justice
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Smugglers Busted With Nearly $400 Million Worth Of Cocaine Moulded Into Shipping Pallets
Remember that scene in Traffic where they moulded cocaine into dolls? This kind of trickery happens in real life, too. A band of international smugglers recently got caught with over $US370 million worth of cocaine disguised as 40 shipping pallets. No, the pallets weren’t filled with cocaine. The pallets were cocaine.
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Eclair Bandersnatch: Street Artist For The Snowden Age
Walk pretty much anywhere in San Francisco’s SoMa, Haight or Mission neighbourhoods, and you’ll see one of Eclair Bandersnatch’s glittery stencils, often featuring “Saint Snowden” or Chelsea Manning. We talked to Bandersnatch about bringing art, tech and politics together on the streets.
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US Authorities Charge Spammers With The Biggest Data Breach In History
The only thing that sucks more than spam are the greedy people who send it to you. That’s why the US Department of Justice charging three spam kingpins responsible for one of the largest data breaches in history is so exciting. Finally, authorities are taking down the spam kingpins — or at least trying.
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Traffic On A Petition To Prosecute Zimmerman Crashed The NAACP’s Site
After the recent decision in the Trayvon Martin case, many Americans erupted in anger and disappointment about George Zimmerman’s acquittal. Almost immediately following the decision, the NAACP posted an online petition for federal prosecution of Zimmerman. And the site got so much traffic that it crashed and has been in and out ever since. MoveOn.org…