Autobus a palermo

Aug 08, 1:43 PM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By Julian Kossoff 08/08/18 AT 1:05 PM Italian police on Wednesday announced the arrest of 11 people for intentionally breaking victims' bones in order to cash in on insurance payouts.Palermo gang members preyed on the vulnerable and showed particular cruelty in the methods they used to break their victims' limbs, such as hurling bodybuilding weights before staging fake road crashes. The gangs would target drug addicts, the homeless and people in debt. The gangs falsely promised the victims would get a sizable cut of any payout they defrauded from insurance companies.One of those arrested was a hospital nurse who would procure painkillers to reduce the screams of agony as the victims' bones were smashed.The perpetrators then would place their victims on the roadside beside damaged cars to make it look they had been in an accident, call the emergency services … [Read more...] about Sicilian Gangs Smashed Bones Of Drug Addicts In Macabre Insurance Scam

In 2014, an Argentine court handed down a ruling that found an orangutan held in captivity at a zoo in Buenos Aires was entitled to certain legal rights as a “non-human person.”  Now, as we come up on nearly two-years since the court handed down this landmark ruling, a new report indicates things have not improved much for Sandra the orangutan.  She reportedly remains locked in a cage at the now-closed Palermo Zoo as the debate continues about what to do with her.The Daily Mail provides more on Sandra’s back story in a recent article that explains how back in 2014 a local animal rights group filed a habeas corpus writ on Sandra’s behalf, arguing “a great ape has rights, including freedom and avoiding suffering from being in captivity.”  A judge agreed, finding Sandra is “legally not an animal but a ‘non-human person,’” according to the report.Earlier this year, another court found Sandra … [Read more...] about Sandra the Orangutan Still Awaiting Freedom Two-Years After Court Ruled She Had Legal Rights

The UK’s Modern Slavery Act is an effort by the government to end all forms of labour exploitation.The UK’s Modern Slavery Act 2015 aims to prevent all forms of labour exploitation and increase transparency of labour practices in supply chains. Starting this month, the government will require all commercial organisations that operate in the UK with an annual turnover of £36 million or more to prepare a Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement for each financial year. The government is due to publish details of the transitional provisions applicable to organisations whose financial year ends soon after October.Modern SlaveryFollowing the UN’s Palermo Protocol in 2000, anti-slavery legislation across the globe has increased. In July 2015, the UK enacted the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the Act) and Kevin Hyland was appointed as the first UK anti-slavery commissioner. His role is independent of the government, and he will be required to provide annual reports to … [Read more...] about The UK Modern Slavery Act 2015

Among disputes over removed cultural objects, perhaps few are better known than that concerning what were formerly known as the Elgin Marbles, which even the British Museum now prefers to call the Parthenon sculptures. It is important to note at the outset, however, that even though the Parthenon sculptures were removed during this long age of plunder, were not actually plundered. They were removed with the apparent permission of the government that had ruled the territory for four centuries. The source of the conflict over the sculptures is twofold – (1) Ottoman rule of the territory of modern Greece was in its final decades, and the movement in favor of Greek independence was on the rise (Greece would attain independence in 1832); and (2) the Parthenon, which even at the time had long been recognized as one of the finest examples of classical architecture and sculpture, became an important symbol of Greek independence and nationalism.It is timely to consider the Parthenon … [Read more...] about Part II – The Debate over the Parthenon Sculptures: Cultural Assets

Generally, petitions filed by injured workers for occupational disease claims are barred if they are not filed within two years of the date the injured worker discovered the nature of the disability and it relationship to employment. This is addressed in the workers’ compensation law under N.J.S.A. 34:15-34.Unlike an accident, which has a specific date, the precise onset of an occupational disease may be hard to determine. In Earl v. Johnson and Johnson, the court recognized that the period of time for filing an occupational disease claim does not run until two years after the date the injured worker knew the “nature of the occupational disability and its relationship to employment.” What the court meant by that statement has been the subject of many court appeals. In the Earl v. Johnson and Johnson case the court defined the two year statute of limitations as beginning to run when the worker has “knowledge of the most notable characteristics of the disease, … [Read more...] about Statute Of Limitations in a New Jersey Workers’ Compensation “Occupational Disease” Claim