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VP Leni: US shared intel on drug syndicates operating in PH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 14 08:32 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo has confirmed that the United States shared intelligence information with her during their Wednesday meeting.   Read more »

Babae timbog sa pagbebenta ng mga hubad na larawan ng mga kaanak, kapitbahay

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 08 04:44 PM

Inaresto ng pulisya sa Antipolo City ang isang babae na nagbebenta umano sa mga pedopilya ng mga hubad na larawan ng kaniyang mga batang kaanak at kapitbahay.   Read more »

Shrugging off Trump, FBI tackles right-wing extremists

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 26 08:44 AM

Ever since a young racist slaughtered 22 at a Texas Walmart, and another man murdered 10 in Ohio three weekends ago, the FBI has arrested at least seven right-wing extremists in what appears to be a more earnest effort to target white nationalist threats in the United States.   Read more »

The American scene: Historic, landmark, remarkable

Buddy Gomez -- Cyberbuddy
Posted at Jul 27 06:33 AM

These are apt descriptions of an open Congressional hearing of America’s biggest political scandal. Read more »

FBI: 1,000 probes into Chinese intellectual property theft

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 24 03:18 AM

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has nearly 1,000 investigations open into attempted intellectual property theft, nearly all of them involving Chinese, FBI director Christopher Wray said Tuesday. Read more »

Trump move to declassify Russia intel draws sharp criticism

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 25 10:48 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump is defending his unprecedented decision to give his Justice Department chief unfettered access to the country's deepest foreign intelligence secrets amid an outcry from the spy community and a veiled warning from the US intelligence czar. Read more »

FBI Bars Some China Scholars From Visiting the U.S. Over Spying Fears

Jane Perlez, The New York Times
Updated as of May 03 08:07 AM

Just as he had on previous trips, Zhu Feng bolted down his lunch at the Los Angeles airport before sprinting to catch his Air China flight back to Beijing. Read more »

Hidden crime: Global taskforce tackles cybersex child trafficking in the Philippines

Matt Blomberg, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Apr 15 08:34 AM

MANILA - The tip-off came from the FBI: details of an arrest in the United States, the accused's social media profiles, and a host of photographs showing young Filipina girls engaged in sex acts. Read more »

23-year-old man claims to be US boy missing for eight years: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 05 06:48 AM

CHICAGO - The FBI said Thursday that a person who claimed to be a boy who disappeared eight years ago was not the missing child, and media reported he was actually a 23-year-old man.  Read more »

Mga lugar sa bansa na tinatarget ng 'sex offenders' tinukoy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 10:14 PM

Tinukoy ng mga awtoridad ang 13 lugar sa bansa kung saan umano talamak ang kalakaran ng cybersex.  Read more »

Cybersex ops still prevalent in PH; 80 pct of victims are minors

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 22 02:26 PM

Online sexual exploitation remains prevalent in the Philippines, with victims, including minors, being lured into the trade by their own relatives, a joint probe by the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) showed.  Read more »

FBI in shutdown: 'We can't pay informants'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 23 09:30 AM

WASHINGTON - FBI agents complained Monday that the month-old US government shutdown is preventing them from paying informants, buying drugs undercover in narcotics busts, and even renewing their own security clearances.   Read more »

Trump blasts FBI counterintel probe into whether he worked for Russia

W.G. Dunlop, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 13 08:08 AM

President Donald Trump blasted the FBI Saturday, insisting it acted "for no reason & with no proof" when it opened an investigation into whether he was acting on Russia's behalf after he fired the agency's director, James Comey, in May 2017.  Read more »

Former FBI chief Comey lashes out at Trump, Republicans

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 18 01:23 PM

Former FBI director James Comey lashed out at Donald Trump on Monday for telling "lies" and undermining the rule of law, and urged Republicans to stand up to the president. Read more »

US 'model soldier' gets 25 years in prison for Islamic State support

Reuters
Posted at Dec 05 05:26 AM

NEW YORK - A US Army sergeant described by former colleagues as a one-time "model soldier" was sentenced to 25 years in prison at a federal court in Hawaii on Tuesday after pleading guilty to providing material support to the Islamic State militant group. Read more »

Ex-Trump campaign chairman Manafort lied to FBI -special counsel

Reuters
Posted at Nov 27 09:35 AM

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort lied to the FBI and special counsel investigators after pleading guilty to federal charges, breaching his plea agreement, according to a court filing on Monday. Read more »

Special counsel Mueller's team asks FBI to probe 'false claims' against him

Reuters
Posted at Oct 31 12:10 PM

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team has asked the FBI to look into claims that women were offered money to fabricate sexual assault allegations against Mueller, who leads the probe into Russia's attempts to influence the U.S. election in 2016. Read more »

FBI leaker jailed for 4 years

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 19 06:27 AM

WASHINGTON - A former FBI agent who leaked internal documents showing how the agency used racial profiling in counter-terror investigations was sentenced to 4 years in prison Thursday. Read more »

FBI report looms as senators slam Trump for mocking Kavanaugh accuser

Amanda Becker and Richard Cowan, Reuters
Posted at Oct 04 08:05 AM

WASHINGTON - With the FBI poised to report as soon as Wednesday night on sexual misconduct allegations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's mocking remarks about one of Kavanaugh's accusers raised concerns among three Republicans whose votes could decide the confirmation fight. Read more »

Next battle in war over Kavanaugh: FBI probe

Doina Chiacu and John Walcott, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 01 09:44 AM

WASHINGTON - Democratic U.S. senators expressed concern on Sunday over reports the White House was working with Republicans to narrow the scope of an FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Read more »