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Israeli Spy Tech Firm Tracked Mobile Users Around the World, Investigation Suggests
Investigation claims Rayzone used arcane cell network point to ‘track the locations of mobile phones across the world’; network vulnerability may have been exploited to track down UAE Princess Sheikha Latifa in attempted 2018 escape ■ Rayzone denies report The private Israeli intelligence firm Rayzone Group exploited a loophole in a mobile phone network to…
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Spy companies using Channel Islands to track phones around the world
Private intelligence companies are using phone networks based in the Channel Islands to enable surveillance operations to be carried out against people around the world, including British and US citizens, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism can reveal following a joint reporting project with the Guardian. Leaked data, documents and interviews with industry insiders who have…
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SET HER FREE Dubai ruler DID imprison daughter princess Latifa and must be brought to justice, says UN
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum “ordered and orchestrated” the kidnapping of his daughter Princess Latifa, 34, two years ago after she fled the emirate he rules, according to a judgement by the UK High Court in March. Yet despite worldwide publicity and her plight being featured in an award-winning BBC documentary – Escape from…
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Dubai ruler’s ‘imprisoned’ daughter Princess Latifa remains in ‘grave danger’ as family begs UN to save her
The United Nations is being urged to take “decisive action” to protect “imprisoned” Princess Latifa of Dubai who lawyers believe is in “grave danger” at the hands of her billionaire father. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum “ordered and orchestrated” the kidnapping of his daughter two years ago after she fled the country he rules,…
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Haya of Jordan, or the princess who managed to escape Dubai
Kidnapped princesses, flown millions, threats and private jets… the divorce of the Emir of Dubai has everything a bad thriller. plunged into the heart of a reality as frozen as it is golden. On March 5, 2020, the comely Minister of Happiness of the United Arab Emirates made no comment. His boss, Mohammed ben Rachid…
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Princess Haya and her latest divorce battle — over racehorses
The ownership of a string of thoroughbreds is being jealously contested by the ruler of Dubai and his estranged wife. Many divorcing couples fight over the custody of their children. Some argue over their pet chihuahuas. But caught up in High Court proceedings between the ruler of Dubai and his Jordanian wife are several thoroughbred…
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The most feared divorce lawyer in Britain
Fiona Shackleton left Exeter University with a third-class degree, then began working as a cook. How did she become the most feared divorce lawyer in Britain? On 17 March 2008, in London’s High Court, Heather Mills poured a jug of water over Fiona Shackleton’s head, transforming her trademark feathered Farah Fawcett hairdo into a slicked-back…
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Spectre of damning High Court judgment against Sheikh Mohammed hangs over Pinatubo and Newmarket
Should favourite win 2,000 Guineas behind closed doors, the sport is spared dilemma of how to react towards owner after alleged abductions. If the odds-on favourite Pinatubo wins this weekend’s 2,000 Guineas, coronavirus protocols will save racing from an awkward presentation. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum striding into the winners’ enclosure to collect the big…
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Family court battles will be shown online
Appeal hearings in high-profile divorce and childcare cases are to be streamed live online as part of a move by the government to make the process more transparent. Ministers have put a statutory instrument before MPs that would allow such cases in the Court of Appeal to be posted live on the internet as part…
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Charles Geekie, QC, who acts for Princess Haya, the former wife of Sheikh Mohammed
Charles Geekie, QC, at 1GC Family Law chambers, acts for Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, the former wife of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai. Following an unsuccessful appeal to the Supreme Court by Sheikh Mohammed, the High Court has published a fact-finding judgment that said he had kidnapped two of his daughters.