All news on the topic: Crime

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A notorious drug kingpin established shell companies in the British Virgin Islands and Dubai to hire suspected cartel members, according to documents
Sarajevo-native Edin “Tito” Gacanin registered the companies in the secrecy havens as he continued to ship cocaine globally, despite being convicted by Dutch courts for narcotics trafficking.
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A UK court ordered a global asset freeze for the ‘Cryptoqueen’ and her OneCoin associates
ICIJ previously found that OneCoin’s founder Ruja Ignatova and some of her associates had bought properties worth millions in Dubai while promoting the fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme.
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ISIS has claimed responsibility for a knife attack that resulted in the deaths of three people at a festival
ISIS has claimed responsibility for the knife attack that killed three people at a festival in Germany.
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15-year-old detained after stabbing attack at Solingen festival
Police have confirmed the arrest of a 15-year-old in connection with the stabbing attack in Solingen, but are still trying to determine the motive, including whether terrorism could be involved.
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Bradford house fire: Two arrested on suspicion of murder after blaze claims lives of a mother and her three children
Bryonie Gawith, 29, and her children Denisty, nine, Oscar, five, and Aubree Birtle, 22 months, all died after their home was set alight with West Yorkshire Police since making a series of arrests
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Several dead after knifeman randomly attacks festival-goers in Germany
At least three people have been killed and eight wounded in a mass attack on a festival in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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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.
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Knife-wielding Russian convicts take prison staff hostage, killing one guard
Security services reportedly ready to storm jail in Volgograd region after hostage-takers claim Islamic State affiliation
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A cold war is raging inside the Sinaloa cartel
The murders of about a dozen people in the northern Mexico state of Sinaloa appear to be linked to cartel infighting, something authorities had feared would follow the July 25 detention of two top cartel leaders.
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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.
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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.
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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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A murder investigation has been opened after a delivery driver was killed while trying to prevent the theft of his own van
Police reported that when the driver tried to stop his van from being stolen, the suspect sped off, leaving the victim partially hanging from the passenger door of the vehicle.
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A man has been killed by his own dog at his home
David Daintree, 53, was found dead after ambulances and police were called.
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Young girl ‘aged 8’ stabbed at block of flats with two arrested
A young girl has been stabbed in a block of flats in Christchurch, Dorset.
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Mohammed Akram sentenced to life in prison for multiple convictions of sexual and physical abuse
Mohammed Akram, 64, denied any wrongdoing but was convicted of nine charges involving the serious sexual and physical abuse of three women across Forth Valley, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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Nigeria dismantles 63 illegal refineries in fight against crude oil theft
Nigerian authorities arrested 16 suspects and seized 63 illegal refineries across the country in a week-long operation aimed at combating crude oil theft, which has plagued the oil industry for years.
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Ex-Mafia boss made $10 million a week using a tactic that any business could adopt
Michael Franzese had plans of becoming a doctor but ended up running a scam that made him a more successful mob boss than Al Capone
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Luxury watches worth £120,000 stolen from city centre jewellers
Two men stole high-end watches worth £120,000 from a luxury jewellers before making it away on foot.
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Truth or lie? A letter from El Mayo fuels Mexico-US tensions over Sinaloa Cartel arrests
Controversy and conflicting narratives persist around the arrests of two top Sinaloa Cartel leaders in the United States, raising questions about what led to the detentions and how the historic leadership blow may impact one of Mexico’s most powerful drug trafficking organizations.
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Singapore charges former bankers with aiding $2.2 billion money laundering ring
Singapore charged two bankers Thursday for their alleged role in abetting clients responsible for a US$2.2 billion money laundering ring, marking the first time that criminal charges have been laid against finance professionals since the scandal came to light.
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My son is dangerous online incel spewing out misogynistic hate like Andrew Tate
IT is every parent’s worst nightmare that their child will go off the rails in their school years.
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Baltimore serial killer who turned victims into burgers and sold them to public
Joe Metheny was convicted of killing two women in 1996, but later claimed to have killed a total of 10 people. He would sometimes turn his victims into burgers and sell them
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‘Depraved’ stretch limo driver who raped and abused UK schoolgirls jailed
David Saynor, who picked up girls from school and gave them alcohol and cigarettes, jailed for 24 years
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Man charged with attempted murder of police officer after prison stabbing
A man has been charged with attempted murder of a police officer who was stabbed inside a high-security prison.