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Star’s Sydney casino is the company’s flagship, and where most of the money-laundering risks that caused the company significant regulatory issues occured.

High-risk junkets accounted for 14pc of Star’s revenues for five years

Documents filed with the Federal Court show the casino giant admitting high-roller trips which raised money-laundering issues were a huge part of its business.

This Month

Harvey Weinstein appears in state court in Manhattan for his retrial last month.

Sexual predator or #MeToo ‘poster boy’? Weinstein retrial nears end

The majority-female jury is expected to start deliberations at some point on Wednesday, inheriting a case that was seen as a watershed five years ago.

A visitor offers a tribute after leaving a bouquet of flowers at a makeshift memorial for victims of an attack in Boulder, Colorado.

Colorado attack suspect’s family being held for deportation

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said officials were looking into whether the family of Mohamed Soliman was involved in the June 1 attack.

Law enforcement officials prepare to investigate an attack on the Pearl Street Mall, in Boulder.

Suspect yelled ‘Free Palestine’ before Colorado firebomb attack

Several people were injured after the incident in Boulder in which a man targeted a peaceful pro-Israel demonstration.

May

Tim Leissner.

Ex-Goldman banker gets two-year prison sentence in 1MDB case

Tim Leissner pleaded guilty in 2018 for his involvement in a multibillion-dollar scandal involving Malaysia’s sovereign fund 1MDB.

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William Duplessie is escorted out of the New York Police 13th Precinct after turning himself in on charges of kidnapping and false imprisonment

Kidnappings, severed finger: Violent crime sweeps crypto industry

A new trend of physical violence around the world is targeting the industry as the largely unregulated currency surges in value.

Savannah Chrisley, daughter of reality television star Todd Chrisley, speaks outside the Federal Prison Camp in Florida.

Trump pardons reality-show couple convicted of $56m fraud

The pardon is the latest instance of the president using his clemency power to settle grievances over what he calls the political weaponisation of the justice system.

William Duplessie is escorted out of the New York Police 13th Precinct after turning himself in on charges of kidnapping and false imprisonment

Another suspect arrested in bitcoin kidnapping and torture case

The man, who has connections to Switzerland and Miami, has been identified as William Duplessie, 33. He had spent days negotiating his surrender with police.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs participates in "The Four" panel during the FOX Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 4, 2018.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs ‘kidnapped aide’ in plot to kill rapper Kid Cudi

Capricorn Clark’s account of violence launched the third week of testimony at the hip-hop mogul’s Manhattan federal sex-trafficking trial.

Police and emergency work race to treat the injured after the incident.

Police say final toll from Liverpool attack is 65 people injured

A 53-year-old UK man has been charged with attempted murder after driving his minivan into a crowd of soccer fans celebrating Liverpool’s premiership victory.

Police and emergency work race to treat the injured after the incident.

Four still ‘very, very ill’ after car ploughs into Liverpool crowd

Police believe the incident, in a packed city centre, was isolated and not an act of terrorism, but have not said why or how a man was able to drive at crowds.

Israeli embassy aides Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were shot dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington.

Suspected killer of Jewish diplomats posted ‘armed action’ manifesto

Pro-Palestinian activist Elias Rodriguez has been charged over the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy workers in Washington who were about to be engaged.

Sean Combs with then-partner Casandra Ventura, better known as Cassie, in 2017.

Abuse, blackmail: ‘Diddy’ jurors told of dark side of star’s relationship

Sean Combs’ former girlfriend is testifying about the underside of a relationship that played out publicly of the couple on red carpets and at celebrity events.

Cassandra Ventura, aka Cassie, and Sean “Diddy” Combs at the Met Gala in 2015.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ ex-girlfriend says ‘freak offs’ became a job

Singer Cassie told Coombs’ sex-trafficking trial that the star forced her into elaborate sexual marathons with male sex workers, which he called “freak offs”.

Kim Kardashian, accompanied by her mother Kris Jenner, leaves the justice palace after testifying.

‘I need to live’: Kim Kardashian testifies at Paris robbery trial

The celebrity said she was bound, gagged and feared for her life during the 2016 jewellery heist that raised questions about flaunting personal wealth online.

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Sean “Diddy” Combs has told a court he rejected a deal with prosecutors.

‘Kidnapping, drugs, sex crimes’: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial begins

Lawyers for the three-time Grammy winner say prosecutors are wrongly trying to make a crime out of a party-loving lifestyle that may have been indulgent, but not illegal.

Alcatraz Island. Donald Trump wants to restore the tourist attraction as a working prison.

Return to Alcatraz: Trump wants to reopen historic prison

The president’s directive to rebuild and reopen the long-closed penitentiary is the latest salvo in his effort to overhaul how federal prisoners are locked up.

April

‘Grandpa robbers’ go on trial for $14m Kardashian heist

The reality TV star and entrepreneur was tied up and held at gunpoint at a luxury residence in Paris nearly a decade ago.

Virginia Giuffre, with a photo of herself as a teen, when she said she was abused by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew, among others.

Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre has died

The victims’ advocate accused the royal of abuse as part of the sex-trafficking allegations against Jeffrey Epstein.

The 12 month sex offender register trial is part of a $750 million package Opposition Leader Dutton will unveil to try to shift the election’s focus to law and order.

Dutton to create a child sex offender register

The 12-month sex offender register trial is part of a $750 million package from the Coalition, as it tries to shift the election campaign’s focus to law and order.

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