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  • March 2008

    • Graves at Children's Home Turn Out to Be TV Set

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Mar 5, 08 8:09 AM CST

      Graves at Children's Home Turn Out to Be TV Set

      (Newser) - British police searching for bodies near a former children's home discovered a field full of shallow graves—only to learn it had been a mock graveyard for a TV show, the Daily Telegraph reports. The infuriated police chief "put his head in his hands and uttered a few choice words" after being told workers for a BBC detective series dug the graves, said a source. More »

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      crime  • child abuse  • Jersey  • Haut de la Garenne  • children's home

    • Reports of Horror at UK Orphanage Extend to 2007

      Guardian (UK)  |  Mar 3, 08 11:15 AM CST

      Reports of Horror at UK Orphanage Extend to 2007

      (Newser) - British police are investigating charges that assaults at a notorious children's home occurred as recently as late last year, the Guardian reports. The revelation is the latest twist in an unraveling tale of sexual and physical abuse at the government-run home on the island of Jersey. Detectives said at least one suspect has threatened a victim, and they warned others not to follow suit. More »

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      Great Britain  • children  • child abuse  • child molestation  • orphans  • Jersey  • Haut de la Garenne  • children's home

  • February 2008

    • Torture Orphanage Yields Shackles

      Guardian (UK)  |  Feb 29, 08 1:38 PM CST

      Torture Orphanage Yields Shackles

      (Newser) - Police found shackles yesterday in a torture chamber beneath a former children’s home on the British island of Jersey where human bones were discovered last week, the Guardian reports. An ongoing investigation of alleged physical and sexual abuse has turned up the remains of one child, and search dogs this week demonstrated an "extremely strong reaction" that there may be more. More »

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      crime  • sexual abuse  • Jersey  • Haut de la Garenne  • children's home

    • Bahrain Arm Accuses Alcoa of Corruption

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 28, 08 10:47 AM CST

      Bahrain Arm Accuses Alcoa of Corruption

      (Newser) - A company controlled by Bahrain's government has filed a lawsuit in US federal court accusing metals giant Alcoa of a host of shady business practices, the Wall Street Journal reports. Pittsburgh-based Alcoa, one of the world's biggest aluminum companies, systematically overcharged Bahrain Aluminum for raw materials and funneled money to corrupt officials during a 15-year conspiracy, the suit charges. More »

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      lawsuit  • corruption  • bribery  • corporate governance  • bribe  • Alcoa  • Bahrain  • Jersey  • Alcan  • aluminum  • Royal Bank of Canada

    • Remains Sought in UK Kid Home

      Guardian (UK)  |  Feb 25, 08 8:38 AM CST

      Remains Sought in UK Kid Home

      (Newser) - British officials who discovered the remains of a youngster in a children's home fear there could be at least six other bodies beneath the concrete floors, reports the Guardian . Complaints of abuse launched an investigation of the home, which has been closed for years, and other government institutions on the island of Jersey. "It's difficult to envisage more horrific crimes than some of those that are alleged to have been carried out here," said one investigator. More »

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      crime  • children  • rape  • Jersey  • Haut de la Garenne  • sex assaults  • British officials  • molestation

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