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A "dangerous" British prisoner has escaped from a Portuguese jail by reportedly "climbing up a ladder"
A British prisoner serving time at a Portuguese jail for kidnap and robbery has managed to escape by ‘climbing up a ladder’.
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A man has been jailed for smuggling people into the UK, who were discovered screaming for help
Anas Al Mustafa, 43, sentenced to 10 years after seven people were hidden in a concealed space in his van
584
Five children have been arrested in connection with the murder of an 80-year-old man in Leicestershire
Three girls and two boys held on suspicion of murder after alleged serious assault in Braunstone Town park
575
A former Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with rape and sexual assault of a woman he allegedly met while on duty
Mark Tyrrell, 55, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. It is claimed he met the alleged victim during the course of his policing duties.
392
Man in 20s arrested after woman in 80s found dead with knife wounds
A man in his twenties has been arrested after a woman in her eighties was found dead at a house in Tunbridge Wells.
431
UK jails 4 Nigerians for faking over 2,000 marriage documents
A U.K. court sentenced four Nigerians to a total of 13 years in prison for their roles in an organized crime ring that forged more than 2,000 marriage certificates and other documents to help Nigerian immigrants in the United Kingdom secure residency permits.
537
Career criminal Warren sentenced for breaching court order
Notorious Merseyside drug trafficker Curtis Warren has been given a suspended prison sentence after admitting breaches of his Serious Crime Prevention Order (SCPO).
607
Website operators promised fraudsters profit within minutes if they subscribed to illegal service
Three men have pleaded guilty to running a website enabling criminals to circumvent banking anti-fraud checks.
574
Woman arrested on suspicion of murder after ‘child she lived with’ is found dead
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a child was found dead at a house in Swansea.
382
Boy, 13, stabbed to death in Birmingham as police condemn ’absolutely tragic’ murder
A residential street in Oldbury was sealed off overnight following a stabbing as emergency services and police rushed to Lovett Avenue in Lion Farm estate at around 4pm on Thursday, August 29
489
Major breakthrough in murder case of Britons found dead in burned-out car in Sweden
A breakthrough has been made in connection with the murder of two British men who were found in a burnt-out car in Malmö.
552
Five Nigerian women arrested in cross-border drug trafficking bust
Nigerian authorities have apprehended five women suspected of involvement in a drug trafficking ring at the Seme border as they returned from Ghana, according to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
573
Amount of cannabis seized at UK airports triples in under a year
National Crime Agency says overproduction of drug in countries where it has been legalised may be behind rise
454
How Mexican cartel kingpin’s ’film noir’ arrest could bring down ’scandal-riddled’ party
The historic arrest of Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada sparked weeks of tension that resulted in a ’1940s film noir’ when he was abducted and flown across the border where he was picked up by US police
335
Notorious gangster Curtis ’Cocky’ Warren admits six charges but avoids jail
Gangster Curtis ’Cocky’ Warren says he wants to be out of the ’public glare’ after admitting to breaching a Serious Crime Prevention Order he was slapped with for drug importation
446
Two men charged with murder over Bradford house fire that killed four
Mohammed Shabir and Calum Sunderland to appear in court after death of mother and three children
408
Spain and Colombia dismantle cocaine processing lab; 28 arrested
A joint Spanish and Colombian operation has dismantled a cocaine processing lab, resulting in dozens of arrests and the seizure of thousands of litres of chemical precursors, Europol said Monday in an official statement.
404
Two men charged with murder after body found in Gateshead park
Neil Selkirk, 54, was found in a park in Gateshead with injuries consistent with having been assaulted. He died at the scene and a murder investigation was launched.
557
Norway’s border guards on the front line in the fight against a ’cocaine tsunami
The nordic nation has become a gateway to Europe for South American drug traffickers
354
Men behind $51 million cocaine haul convicted after failed escape attempt
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) stated that Border Force officers intercepted Bruce Knowles, 55, and Ferhat Gumrukcuoglu, 31, near East Benacre Broads in Suffolk in late June, as they tried to swim away from a rigid-hulled inflatable boat loaded with drugs.
452
Police kill Paraguayan deputy allegedly linked to organized crime
Paraguayan police killed a parliamentarian in a violent region of the country during a shootout that erupted in an overnight raid on his house where officers and prosecutors had arrived to search for evidence of his involvement in drug trafficking and money laundering.
521
The Venezuelan link to El Salvador’s pandemic food aid fraud
In the chaotic first week of the Covid pandemic, El Salvador paid an offshore company US$27 million to provide milk powder for its hungry citizens –– but the shell firm overcharged and under-delivered, pocketing $7 million, a government audit found.
471
Chester Crown Court sentenced drug dealer for almost 13 years
A man was sentenced to 12 years and 6 months for using an encrypted device to supply cocaine, cannabis, and firearms.
458
South African police have arrested a Zambian national suspected of involvement in a kidnapping syndicate
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.
549
Nigeria has arrested a man for attempting to smuggle 88 drug wraps concealed in his stomach
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.
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