Articles by Mike Corder

AI Is Turbocharging Organized Crime, EU Police Agency Warns

The European Union’s law enforcement agency cautioned Tuesday that artificial intelligence is turbocharging organized crime that is eroding the foundations of societies across the 27-nation bloc as it becomes intertwined with state-sponsored destabilization campaigns. The grim warning came at the …

Oregon Closer to Magic Mushroom Medical Therapy

Oregon was taking a major step Friday in its pioneering of legalized psilocybin therapy with the graduation of the first students trained in accompanying patients tripping on psychedelic mushrooms, although a company’s bankruptcy has left another group on the same …

Dutch Senate Expands Constitutional Ban on Discrimination

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch Senate on Tuesday approved an amendment to the country’s constitution, expanding its first article to specifically ban discrimination based on sexual orientation or disability, a move hailed as historic by rights groups. The …

ABN AMRO Agrees to Pay $574M Fine for Failing to Tackle Money Laundering

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – ABN AMRO has agreed to pay 480 million euros ($574 million) as part of a settlement with prosecutors who accused the Dutch state-owned bank of “serious shortcomings” in tackling money laundering, prosecutors and the bank said …

Report Highlights Need for Better Risk Management on Europe’s Container Ship Routes

A Dutch safety watchdog said Thursday [June 25] that it is “undesirable” for large container ships to use a shipping route through an environmentally sensitive, shallow sea off the coast of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark in heavy northwesterly storms …

Dutch Man, 69, Who Self-Identifies as 49, Loses Bid to Change Official Age

Dutch motivational speaker Emile Ratelband may feel like a 49-year-old but according to Dutch law he is still 69. A Dutch court on Monday rejected Ratelband’s request to shave 20 years off his age in a case that drew worldwide …

Dutch Terror Victims Seek Damages from Qatar

A prominent human rights lawyer demanded last week that Qatar compensate Dutch-based victims of an al-Qaida-linked Syrian extremist group, saying the Al Nusra group was financed by Qatar-based funding networks. In a letter sent to Qatar’s ruling emir that was …

Number, Complexity of Cyber Attacks Rising: Dutch Intelligence Agency

Attempts at digital espionage and online political manipulation in Europe are on the rise both in number and in complexity, the Netherlands’ main intelligence agency said Tuesday [March 6] in its annual report. Adding its voice to fears around the …