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In a deal to free five Americans being held in Iran, Joe Biden released five Iranians, some of whom experts say could be threats to national security.

NEW YORK — A former New York City police sergeant was convicted by a jury on Tuesday (June 20) of acting as an illegal Chinese agent by intimidating a US-based fugitive to try to get him to return to his homeland to face charges. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said Michael McMahon was hired to surveil New Jersey resident Xu Jin,...

A former New York City police sergeant was convicted by a jury on Tuesday of acting as an illegal Chinese agent by intimidating a U.S.-based...

Dissidents, people accused of crimes in China were subjected to relentless pressure campaigns to return, the U.S. government alleged.

A former NYPD cop turned private investigator and two Chinese citizens were found guilty Wednesday in a landmark case taking aim at the Chinese government’s illegal efforts to extort dissidents

A former NYPD cop turned private investigator and two Chinese citizens were found guilty Wednesday in a landmark case taking aim at the Chinese government’s illegal efforts to extort dissidents living overseas. The three men played a part in China’s years-long pressure campaign against dissident Xu Jin, a former Wuhan municipal government official, and his family, with McMahon using his ...

A former NYPD cop turned private investigator and two Chinese citizens were found guilty Wednesday in a landmark case taking aim at the Chinese government’s illegal efforts to extort dissidents

Jurors deliberated Thursday in the criminal trial of three men accused of trying to scare a former Chinese official into returning to his homeland.

Jurors are expected to start deliberating Thursday in the criminal trial of three men accused of trying to scare a former Chinese official into returning to his homeland, a scheme that U.S. prosecutors say was orchestrated by Beijing.

During a two-week trial, prosecutors made their case that an American private detective, Michael McMahon, and two Chinese citizens did Beijing’s dirty work.