Masood Farivar is a Senior Analyst in VOA’s South and Central Asia Division.
Operation Trojan Shield marked the first time the FBI operated its own encrypted communications platform, which at the time of its takedown on Monday had more than 9,000 active users
Last year, organizations in North America and Europe paid an average of more than $312,000 in ransom, up from $115,000 in 2019
Congress and President Biden enact bipartisan measures following a surge in anti-Asian hate during the COVID-19 pandemic that began in China
The Biden administration is likely to press more police departments to enter into consent decrees one year after the murder of George Floyd
Intelligence community warns that domestic violent extremists pose 'an elevated threat' to US homeland in 2021
Justice Department set up task force in April to combat ransomware
Mayorkas also announces new intelligence unit on domestic extremism
China spent nearly $64 million on propaganda, lobbying in US last year
Washington, DC, Virginia and Connecticut consulted Cynthia Lee’s model statute before crafting new legislation
Chauvin, former Minneapolis police officer, also charged in 2017 violent arrest of a teenager
Senior US Justice Department official says the number of arrests continues to grow
The surge follows a similar spike in major US cities last year
But the tally of 2,024 incidents is the third highest on record
Justice Department announces federal probe of policing practices in Louisville, Kentucky
Bill would create Department of Justice position to hurry review of pandemic-related hate crimes against Asians
Vote was 94-1; Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri was only lawmaker to vote against bill
Investigation announced after former Officer Derek Chauvin is found guilty in George Floyd's death
Jurors deliberated for little more than 10 hours over course of two days before convicting former police officer of murdering George Floyd
Juries are reluctant to second-guess the split-second decisions of police officers in potentially violent street encounters
Christopher Wray tells congressional hearing on global terror threats that a fully unclassified version of the federal assessment will be released 'shortly'
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