Law News – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for June 10, 2025

Law News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on June 10, 2025.

MIL-OSI New Zealand: Speech to the Law Association 2025
Source: New Zealand Government Thank you all for the invitation to speak with you this morning. I have been looking forward to this opportunity. May is a busy month for the Government, and it is always a relief to have the Budget delivered.  Today, I would like to speak about what I see as my […]

MIL-OSI USA: LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON DONALD TRUMP’S UNPRECEDENTED ATTACK ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (8th District of New York) Know Your Immigration Rights If you or a loved one encounter immigration enforcement officials, it is essential that you know your rights and have prepared your household for all possible outcomes. Ask for a warrant: The Fourth Amendment of the […]

MIL-OSI Security: U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force Apprehends Juvenile Suspect Connected to Deadly Shooting in Austin
Source: US Marshals Service Austin, TX – Members of the U.S. Marshals-led Lone Star Fugitive Task Force Friday arrested a juvenile* who was sought for a May 3 homicide in Austin. The juvenile, 13, was arrested and charged with capital murder from an incident that occurred at the intersection of Ross Road and Thome Valley […]

MIL-OSI New Zealand: Man charged with murder following Horeke homicide
Source: New Zealand Police A 73-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of a man in Horeke last month. Daniel Hepehi, also known as Danny Whiston, was found with critical injuries at a property in Waikerikeri Road in the early hours of May 22. Sadly, the 77-year-old died at the scene. Detective […]

MIL-OSI: MediPharm Labs’ Founder-CEO Pat McCutcheon Throws his Support behind Apollo Capital as Dissident
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) McCutcheon Agrees with Apollo that Urgent Change is Needed, including Complete Turnover at the Board Level after Years of Value-Destruction Apollo Capital Announces Filing of Circular Addendum toReflect McCutcheon’s Endorsement SHAREHOLDERS ARE URGED TO VOTE THE GOLD CARD “FOR” APOLLO CAPITAL’S SIX DIRECTOR NOMINEES AND NOT VOTE MEDIPHARM’s GREEN CARD TORONTO, June […]

MIL-OSI USA: Senator Marshall Calls for Full Funding of State and Local Law Enforcement Drug Interdiction Program
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Kansas Roger Marshall Washington – U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) is asking the Senate Appropriations Committee to fully fund the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program, which works with state and local law enforcement offices across the U.S. to foster collaboration, share resources, and leverage expertise to […]

MIL-OSI USA: Murray, DeLauro, Baldwin Blast Director Bhattacharya for Terminating Thousands of Active NIH Grants, Upending Research, Threatening Patient Treatment
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Washington State Patty Murray Top Democratic appropriators call out NIH for cancelling at least 2,370 active grants, cutting off funding to over 210 institutions, and demand a comprehensive list of terminated grants and the impact on patients in clinical trials Lawmakers: “Grinding wide swaths of clinical trials […]

MIL-OSI USA: Attorney General Bonta Files Pre-Enforcement Lawsuit Amid U.S. DOJ Demands that California Schools Violate State Law and U.S. Constitution
Source: US State of California Lawsuit responds to threats by U.S. DOJ if California school districts do not certify to banning transgender students from playing on sports teams consistent with their gender identity  OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed a pre-enforcement lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ) in anticipation of imminent legal […]

MIL-OSI Global: Can Israel still claim self-defence to justify its Gaza war?
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Donald Rothwell, Professor of International Law, Australian National University On October 7 2023, more than 1,000 Hamas militants stormed into southern Israel and went on a killing spree, murdering 1,200 men, women and children and abducting another 250 people to take back to Gaza. It was the […]

MIL-OSI Security: Five Men Plead Guilty for Their Roles in Global Digital Asset Investment Scam Conspiracy Resulting in Theft of More than $36.9 Million from Victims
Source: United States Attorneys General 7 Five men have pleaded guilty for their roles in laundering more than $36.9 million from victims of an international digital asset investment scam conspiracy that was carried out from scam centers in Cambodia. According to court documents, Joseph Wong, 33, of Alhambra, California; Yicheng Zhang, 39, of China; Jose […]

MIL-OSI USA: Five Men Plead Guilty for Their Roles in Global Digital Asset Investment Scam Conspiracy Resulting in Theft of More than $36.9 Million from Victims
Source: US State of California Five men have pleaded guilty for their roles in laundering more than $36.9 million from victims of an international digital asset investment scam conspiracy that was carried out from scam centers in Cambodia. According to court documents, Joseph Wong, 33, of Alhambra, California; Yicheng Zhang, 39, of China; Jose Somarriba, […]

MIL-OSI Security: Former state worker pleads guilty in scheme to steal nearly $900,000 in state tax dollars
Source: Office of United States Attorneys Defendant abused role as credit card custodian to embezzle money he then failed to report on his income taxes Tacoma – A 48-year-old Olympia resident pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to wire fraud in connection with his scheme to steal nearly $900,000 from his former […]

MIL-OSI Security: New Orleans Woman Guilty of Wire Fraud for Fraudulent Vehicle Purchase Scheme
Source: Office of United States Attorneys NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that KENDRA WALKER (“WALKER”), age 41, a resident of New Orleans, pled guilty on June 5, 2025 before United States District Judge Barry W. Ashe on June 5, 2025, to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States […]

MIL-OSI Security: Founder of Sexual Wellness Company “OneTaste” and Former Head of Sales Convicted of Forced Labor Conspiracy
Source: Office of United States Attorneys Defendants Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz Used Deception and Abuse to Obtain Their Victims’ Labor and Services Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, a federal jury convicted Nicole Daedone, the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of OneTaste, Inc. (OneTaste), a sexual wellness education company, and Rachel Cherwitz, […]

MIL-OSI Security: Box Elder Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Committing an Assault within the Pine Ridge Reservation
Source: Office of United States Attorneys RAPID CITY – United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler has sentenced a Box Elder, South Dakota, woman convicted of Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury. The sentencing took place on June 2, 2025. Samatha Wright, 27, was sentenced to one year […]

MIL-OSI Security: Mexican commercial fishermen plead guilty to illegal red snapper harvesting
Source: Office of United States Attorneys All now face federal prison time for unlawfully fishing in U.S. waters BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Four members of a Mexican fishing crew have admitted they unlawfully transported fish taken from the Gulf of America, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Jose Daniel Santiago-Mendoza, 22, has now pleaded guilty, while […]

MIL-OSI Security: Memphis Man Sentenced to Seventeen Years for Trafficking 17-Year-Old Female to Perform Commercial Sex Acts
Source: Office of United States Attorneys NEW ORLEANS, LA – Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that DOMINIQUE PEEPLES (“PEEPLES”), age 28, from Memphis, Tennessee, was sentenced on May 28, 2025, after previously pleading guilty to Sex Trafficking of a Minor, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1591(a)(1), 1591(b)(2), 1594(a), and 2. According to court documents, PEEPLES brought […]

MIL-OSI Security: Huntington Man Sentenced for Child Pornography Crime
Source: Office of United States Attorneys HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Mark Radford, 33, of Huntington, was sentenced today to time served and 15 years of supervised release for possession of child pornography. Radford must also register as a sex offender. According to court documents and statements made in court, on or about November 3, 2020, law enforcement […]

MIL-OSI New Zealand: Police release images in Papakura wounding incident
Source: New Zealand Police Police need your help in investigating a cowardly attack on a Papakura man last month. Still images are being released of a person that Police is still working to identify, and we need to hear from you today. The wounding occurred on Friday 16 May at about 11.40am on Settlement Road […]

MIL-OSI USA: LEADER JEFFRIES: “EXTREME MAGA REPUBLICANS HAVE ZERO CREDIBILITY WHEN IT COMES TO ISSUES OF LAW AND ORDER”
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (8th District of New York) Know Your Immigration Rights If you or a loved one encounter immigration enforcement officials, it is essential that you know your rights and have prepared your household for all possible outcomes. Ask for a warrant: The Fourth Amendment of the […]