News Headlines - 07 November 2018
▽Former Nazi SS camp guard, 94, goes on trial in Germany
A 94-year-old former SS enlisted man went on trial Tuesday in Germany, facing hundreds of counts of accessory to murder for alleged crimes committed during the years he served as a guard at the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp.
▽Who Steals Portable Toilets? German Court Renders Verdict - The New York Times
Two men in Germany have been convicted of stealing more than 100 portable toilets... Both men worked for a waste disposal company from whose premises the toilets — worth nearly 70,000 euros ($79,700) in all — gradually disappeared... The men admitted having sold the toilets to a company in the Netherlands via a go-between.
▽Woman who spent £16m in Harrods arrested - BBC News
A woman who spent £16m at Harrods and became the subject of the UK's first Unexplained Wealth Order has been arrested and faces extradition.
Zamira Hajiyeva, 55, is the wife of an ex-state banker who is serving a 15-year prison sentence for embezzlement in their home country of Azerbaijan.
Mrs Hajiyeva, who lives in a £15m house near the London store, became the first person to be served a UWO by the National Crime Agency last month... The UWO means she has to explain the origin of her fortune.
▽IT venture firm head detained for assault allegations
Police detained the head of a local online storage service company on Wednesday over multiple alleged assaults and violent acts toward his employees.
Police apprehended Yang Jin-ho, chief of WeDisk and also of robot developer K-Technology, in a residential building and took him into custody, the Gyeonggi police agency said.
The 19-year-old was detained on suspicion of a public order offence after handing himself in to a police station in south London.
Five men – two 49-year-olds and the others aged 19, 46 and 55 – were arrested on Monday night.
All have since been released under investigation, the Metropolitan Police said on Tuesday evening.