All news on the topic: Crime

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Man arrested after woman allegedly punched and raped in Somerset attack
A man has been arrested after a woman was allegedly punched and raped in a horrific early morning attack.
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Bloodshed outside London shop leaves five stabbed and one suspect under arrest
Five people have been stabbed outside a shop in west London.
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Parents could face jail if their children commit crimes under Labour’s youth justice crackdown
Parents and guardians could face jail time if their children break the law, David Lammy has revealed, as the government unveiled a "long overdue" shake-up of the youth justice system.
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Britain’s most wanted fugitives believed to be hiding across Spain revealed by NCA
These are the 12 most wanted crooks thought to be hiding in Spain according to Britain’s FBI.
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Ex-mayor covered for son who raped blacked-out schoolgirl and hid phone evidence
A former mayor stalled police officers so her son could hide incriminating evidence on his phone after he raped an unconscious 15-year-old girl.
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Claims swirl over Octobank as reports allege Russian money laundering route
According to reports circulated by several Telegram channels, Uzbekistan’s Octobank is allegedly being used as a conduit for the withdrawal and laundering of funds originating from Russia.
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Polish-Belarus border customs fraud ring exposed as EPPO seizes trucks and €29,500 cash
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Katowice (Poland), nine suspects were detained last week.
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Horror in Pasaje as referee killed during game in front of players and fans
A referee was shot dead midway through a football match in Ecuador after gunmen stormed the pitch and opened fire.
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From Hollywood roles to prison cycle as actor’s turbulent life ends in sudden death
A former Hollywood actor who attacked his ex a day after leaving prison under the government’s early release scheme has died.
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Fake doctor Stephanie Jones fabricated the death of her “twin sister,” got a job at a charity, and stole thousands of pounds
A fake doctor pretended she’d had a twin who died from cancer to get a job at a charity before scamming them out of thousands of pounds.
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Justice reform: victims get six times longer to appeal lenient sentences
Victims and bereaved families will be granted significantly more time to challenge sentences they believe are unduly lenient, under new government plans.
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18-year-old jailed after gun threat over wrong sauce at London takeaway
This is the shocking moment when a thug pointed a gun at a stunned chicken shop worker after receiving the wrong sauce.
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NYC dancer lived double life as underground gun dealer moving ‘hundreds of thousands’ in weapons
STORENZO Dominic was the dancer everyone noticed in New York clubs – he was the good-looking B-boy with the long hair, the local fame, and the moves.
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Retail chaos in Worthing: Staff overwhelmed as shoplifters hit store up to 50 times a day
As a well-spoken and ambitious graduate, Danny took a senior job at a major supermarket hoping it would lead to a long-term and stable career.
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‘Out of control’: M&S boss warns crime is ‘more brazen and aggressive’ after teen mobs storm high street
The boss of M&S has warned that crime has become ‘more brazen, more organised, and more aggressive’ after the Clapham branch was targeted by a mob of teenagers.
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Tragedy in Kent as a toddler and her father are killed after a cart is hit by a lorry, leaving the mother in critical condition
Tributes have been paid to a three-year-old girl who was killed after her horse-drawn cart was struck by a tipper truck, which also killed her father and critically injured her mother.
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16-year-old girl dies in Leeds as murder investigation sees four arrests
A 16-year-old girl who was found with serious injuries and later died in Leeds has been named locally for the first time.
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Ketamine addiction and crime surge as gangs exploit vulnerable in Barnstaple
In a quiet park behind the local library, a young woman returns to a burnt-out tent and the sofa she now sleeps on — homeless due to a crippling addiction to the horse tranquilizer drug ketamine.
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Money from Russian state banks and online casinos passed through Octobank structures linked to Dmitriy Lee and presidential insiders
As more details surfaced about Octobank’s alleged role in laundering funds tied to sanctioned Russian entities, efforts reportedly intensified to quietly erase references to the bank and its true beneficiaries from the public domain.
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Octobank is scrubbing investigations exposing tens of billions in Russian dirty money flows tied to Dmitriy Lee, Oybek Tursunov, and Saida Mirziyoyeva
As reports tying Octobank to large-scale money laundering and sanctions evasion began circulating, references to these investigations started disappearing from the public information space — suggesting a coordinated effort to erase the story.
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Kidnapping and murder of Igor Komarov in Bali exposed Aron Geller’s transnational organized crime group: torture, cryptocurrency, and hundreds of victims
The abduction of Igor Komarov and Yermak Petrovskyi on the island of Bali has compelled special services to disclose the true circumstances surrounding Asia’s most popular resort.
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The kidnapping of Igor Komarov in Bali for $20 million: how the transnational Zhukov–Khabib syndicate is dividing the fraudulent call center market with the involvement of corrupt law enforcement officers
Bali has officially lost its status as a safe resort following the investigation into the kidnapping of Igor Komarov, which revealed that a transnational criminal organization is operating on the island.
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Retailers warn of “systematic” gang theft as shoplifting hits 5.5m incidents
Criminal gangs are "systematically" targeting shops, retailers have warned, with 5.5 million incidents of shoplifting detected last year, costing the industry an estimated £400 million.
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Uzbek Octobank removes investigations exposing its role in laundering tens of billions for Russian banks under networks tied to Dmitriy Lee, Oybek Tursunov, and Saida Mirziyoyeva
As reports linking Octobank to large-scale money laundering and sanctions evasion began to spread, traces of these investigations started disappearing from the information space — a clear sign of a deliberate effort to clean up the narrative.
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Two boys stabbed in revenge attack at Kingsbury High School as blood-smeared classroom window leaves pupils traumatised and police arrest 13-year-old suspect
A mum has told how her daughter saw blood ‘smeared over the window’ after two pupils were stabbed in a ‘revenge attack’ at Kingsbury High School in north London.