Tag Archives: caribbean

Local Creatives Take St. Kitts and Nevis to Global Creative Forums

Basseterre, St. Kitts (September 25, 2026) Two St. Kitts and Nevis creatives have carried their work onto the international stage, participating in World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) forums in Manila and Accra that brought together entrepreneurs and creative professionals from across regions. Sanara Bussue-Ugboh, founder of House of Lyvelle, represented the Federation at the Cross-Regional […]

United States: HSI Arrests Previously-Deported Illegal Alien Who Attacked an ICE Officer with Vehicle

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested a three-time previously deported illegal alien who allegedly used his vehicle to assault an ICE law enforcement officer in California. The arrest stems from an August 31, 2026 incident in Martinez, California, in which Jesus Israel Garcia-Cobarruvias, an illegal alien from Mexico, allegedly accelerated his vehicle […]

United States: U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Justice Issue Guidance on ‘Swatting’ Threats

As students begin a new school year, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued joint guidance to all educational institutions on how to prepare for and respond to swatting incidents on campus. The guidance urges all schools to implement policies, and prepare personnel, to identify and mitigate anonymous […]

United States: Former U.S. Soldier Sentenced for Hacking and Extortion Scheme That Exposed Sensitive Data of U.S. Government Official

Cameron John Wagenius, 22, a former Army soldier who was most recently stationed in Texas, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison and ordered to pay $294,978 in restitution for conspiring to hack into telecommunications companies’ databases, access sensitive records, and extort the  companies by threatening to release the stolen data unless ransoms were […]

United States: Virginia Man is Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Exploiting More Than 40 Minor Girls on Snapchat

Malachi Morgan Thomas, 24, of Virginia, was sentenced yesterday to 40 years in prison for sexual exploitation of children and possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). On April 2, Thomas pled guilty to one count of production of CSAM and one count of possession of CSAM. According to court documents, Thomas used a Snapchat account, […]

United States: Cuban National Convicted for International Alien Smuggling and Money Laundering Conspiracy

A federal jury in the Middle District of Florida convicted a Cuban National for his role in an international alien smuggling and money laundering conspiracy. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Lazaro Alain Cabrera-Rodriguez, 28, of Hialeah, Florida, conspired with others to operate an alien smuggling organization (ASO), which encouraged thousands of […]