Politics Scams

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — July 24, 2025 — Craig Callaway, a former Atlantic City Council President and influential political organizer, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for orchestrating …

Amanda Fox, a Green Party councillor representing Mancroft ward on Norwich City Council, was among about 100 activists participating in a nationwide day of action in support of the banned …

BOSTON, MA — Retired state trooper Calvin Butner, 64, has been sentenced to three months in federal prison for his role in a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) bribery scheme, a …

Ibtissame Lachgar, a 50-year-old Moroccan LGBT rights campaigner and co-founder of the Alternative Movement for Individual Freedoms, was arrested on blasphemy allegations after posting photos of herself wearing a T-shirt …

LONDON, U.K. – Fr John McGowan, a Carmelite priest from St Joseph’s Parish in Chalfont St Peter, was arrested during a peaceful demonstration in Parliament Square, London, in protest against …

BAMAKO, Mali — Former Malian Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga was arrested on Tuesday, according to his legal team and judicial sources. The arrest comes just days after the military-led …

Ramin Gorgani Arrested in Kamyaran Without Judicial Warrant KAMYARAN COUNTY, Iran — On Sunday, August 10, 2025, security forces arrested local resident Ramin Gorgani in Kamyaran County. He was subsequently …

BUKAN, IRAN — Hossein Mohammadi, a former Kurdish political prisoner from the village of Ali Kand near Bukan, West Azerbaijan Province, has been arrested once again by Iranian authorities, according …

TEHRAN — Fatemeh Ziaei Azad, a 66-year-old former political prisoner and human rights activist in Tehran, was arrested on Thursday, August 7, 2025, by agents of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence. …

CHISINAU, Moldova — A Moldovan court sentenced Evgenia Gutul, the pro-Kremlin leader of the Gagauzia region, to seven years in prison on Tuesday for helping channel illegal Russian funds to …