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A statement by the Special Assistant, Media to the Amnesty Office, Murphy Ganagana stated that the Federal Government was ready to unmask and prosecute the perpetrators of the mindless looting of empowerment centre aimed at impacting the Niger Delta positively.

Amnesty Office Probes Looting Of Kaima Vocational Training Centre

He alleged that the elected tehsil councilor Toheed Alam was backing the group who were busy in looting the people.

Fake NGO looting people say residents

In many foreign countries looting is either punished with lengthy prison terms or death penalty.

Kyrgyz parliamentary committee sends bill criminalizing looting for rework

Like the looting of the Gaisano mall, again the question arises if such action is acceptable and forgivable during a crisis, particularly as some petrol station owners also jack up their pump prices to P100 per litre or almost double the regular cost.

Storm Haiyan (Yolanda) Update: Tacloban Looters Target Gas Stations; Does Senate Have Moral Suasion to Propose Penalty for Filchers?

Ten Years Later: The Looting and Destruction of Iraq's Past.

Robbing the Cradle of Civilization

Crowds of bankers, politicians and entrepreneurs can be seen rampaging around looting public services, EMA, pension schemes and health care.

The real looters? Mailbag letters also appear online at www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/reader-letters Mailbag

The thugs, believed to be from Al-Bassatine and other districts, broke into the mall at midnight and destroyed all stores and restaurants after looting them and set fire to others causing the mall's ceiling to collapse and leaving it flooded with water.

City Center mall looted by thugs in absence of security

A new book, Looting in Wartime Britain by Exeter historian Dr Todd Gray, has revealed how looting swept through the country during the war.

How looting swept through bombed city

forces were widely criticized following the U.S.-led invasion of 2003 for failing to prevent the looting of priceless relics from Iraq`s national museum.

Iraq Calls for Iran Co-op in Recovering Smuggled Treasures

This month's review addresses a growing problem, the looting of museums and archaeological sites.

Heritage Watch

As a Marine Reserve Colonel, Bogdanos was sent to investigate the looting of the Iraq museum after the US invasion.

Thieves of Baghdad: One Marine's Passion for Ancient Civilizations and The Journey to Recover the World's Greatest Stolen Treasures

Looting broke out in the sunken city, and evacuees were directed to the Superdome and the New Orleans Convention Center, where the authorities proved themselves unable to cope with the hungry, thirsty, and sometimes violent crowds.