Zamfara Area Command has transferred illicit drugs valued at N99.9 million to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Sokoto.

A spinoff of CBS and Dick Wolf’s long-running drama series “FBI,” “CIA” follows an elite FBI/CIA fusion cell that investigates international plots, terrorist cells and geopolitical secrets. A generic police procedural, “CIA” isn’t mind-blowing. However, based on the show’s opener (critics received just one episode for review, which is an anomaly), the series will undoubtedly […]

An international law enforcement operation, involving authorities from Ukraine, Latvia, and Lithuania, has shut down fraudulent investment call centers in Dnipro, Ukraine, which defrauded citizens of over 160,000 euros monthly.

A newly revealed secret document details the events of February 28, 1991, in Kruja, where a group of 300 people gathered to prevent 'Enver's Volunteers', leading to clashes with law enforcement.

The 21-year-old man was killed by law enforcement officers after he entered Mar-a-Lago with a weapon.

Under El Mencho’s leadership, the cartel has been implicated in numerous homicides targeting rival groups and Mexican law enforcement

Fant Jomecia, 28, accused of trespassing at a Houston apartment complex

Estonian law enforcement agencies are continuing to work with their Ukrainian counterparts to fight international phone scammers. Their investigations are complicated, however, by the ongoing war and global nature of criminal networks.

Microsoft denies its technology is used by ICE for mass civilian surveillance, despite reports of the agency increasing its reliance on Azure cloud services. The tech giant stated its policies prohibit such use and urged clear legal guidelines for emerging tech in law enforcement. This comes amid scrutiny over government use of Microsoft's tools.

Boasberg Rubber-Stamps DOJ Request To Keep FBI-Twitter Payments Secret When the Twitter files hit in December of 2022, they revealed that the Biden administration had paid Twitter at least $3.4 million between October 2019 and February 2021 to reimburse the pre-Musk, left-leaning social media giant for a flood of requests.  During this period, the Biden DOJ was going after vaccine skeptics, lab-leak proponents, 2020 election 'deniers,' Catholic parents, Hunter Biden laptop / Burisma content, and conservative news outlets. We also learned that the FBI's Elvis Chan and crew were holding weekly meeting with Twitter on "misinformation," and flagged thousands of accounts for the above.  Days after the Twitter files were released, watchdog group Judicial Watch sued the Biden DOJ, which oversees the FBI, over a FOIA request demanding to know how much the FBI paid Twitter from 2016 onward. The FBI initially refused, but eventually released 44-pages of documents with the key payment details redacted - claiming the data was protected under FOIA's "Exemption 7(E)," which lets agencies hide info about law enforcement methods if releasing it could help criminals or enemies dodge detection. Judicial Watch then narrowed their claims to just those redacted payment amounts (JW dropped other issues such as vendor names), however in December of 2025, the Trump DOJ asked Judge James Boasberg for a Motion for Summary Judgement to deny Judicial Watch's request - effectively concealing the extent to which the FBI, under Trump and Biden, was going after Americans.  In its request for summary judgement, US Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office (say it ain't so!) argued that revealing payments that are tied to real investigations could reveal super secret investigative methods - such as how much the FBI is "engaging" with Twitter vs. other platforms, which could lead to 'bad guys' (criminals, hackers, foreign spies) to switch to platforms with less FBI activity, and that it might reveal shifts in FBI priorities over time. Revealing the quarterly totals could also betray "mosaic theory," where seemingly harmless info (like one quarter's payment) can be pieced together with public data (e.g., Twitter's transparency reports) to form a big picture of FBI strategies. Earlier this month, Boasberg agreed - ruling that revealing the payments could expose FBI "techniques and procedures" (how they monitor online threats) and help bad actors figure out what the FBI is focused on, allowing them to adapt and change strategies.  Boasberg wrote in his opinion that the 7(E) exemption is valid because it could "risk circumvention of the law."  So @JudicialWatch sued to find out how much the Deep State/Biden FBI was paying Twitter (now @X) to censor and spy on Americans. Kash Patel's FBI and Pam Bondi's Justice Department told a federal court we shouldn't get even summary quarterly totals of the payments because it… https://t.co/6P6oqQDxDj February 18, 2026 What the actual... .@FBIDirectorKash this was probably handled by lower-levels — a personal intervention on this one, which impacts 100 million voters & is critically important for Americans to restore trust in the bureau, at zero cost to FBI time or resources, would be greatly appreciated https://t.co/aHwXCi9h55 February 19, 2026 Maybe Elon can just give Tom Fitton the deets?  The filings for your reading pleasure... DOJ request to deny Judicial Watch: Judicial Watch Inc v Us Department of Justice Dcdce-23-03004 0024.0 by Zerohedge Janitor Boasberg's opinion granting the DOJ request: Judicial Watch Inc v Us Department of Justice Dcdce-23-03004 0027.0 by Zerohedge Janitor Tyler Durden Thu, 02/19/2026 - 18:50

Japanese Justice Minister Hiraguchi instructed prosecutors nationwide to combat 'Tokuryu' (anonymous and fluid criminal groups), emphasizing the need for swift and appropriate law enforcement to restore public safety.

A terminated Myrtle Beach police officer has permanently lost their certification following a vote, preventing them from serving in law enforcement.

The FBI has reached out to authorities in Mexico, in the hunt for Nancy Guthrie and her kidnapper, TMZ has learned ... and TMZ has received a new ransom note. Law enforcement sources involved in the investigation tell us ... the FBI has contacted…

CACI International highlighted its growth in artificial intelligence and a significant $2 billion surge in electronic warfare contracts during a presentation at TD Cowen, reaffirming its fiscal year guidance.

Ukraine's former energy minister German Galushchenko has been formally named as a suspect in a high-profile money laundering probe, investigators said Monday. The announcement comes one day after Galushchenko was detained by law enforcement attempting to leave Ukraine, and is the latest development in a corruption scandal in the energy sector that rocked the government last year. FRANCE 24's Emmanuelle Chaze reports from Kharkiv.

An article discusses the legal provisions in Washington state regarding whether individuals can contact law enforcement over a neighbor's cannabis smoke.

Ryan Garcia had an unwelcome guest Thursday night -- TMZ Sports is told an alleged burglar hopped a fence and tried to enter his home ... before scurrying away as cops responded to the scene. Law enforcement sources tell us the incident went down…

Police chief accused of caving to Republican demands by reversing decision to fire implicated duo A Detroit police department decision to reverse course on firing two officers who allegedly violated local law by coordinating an arrest with federal immigration agents has ignited outrage and accusations that the chief caved to Republican demands. It has also played into a debate in the US around the role of local law enforcement amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown as many poli...

The United States government is one of the largest Bitcoin holders on Earth—not because Congress voted to create a strategic reserve, but because federal agents have spent a decade seizing cryptocurrency from criminals. Drug dealers, hackers, ransomware operators, and money launderers accumulated Bitcoin through illicit activity. Law enforcement tracked them down and confiscated their digital […]

Law enforcement is searching for an escaped inmate in a dense area of Los Angeles County ... and cops say the inmate fled from a hospital where they were getting treatment.

Hermitage High School in Henrico, Virginia, was placed on lockdown on Thursday following reports of an armed person on campus, prompting a search by law enforcement.

The Prime Minister of North Macedonia stated he sees no logic in negotiating with those who seek his political downfall, while also mentioning a 'fugitive' secured by law enforcement, emphasizing it's a judicial matter unrelated to the government.

Law enforcement authorities conducted searches at 'Varlė,' one of Lithuania's largest online stores, and 'Topo grupė,' which operates the 'Topo centras' electronics retail chain, according to media reports.

Slovakia's Defense and Security Committee is being criticized for overstepping its bounds by interfering with the work of law enforcement agencies involved in investigating and prosecuting criminal offenses.

An analytical piece discusses counterterrorism policies and laws enacted by terrorism-affected states after 9/11, highlighting factors like governance quality, law enforcement adaptability, and political ownership.

Outrage In Sacramento: California Parole Board Grants Release Of Serial Child Rapist Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, The California Parole Board’s decision to release a serial child molester who used candy and toys to lure children as young as three years old has sparked outrage from victims, prosecutors, and law enforcement officials. David Allen Funston, 64, was convicted in 1999 of sixteen counts of kidnapping and child molestation after a horrific crime spree...

OpenAI has announced the suspension of several accounts associated with Chinese law enforcement, romance scammers, and influence operations, including a campaign targeting a prominent woman, for using ChatGPT to gather data on Americans and generate emails.

Moldovan law enforcement has dismantled a criminal group specialized in online investment fraud, which caused over one million lei in damages to a 63-year-old victim.

Axon Enterprises, known for Taser stun guns, is transitioning into an AI company, with its AI-driven services for law enforcement clients leading to a significant increase in bookings.

New York City police are investigating an incident involving a snowball fight that resulted in injuries to officers. The city's mayor is facing criticism from the opposition, who accuse him of contributing to a loss of respect for law enforcement.

KTR has publicly criticized the police for what he perceives as 'double standards' in their enforcement of the law.

Italy's Security Decree (Dl Sicurezza) is set to expand legal protections for sports referees and railway personnel, while maintaining a legal shield for law enforcement officers.

Law enforcement in Moldova has exposed a tax evasion scheme involving fictitious deliveries of raw materials and accessories for double-glazed windows, totaling over 40 million lei.

Microsoft's practice of providing BitLocker encryption keys to law enforcement agencies is sparking concerns about digital privacy, as it allows authorities access to encrypted data with valid warrants.

Law enforcement officials are investigating the circumstances surrounding an explosion that occurred in the administrative building of the police in Dnipro's Amur-Nyzhnodniprovskyi district.

An explosion struck a police building in Dnipro, marking the second attack on law enforcement in Ukraine within 24 hours.

Police were called to Ray J's Los Angeles home following an alleged domestic violence incident, with law enforcement sources reporting a battery domestic violence call.

Lithuanian law enforcement will not investigate communications specialist Karolis Žukauskas, who claimed to have impersonated the Parliament Speaker to correspond with a minister.

Hong Kong's civil service chief has defended the decision to open external recruitment for the food and environmental hygiene director role, aiming to attract experts in technology for law enforcement.

Campers and hikers have urged Hong Kong authorities to step up public education, law enforcement and impose foot traffic limits at campsites after some areas were flooded with visitors during the Lunar New Year holiday. A visit by the South China Morning Post on Saturday to Ham Tin Wan, a beach in Sai Kung, found about 50 visitors and 30 tents. Empty plastic bottles, used tissue paper and chocolate wrappers were seen lying on the sand and in bushes and shrubs. Officers from the Agricultural,...

Walmart and Google are providing assistance to law enforcement in the ongoing search for Nancy Guthrie, who has been reported missing.

Matt Taibbi: Epstein Files Are "Uniquely Destructive" To Both Political Parties Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance This week I interviewed Matt Taibbi at a moment when, as he put it, “this is a pretty weird time.” He had just learned that his outlet, Racket News, had been investigated by the British government using what he described as “human intelligence sources and all kinds of crazy stuff.” “It’s been pretty weird,” he told me. What struck him most was how normalized this kind of pressure has become. Governments, he said, now routinely “hire out private intelligence firms and private PR firms to devise strategies to undermine negative press.” If you’re doing adversarial reporting, he added, “you’ll get swept up in this. So you probably have been, you just don’t know it.” From there, we moved into the Epstein story, which has become a political third rail. I asked him whether bipartisan silence around certain issues should worry people. Taibbi said most of what happens in Washington is already bipartisan; the public just doesn’t see it. “The thing that we call the news,” he said, is “a sliver of disagreement” between parties. The rest—“98% of the business that’s done there”—happens with quiet agreement. On the Epstein files, he argued that both parties miscalculated. The Trump camp, he said, built expectations around full transparency and then stumbled. “Dumping tons of stuff out without any context tends to have a lot of unintended consequences,” he said. The result has been politically damaging across the board. He also pushed back on some of the public narrative. The fascination with Epstein, he said, rests on three assumptions: that Epstein worked for intelligence, that he ran a vast trafficking ring, and that the two were connected through political blackmail. “There’s an abundance of evidence” of serious sexual crimes, he acknowledged. But on the intelligence-blackmail theory, “there’s nothing that puts it all together and says that’s what was happening. It could, but it’s just not there yet.” What he does see is a slow-burn release strategy. “You’ll notice that they never fully release everything,” he told me. “It’s like Zeno’s paradox. We’re never going to get all the way to the wall with this.” Each new tranche fuels public demand and media frenzy, with the promise that the next batch might contain the “kill shot” that takes down someone powerful. We then shifted to New York politics and the rise of Zohran Mamdani. Taibbi sees his early proposals—like raising property taxes—as predictable. If state-level backing doesn’t materialize, he suggested, the Democratic Party may distance itself. “The Democratic Party has decided not to back this horse,” he said. In his view, the party faces a structural dilemma: a base that is moving left out of economic frustration, and a national electoral map that may not tolerate that shift. He connected that frustration to student debt and monetary policy. When I brought up inflation and deficit spending, he traced the arc back to post-2008 policies and the explosion of quantitative easing. “All you’re doing is accelerating inequality on the one hand,” he said, “and you’re raising the debt burden for everybody else.” The result, he argued, is a generation that feels locked out of homeownership and upward mobility. On immigration and recent ICE enforcement actions, Taibbi resisted simple partisanship. He said he found neighborhood sweeps and masked agents “scary,” comparing aspects of the approach to “an enhanced federal version of stop and frisk.” At the same time, he criticized the ideological shift that made even basic border enforcement seem taboo. “It’s not like having borders is inherently xenophobic,” he said. “It’s just a part of governance. Part of being a nation.” At the end of the conversation, Taibbi outlined changes at Racket News. He said he had “basically fired” himself as editor-in-chief and brought in new leadership to refocus on document-based investigations. The site, he told me, is doubling down on FOIA-driven reporting and digging into stories like expansive FBI investigations and the British controversy now touching his own outlet. The through line of our discussion was less about left versus right than about institutions under strain—media, parties, law enforcement, and financial systems alike. Taibbi’s core warning was that much of what truly matters happens in the bipartisan shadows, while the public argues over the sliver that makes it onto cable news. (WATCH THE FULL VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH MATT HERE).  Tyler Durden Fri, 02/20/2026 - 10:00

Apple’s feature, which connects phone to satellite, helped first responders find survivors as they waited under tarp California’s deadliest avalanche killed at least eight people in a ski group near Lake Tahoe on Tuesday. The six survivors used the iPhone’s emergency SOS feature to help first responders find them as they waited under a tarp and discovered some of the bodies, according to the Nevada county sheriff. Apple’s feature, introduced in 2022, allows users to text law enforcement, even if there’s no cell service or wifi by connecting the phone to a satellite. First responders reached the skiers’ location and learned of the six survivors based on conversations held through the feature, Sheriff Shannan Moon said at a press conference on Wednesday. Continue reading...

US Coast Guard Seizes $133.5 Million In Illicit Drugs Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Crew of the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Cutter Seneca seized more than $133.5 million worth of cocaine and offloaded the drugs at Port Everglades, Florida, the agency said in a Feb. 13 statement. The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913) and a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter flight crew conduct training evolutions in the Caribbean Sea, on July 15, 2025. Seaman Corrie Gill/U.S. Coast Guard “80 percent of interdictions of U.S.-bound drugs occur at sea. This underscores the importance of maritime interdiction in combatting the flow of illegal narcotics and protecting American communities from this deadly threat,” USCG said. In total, 17,700 pounds of cocaine were seized through the interdiction of four drug-transporting vessels in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. One of the drug vessels was boarded by Seneca’s crew on Jan. 25, seizing 4,410 pounds of cocaine. On Jan. 31, crew members boarded three vessels, taking custody of 13,340 pounds of cocaine, the statement said. The detection and monitoring of illegal drug transit by air and sea are conducted by the U.S. Southern Command’s Joint Interagency Task Force-South, based in Key West. Once it is determined that the vessel must be interdicted, the USCG takes control of the operation, boards the vessel, and apprehends it. “I am extremely proud of the crew’s incredible performance and adaptability during this deployment,” said Capt. Lee Jones, commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Seneca. “This deployment demonstrates our enhanced posture and continued success in the fight against narco-terrorism and transnational criminal organizations. “The Coast Guard, in conjunction with our inter-agency and international partners, continues to patrol areas commonly associated with drug trafficking in the Eastern Pacific, denying smugglers access to maritime routes by which they move illicit drugs to our U.S. land and sea borders.” According to the agency, the Coast Guard is accelerating its crackdown on drug trafficking in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of Operation Pacific Viper, aiming to protect the United States from the flow of illicit narcotics from South America. Operation Pacific Viper, launched in early August last year, directs U.S. forces to the Eastern Pacific region to counter cartel and criminal groups, seeking to cut off drug and human smuggling before they hit U.S. shores. In early December 2025, USCG said in a statement that it had seized more than 150,000 pounds of cocaine from the Eastern Pacific Ocean, which it said was enough to create more than “57 million potentially lethal doses.” In a Feb. 14 statement, USCG announced the seizure of two vessels containing $5.6 million in illicit narcotics off Port Everglades. Authorities seized roughly 745 pounds of cocaine by interdicting two suspected drug trafficking vessels. “The Coast Guard is in the business of saving lives, and every kilogram of these drugs kept off our streets represents lives saved,” said Lt. Justin Dadlani, commanding officer of Station Fort Lauderdale. “I couldn’t be more proud of the professionalism of the crew and our continued partnerships with our partners with Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security Investigations.” On Feb. 15, the agency announced that its Cutter Forrest Rednour had interdicted 14 suspected illegal immigrants aboard a vessel 18 miles from San Diego, with all of them claiming to be Mexican nationals. Earlier on Jan. 27, the Coast Guard said they had interdicted three suspected illegal immigrants from Mexico in two vessels, seven miles off Imperial Beach, California. On Jan. 21, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said the Coast Guard notified the agency of a suspicious vessel traveling toward Puerto Rico. Upon investigation, CBP agents found 12 migrants from Russia and Uzbekistan aboard. The interception took place on Jan. 13. “This successful outcome highlights the strong partnerships between the Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection, and all federal and local law enforcement partners in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands,” said Capt. Robert E. Stiles, Sector San Juan deputy. “Our daily unified coordination, shared capabilities, and synchronized response efforts are instrumental to safeguarding our nation’s Caribbean maritime borders against illicit smuggling activities.” Tyler Durden Thu, 02/19/2026 - 11:25

Police records indicate that law enforcement was called to Shia LaBeouf's Los Angeles residence multiple times before his separation from Mia Goth.

The current administration is intensifying its examination of noncitizen voting, aligning with a Trump claim and marking a significant federal law enforcement effort in American elections ahead of the midterms.

Eric Immesberger posed as a hit man in undercover operations to gather evidence against people attempting to hire one. He is a former agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives who spent 21 years investigating violent crime, including firearms trafficking, organized criminal crews, and murder-for-hire plots. Movies and TV often portray murder for hire as a clean, professional transaction. In reality, it's rare, emotionally driven, and far easier to unravel than people expect. During Immesberger's undercover work, what he encountered wasn't criminal precision, but panic, unrealistic expectations, and mistakes that often created evidence almost immediately — the very things that allow law enforcement to intervene early and stop violence before anyone is killed. Immesberger retired in 2019. For more: https://www.ericimmesberger.com/ https://www.instagram.com/ericimmesberger Read the original article on Business Insider

Law enforcement has blocked roads near Nancy Guthrie's home as the investigation into her disappearance intensifies, with authorities actively searching for clues.