Colombian police arrest 6 Israelis behind child sex trafficking ring (video)

The network is suspected of operating in a spate of Colombian cities, including the capital Bogota, the second-largest city of Medellin as well as Cartagena and Santa Marta. All of the suspects were wanted by Interpol on suspicion of pimping and soliciting minors for prostitution.

Six Israel citizens have been arrested after they were suspected of running a child sex trafficking ring in Colombia, according to the Latin American country’s attorney general’s office.

In all, fourteen Israelis and two Colombians were involved in operating the alleged network. The detainees include a Colombian police officer who allegedly passed classified information to one of the suspected ringleaders, Israeli Mor Zohar….

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/colombian-police-arrest-6-israelis-behind-child-sex-trafficking-ring-video/

apologies, did not check responses. shit

https://twitter.com/AlBoeNEWS/status/1072130930091773953

Beijing Blowback: Qualcomm Wins Ban On Some iPhone Sales In China

In what many will see as a retaliatory move against the arrest of Huawei's CFO, a Chinese court has ruled in favor of Qualcomm, against Apple, banning the sale of some iPhone models across China.

Bloomberg reports that the Fuzhou Intermediate People’s Court ruled that Apple is infringing on two Qualcomm patents and issued injunctions against the sale of the iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X, the San Diego, California-based chipmaker said in a statement Monday.

“We deeply value our relationships with customers, rarely resorting to the courts for assistance, but we also have an abiding belief in the need to protect intellectual property rights,” said Don Rosenberg, executive vice president and general counsel, Qualcomm Incorporated.

“Apple continues to benefit from our intellectual property while refusing to compensate us. These Court orders are further confirmation of the strength of Qualcomm’s vast patent portfolio.”…

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-10/beijing-blowback-qualcomm-wins-ban-some-iphone-sales-china

UN members adopt immigration pact rejected by US, official says

A majority of United Nations states voted to adopt a nonbinding global immigration pact on Monday, Morocco's foreign minister said.

Nearly 30 fewer governments joined the pact than had worked on crafting it, according to the minister, Nasser Bourita, Reuters reports.

There was no formal vote on the matter.

The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was signed by every U.N. member except for the U.S. in July.

The agreement has come under fire by advocates of stricter immigration policy and national sovereignty.

The Trump administration said that the global approach to immigration does not work in the best interest of the United States.

At least six European Union members, most of which were at one point in the Soviet Union, have spurned the pact, according to Reuters.

On Sunday Chile also pulled out from the agreement, as Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel saw the biggest party in his coalition resign over the accord.

Austria, the government that holds the U.N. presidency, withdrew in November as well.

The Austrian delegates said the pact would blur the line between legal and illegal immigration, compromising its own immigration policies and endangering national security.

https://thehill.com/policy/international/420520-un-members-adopt-immigration-compact-official-says

https://twitter.com/SecPompeo/status/1072143018499719168