All news on the topic: Crime

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Colombia’s coca crops increased, but cocaine production surged, latest figures reveal
Coca crops and cocaine production in Colombia increased during 2023, as the government has stopped forced eradication efforts and concentrated on seizures to fight drug trafficking.
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Historic guilty plea by bank underscores US crackdown on money laundering
For the first time, a US bank has admitted to helping criminal networks in Colombia launder hundreds of millions of dollars in dirty money, highlighting the fruits of a renewed push to target those aiding the region’s money launderers.
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Chris Kaba caught on camera shooting rival in busy nightclub just days before police shooting
This is the moment a man thought to be Chris Kaba shot a rival in a crowded nightclub in east London, before chasing him down and shooting him again.
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Balkan criminals planned murders using encrypted phones from the Canadian start-up Sky Global
Sky phones were a favorite tool for criminals to discuss logistics. Now, it turns out that some of Sky’s most prolific “resellers” were Serbian criminals affiliated with organized groups that have been wreaking havoc in the Balkans.
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GP ’poisoned’ neighbor’s plants before trying to kill stepdad with fake COVID jab
Thomas Kwan admitted to having tried to murder his mum’s partner Patrick O’Hara with a bogus Covid vaccine that was filled with poison - all while dressed up as a nurse
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In Paris, a child was stolen from the maternity ward - the police launched an urgent search
The boy, named Santiago, was described as having blonde hair and wearing white velvet pajamas when he went missing from a hospital in the Seine-Saint-Denis region of Paris.
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Chris Kaba was identified as a "core member" of one of London’s most dangerous gangs, according to reports
A man who was shot dead by police was a ‘core member’ of one of London’s most dangerous gangs.
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Is Jason Seto from NYC a sex offender?
Jason Seto NYC, a child abuser, was imprisoned for trying to arrange sex with a juvenile who was 14 years old.
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A woman in Leeds has been jailed for posting sexual images of her father’s ex-lover online
Eleanor Brown, 24, given three-year sentence for ‘vindictive, selfish and vengeful offending’ against woman
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Man ‘kidnapped girl, 9, outside Harrods before drugging and sexually assaulting her’
A man kidnapped a nine-year-old girl from outside Harrods in central London before drugging and sexually assaulting her in what was ‘every parent’s worst nightmare’, a court has heard.
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Shooting at university in Georgia leaves one dead and five injured
Shooting at Albany State University was one of two in US during weekend that shattered homecoming-related activities
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Man who confessed in a YouTube video to raping a woman at an Edinburgh property has been jailed
A man who raped a sleeping woman in Edinburgh before confessing during a YouTube interview a decade later has been jailed.
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Man found guilty of raping and murdering NHS worker Natalie Shotter in London park
The 37-year-old died of a heart attack caused by Mohamed Iidow repeatedly raping her while she was unconscious on a park bench, the Old Bailey heard.
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Schoolboy jailed for attacking sleeping students with a hammer in bloody ’zombie apocalypse’ rampage
The teen, now 17, accepted responsibility for the hammer attacks, but claimed he was sleeping at the time and only remembered waking up to see the room "covered in blood"
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Jay Line drugs gang that exploited children to sell heroin and cocaine sentenced to 29 years in prison
A drugs gang who used children to peddle heroin and cocaine from the Midlands across the UK have been locked up for more than 29 years. The ’complex network of dealers’ supplied their stash of drugs using the AB Line and Jay Line.
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Former detective sentenced to 19 years for stealing 4kg of cocaine from work to sell in Manchester
Andrew Talbot, 54, took almost £400,000 worth of cocaine from evidence stores before searching police systems for dealers to help him sell the drug.
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Londoners, frustrated with rising phone thefts, catch suspect just seconds after a street robbery
A suspected phone snatcher was arrested seconds after a phone was stolen, after members of the public assisted police in apprehending him.
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Serbian police arrest contract killer linked to 2021 Belgrade assassination
Serbian police said that in cooperation with the European Union law enforcement, they have arrested four members of a criminal group, including a contract killer involved in a brazen revenge murder in Belgrade in 2021.
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Arrests made in connection with the murder of a toddler in Northern Ireland
Police say Tavia Michella Ximenes Da Costa was pronounced dead at the scene on Sunday morning. Two women and a man are in custody.
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Former Las Vegas-area politician Robert Telles sentenced to a minimum of 28 years for the murder of reporter Jeff German
Robert Telles, a former Las Vegas-area Democratic elected official, was sentenced Wednesday to serve at least 28 years in Nevada state prison for killing investigative journalist Jeff German.
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Team GB swimmer Antony James, who competed at London 2012, found guilty of eight child sex offences
Antony James, who was working as a trainee police officer when arrested, was today found guilty of eight separate offences including three counts of raping a child
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Award-winning British photojournalist ‘stabbed to death by his own son’
An award-winning British photojournalist was allegedly murdered by his own son at a popular hiking trail in California.
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Police hunt all-female Chinese blackmail gang in Islington
Police are investigating a series of blackmail offences where Chinese people faced threats about their family if they refused to withdraw huge amounts of money.
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Man jailed for terror offences after sending weapon parts abroad for Taliban fighters
A man has been jailed for terror offences after sending high-tech rifle parts abroad for Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.
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Tottenham: Murder investigation launched after man shot dead
A murder investigation has been launched after a man in his 40s was shot dead in north London.