All news by author James Smith

A 40-year-old Zambian national, who was apprehended on Sunday after landing at South Africa’s OR Tambo International Airport, has been identified as a key player in a transnational organized crime syndicate involved in kidnapping, ransom, and crystal meth distribution in the country.

Nigerian authorities arrested a man attempting to smuggle 88 wraps of cocaine, weighing 1.7 kilograms, in his stomach from Abuja, the Nigerian capital, to Vietnam.

UK government to boost staff, crack down on employers, in bid to fight people smuggling.

The family of Sadik Duraku, a British citizen detained in Serbia on war crimes charges, is calling on the UK government for more support.

Mike Lynch, a top lawyer who was part of his fraud trial and a key defence witness are just three of the six still missing after the tech tycoon’s yacht sunk in a tornado off Sicily.

Irmgard Furchner, 99, was found guilty in 2022 of being an accessory to killings at Stutthof concentration camp

Tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch, often referred to as the British Bill Gates, is reportedly missing after his Bayesian superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily during a violent storm on Monday.

The TV personality launched his namesake show in 1967 and covered wide-ranging issues for over 6,000 episodes

Professor Chris Whitty, the UK’s chief medical officer, joined government ministers in assessing the UK’s readiness for any potential outbreak of a new variant of mpox.

Donna Conniff, 40, encouraged boy to throw missile at police and was seen kicking out at an officer

Two men stole high-end watches worth £120,000 from a luxury jewellers before making it away on foot.

FCA-regulated payment institution Connectum was a notorious scam facilitator and money launderer for the fraudulent Israeli broker scene. It processed payments for the cybercrime organization of the convicted Israeli Gal Barak.

Former Manchester United defender Phil Jones has confirmed his retirement from professional football at age 32.

Campaigners say police must do more as figures show just four cases at summer events since 2018 led to prosecutions

Reform UK leader earned £1.2 million from his role as a presenter on GB News and social media payments

The Duchess of Sussex made bombshell claims in her controversial interview with Oprah Winfrey, where she was also joined by husband, Prince Harry

Arrests have been made in connection with Matthew Perry’s tragic fatal overdose after he was found dead in a hot tub at his California home in October 2023

Four firms including Northern and Greater Anglia unlawfully prosecuted more than 74,000 alleged fare dodgers

ITV News was given exclusive access as the only UK broadcaster to join police trying to tackle pink cocaine on the streets of Ibiza, as George Hancorn reports

The Church of England made a six-figure pay-off to a priest assessed as a potential risk to children and young people, a BBC investigation has found.