Turkish authorities at Istanbul airport arrested an expert from the American Museum of Natural History on charges of trying to transport a large group of spiders and scorpions out of the country.

The detainee was reportedly identified as Lorenzo Brindini, a museum spider expert based in New York, who was trying to smuggle about 1,500 specimens of these creatures.

The Turkish agency “Anadolu” indicated that the arrest of Brendini was made after the discovery of the aforementioned samples, which are considered protected species in Turkey.

Brendini has extensive experience in scientific research related to spiders and scorpions, with scientific trips covering more than 30 countries, according to the museum’s website.

It is noteworthy that the CITES Convention on the Protection of Endangered International Environmental Species sets rules that set strict rules for the transport of environmental samples such as animals and insects and is considered part of international conventions to combat the smuggling of environmental life.

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On Tuesday, Turkish authorities arrested eight people in a security operation targeting the terrorist organization “ISIS” in six provinces, where the operation was concentrated in the state of Şanlıurfa.

On the instructions of the Prosecutor’s Office, the teams of the Directorate of the Anti-Terrorism Branch of the Şanlıurfa Gendarmerie Command have begun work to detect terrorist organizations and arrest their members.

After the security authorities identified the addresses where the people were suspected, eight people believed to be members of the Islamic State were arrested in simultaneous operations that included several provinces, including Istanbul, Mersin, Konya, Sakarya and Bolu.

During the address search, 10 digital items were seized, according to data from the Anti-Terrorism Branch Directorate teams.

This comes in the context of the Turkish government's ongoing efforts to combat terrorism, as the Turkish Interior Minister, Ali Yerlikaya, announced on the first of this month the arrest of 41 people suspected of belonging to the "ISIS" organization in a large-scale security operation that included 12 states.

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Seventeen Moroccan passengers tried to flee Rome’s Fiumicino airport after an emergency landing.

The plane was flying from Istanbul to Tangier when the captain had to divert to Rome due to a heart attack involving a passenger.

Italian security services intercepted the young Moroccans immediately after landing and checked the details of all passengers, including young Moroccans, before allowing the plane to resume its flight to Tangier.

There have been similar cases previously, where 28 Moroccan passengers tried to escape from a plane coming from Casablanca after an emergency landing in Barcelona, Spain, in July 2022.

In November 2021, a group of Moroccan passengers managed to escape from a plane flying from Casablanca to Istanbul after making an emergency landing at Palma de Mallorca airport.

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