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Somalia – 3 Men Amputated Under Sharia Law

Think of Mogadishu, Somalia and what comes to mind?  Perhaps Ridley Scott’s movie Black Hawk Down? Or perhaps the rampant Somalis pirates making a fortune out of hijacking ships?

Somalia is a country that has not had a functioning central government since 1991 when Somali warlords ousted former Somali president Mohamed Siad Barre and the country eventually [...]

Robberies – Why Make It Easy For The Robbers?

A BBC report caught my attention a while ago.  It says that an unamed Saudi princess was robbed in her hotel suite in the popular Italian island resort of Porto Cervo. Now people do get robbed anywhere.  But this robbery is somewhat unusual.  It appears that the robbers had a real easy task to perform.

I do not [...]

Robbers, Swindlers, Cheats

We are familiar with stories about banks disappearing due to financial crisis – in effect these banks failed and went into bankruptcies.  But a BBC report the other day tells of a bank in Uganda called the Visa Finance Bank that disappeared quite literally.  And no wonder, for it was really a scam run by what [...]

Robbery Suspects on Google’s Street View

Eversince Google started sending its camera-mounted cars onto the streets, there have been embarrassing moments for some people.  It is said that Google’s street view services have unwittingly caught people visiting adult shops or in company of call girls. 

The military too are wary of Google’s street view.  Last year the Pentagon decided enough is enough, and imposed [...]