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Australian Media Locks Arms Against Police Raids

Australia’s three largest media organizations teamed up to fight back after police raids. The organizations want journalists exempt from national security laws passed since 2012 that "would put them in jail for doing their jobs.”

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Australian Police Raid National Broadcaster in Afghan Killings Case

Police entered the Sydney headquarters of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in on June 5, the day after authorities searched the Canberra home in the country's capital of Sunday Telegraph Political Editor Annika Smethurt over her 2018 story revealing a government plan to spy on citizens, outraging journalists and media advocates

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Secret Swedbank Report Shows Russian Money Laundering Ties

Swedbank's growing scandal which brought about the departure of CEO Birgitte Bonnesen and Chairman Lars Idermark, could get worse with a report commissioned by the bank allegedly showing that institution filtered as much as 20 billion euros ($22.47) in dirty Russian money through its Estonian branch, much more than was previously believed

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