Southern District of New York
The Southern District of New York is one of 94 federal judicial districts in the United States, covering Manhattan, the Bronx, Westchester, and several other counties in New York State. It is one of the most prominent and busiest federal trial courts in the country, handling high-profile cases involving financial crimes, corruption, terrorism, and organized crime. The district is led by the Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, which prosecutes federal criminal cases and operates under the U.S. Department of Justice.
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US indicts five alleged Russian intelligence operatives for murder-for-hire and sabotage plots targeting Ukraine's allies
The US Department of Justice has charged five people it says are linked to Russian intelligence services with conspiracy to finance terrorism and, in three cases, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire. Prosecutors in the Southern District of New York allege the network recruited US-based individuals to surveil and kill Russian opposition figures in Washington and Lithuania, and coordinated sabotage attacks in European countries that support Ukraine. All five defendants remain at large; the Kremlin has rejected the allegations.