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Google pledges $5 million to fight child pornAmerican multinational corporation Google has announced a $5 million (3.75 million euro) effort to eradicate child abuse imagery online, which it described as… 17/06/2013
France bans far-right extremists France will ban two right-wing extremist groups, the ‘JNR’ and ‘Third Way’ following the death of a teenager during a brawl in Paris this week. ‘Third Way’… 08/06/2013
Five people go before judge in connection with Paris death In Paris as investigations continue into the death of a student earlier this week four men and one woman have appeared before a judge in connection with… 08/06/2013
Fugitive ‘organ trafficker’ arrested in Italy Fugitive organ trafficker Gedalya Tauber has been arrested by Italian police working with Interpol as he arrived at an airport in Rome on Thursday. He was… 07/06/2013
Briton admits killing children in France Police say a British man has admitted killing his two young children in the French city of Lyon. The 48-year-old was arrested on Saturday. Officers say the… 20/05/2013
Venezuelan army enters crime fight; revolution orders toilet paper Venezuela’s army has been deployed to fight organised crime, which new president Nicolas Maduro has called the greatest threat to the country. Three thousand… 16/05/2013
US doctor could face death penalty for baby murders American doctor Kermit Gosnell could face the death penalty – after he was found guilty on May 13 of three murders during late-term abortions at his clinic in… 14/05/2013
Canadian mobsters killed by Sicilian mafia Two senior members of the Canadian mafia have been murdered in western Sicily. The bodies of Juan Ramon Fernandez, and Fernando Pimental were found in a waste… 11/05/2013
Teenager killed in Marseilles drug violence In a sign of rising drug-related violence in France’s second largest city, a 17 year-old has been killed. The teenager was shot more than 20 times with a… 10/05/2013
Global cyber gang rob millions Over $45 million has been stolen in one of the biggest ever bank heists by a global cyber crime ring. The money was taken from two Middle Eastern banks by… 10/05/2013
Neo-Nazi murder trial delayed in Germany A German court has delayed the trial of a suspected surviving member of a neo-Nazi cell after the chief judge was accused of bias. Beate Zschaepe is… 07/05/2013
Dutch man arrested in Spain for cyber attack against anti-spam company A Dutch man has been arrested in Spain in connection with a cyber-attack against an international company that filters out spam emails called Spamhaus. The… 28/04/2013
India deals with another young sexual abuse victim A six year old girl in a critical condition is in the intensive care unit of a New Delhi hospital after being sexually assaulted when she went to use a public… 28/04/2013
Bangladesh building collapse owner arrested The owner of the eight-story building that collapsed in Bangladesh has been arrested at the border trying to flee to India. Mohammed Sohel Rana had been on… 28/04/2013
Man charged over poisoned letter sent to Obama A Mississippi-based martial arts teacher has been charged in connection with poison-laced letters sent to US President Barack Obama and a US senator. James… 28/04/2013
Ukraine: no pardon for Tymoshenko Ukraine’s presidential pardon commission has said it is too soon to consider pardoning opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko as there are criminal charges… 28/04/2013
Can a lie detector lie? Many of us have wondered if we are being lied to or told the truth. In some situations knowing the difference between lies and the truth is really important –… 23/04/2013
Rape and torture of girl sparks furious New Delhi protests Fury has once again erupted in the Indian capital, New Delhi, as protests over the authorities handling of the rape and torture of a five-year-old girl… 21/04/2013
Man to be paralysed in Saudi ‘eye-for-an-eye’ punishmentSaudi Arabia has sentenced a man to paralysis for a crime he committed when he was 14. Ali al-Khawahir, now 24, has already served 10 years in prison after… 05/04/2013
Grab and smash, bag-thief runs through glass door – nocomment An alleged bag-snatcher ran through a glass door at a shopping centre in Australia on Sunday but managed to escape unharmed. 02/04/2013
Berezovsky inquest: suicide most likely British police say foul play cannot be completely ruled out in the death of Russian magnate Boris Berezovsky, but believe suicide was most likely the cause… 28/03/2013
France shocked by yet another case of dead babies found in freezersA French woman has admitted to drowning her two new-born babies, whose bodies were found in her freezer. The 32-year-old waitress, identified by the… 27/03/2013
Reality show with dead girlfriend of Pistorious to air A reality show featuring the dead girlfriend of South African paralympian Oscar Pistorius is airing on television. Reeva Steenkamp recently finished… 16/02/2013
Kurdish killings: where will the trail lead The apparent premeditation behind the killing of three Kurdish activists in Paris has caused many to ponder on the motives behind the murders. One thing is… 10/01/2013
Police fight against criminal cooperation Criminals are crossing borders to escape prosecution. International crime is a growing challenge for police across the European Union. Is criminal… 17/10/2012
Beijing wants Bo Xilai fallout ‘minimised’ It took less than two weeks to try, convict and sentence Gu Kailai. That shows how seriously the case has been viewed by the Chinese ruling Communist… 20/08/2012
Cairo police alarm at growing illegal arms trade Cairo in the daytime is mostly only dangerous for its crazy traffic and choking pollution, even if a lack of law and order since last year’s revolution weighs… 09/08/2012
Police find more body parts in Canada Police are investigating a possible link to the murder of a Chinese man in Canada after two packages containing body parts were delivered to schools in… 06/06/2012
Sex trafficking still on the rise Human trafficking is a crime against humanity, yet it is on the rise globally, not least in Europe. The main victims of this appalling crime are young women… 30/05/2012
Headhunters rides on wave of Nordic noir Headhunters, adapted from Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbø‘s bestseller, is an intense, suspense-filled thriller, from the producers of Stieg Larsson’s… 04/04/2012
Werner Herzog tackles Texas killings After prehistoric cave paintings and bear enthusiasts, the acclaimed German filmmaker Werner Herzog has turned his attention to a triple murder in Texas in… 22/03/2012
Uk police chase stolen digger – nocomment A man, who stole a JCB digger in July and tore through roads and a cemetery in Nottinghamshire in central England causing thousands of pounds of damage, was… 05/10/2011
UN orders enquiry into rape claims against Haiti peacekeepersThe United Nations has ordered an immediate investigation into claims that four Uruguayan peacekeepers raped an 18-year-old man in Haiti. The UN’s… 05/09/2011
Belgrade Intervention Unit 92 By tackling organised crime in the Balkans Serbia’s government is sending a strong message to the European Union and its neighbours, that it is serious about… 23/07/2010
Trial of ex-Guatemalan dictator delayed againThe trial of former Guatemalan dictator, Efrain Rios Montt has been delayed until Thursday over the appointment of a new lawyer. Eighty-six year-old Rios… 01/05/2013
Europol cracks Spanish cybercrime ringA cybercrime ring netting over one million euros a year has been cracked by Europol. Eleven people from Russia, Georgia and Ukraine have been… 15/02/2013
Oscar Pistorius charged with shooting girlfriend deadSouth African paralympic star Oscar Pistorius will appear in court on Friday after being charged with the murder of his girlfriend. Model Reeva Steenkamp… 14/02/2013
More ‘Coffin Gang’ arrests made in PolandPolice in Poland have made more arrests in connection with one of the country’s most prolific criminal gangs. Nine alleged members of the so-called “Coffin… 04/02/2013
Guatemala turns down McAfee asylum requestGuatemala has denied the asylum request of John McAfee. The 67-year-old founder of McAfee antivirus software is fighting deportation to Belize. He is… 07/12/2012
Hearse and corpses stolenA hearse containing twelve corpses has been stolen from a funeral parlour near Berlin. Two other hearses were also stolen from the same location but they were… 19/10/2012
Body of Mexico drugs kingpin Lazcano stolenThe body of one of Mexico’s most wanted men who was killed in a shootout with marines has been stolen from a funeral home. Heriberto Lazcano, the head of… 09/10/2012
Body of slain Mexico top drug lord stolenAn armed group stole the body of the slain leader of Mexico’s brutal Zetas drug cartel from a funeral home in northern Mexico, just hours after he was killed… 09/10/2012
Probe ordered into death of UK man in SpainThere has been a breakthrough for a Scottish family that has been campaigning for the Spanish police to open an investigation into the death of an Edinburgh… 08/10/2012
Mafia boss discovered in home with converted bunkerPolice in Italy have arrested the last fugitive boss of one of the country’s most notorious crime syndicates. Massimo Di Caterino of the Casalesi Clan was… 06/10/2012
Top Chinese politician faces corruption trialThe man once tipped to be China’s next leader is to go on trial for alleged corruption. Bo Xilai faces a criminal investigation over alleged abuses of power… 28/09/2012
Pussy Riot slogan was a decoyA college teacher who killed two women in their Moscow apartment has admitted scrawling “Free Pussy Riot” in blood on a wall at the scene to mislead… 31/08/2012
Two dead bodies found in ‘Pussy Riot’ murderThe bodies of two murdered women have been found in Russia beneath a message scrawled in blood demanding the release of Pussy Riot. The pair had been… 30/08/2012
China’s Gu Kailal jailed for Heywood murderChina’s most sensational trial in three decades has ended with a suspended death sentence being delivered against the wife of a fallen Politburo member. Gu… 20/08/2012
More body parts found in Canadian riverPolice in Canada have found two severed hands in a river near Toronto. Earlier this week a human head and foot were discovered near the same spot. Since… 18/08/2012
China: politician’s wife ‘admits’ UK businessman murderChinese state media say the wife of a once-top politician has admitted murdering a British businessman, and blames a mental breakdown for the killing. The… 11/08/2012
Italy: Police move in as mafia fugitive sunbathesHe evaded the police for two years. But amid soaring temperatures in Italy, a fugitive alleged mafia boss couldn’t resist the lure of the beach – and the… 10/08/2012
Martin release triggers storm in BelgiumThe people of the Belgian village of Malonne are up in arms at the news that Michelle Martin, the former wife of paedophile and murderer Marc Dutroux, may be… 05/08/2012
Belgium: Dutroux’s jailed ex-wife to transfer to conventThe jailed ex-wife of child killer Marc Dutroux is set to be released from jail within weeks, after a Belgian court ruled she could be transferred to a… 31/07/2012
Bo wife to be tried for murder of British businessmanThe wife of former Chinese Politburo leader Bo Xilai is to be tried for the alleged murder of a British businessman. Gu Kailai is accused of poisoning Neil… 27/07/2012
Business booming for cross-border criminalsThe economic recession has caused difficulties for people around the world, but according to a UN report, cross-border criminals are doing quite well out of… 16/07/2012
Singapore’s not-so-grim “Disneyland”Some call it “Disneyland with the death penalty.” Proud of its title as one of the safest places in the world, Singapore exercises a zero-tolerance policy… 09/07/2012
Canadian Psycho suspect won’t fight extraditionThe suspected killer dubbed the ‘Canadian Psycho’ is being moved to Berlin’s Moabit prison, following his arrest in one of the city’s cyber cafes on Monday… 05/06/2012
Berlin police arrest ‘Canadian Psycho’ suspectPolice have confirmed the man arrested in Berlin is the Canadian suspect Luka Rocco Magnotta, dubbed the ‘Canadian Psycho’. According to investigators… 05/06/2012
Suspect detained in Canada body parts murderThe main suspect in the Canadian body parts murder case has been arrested in Germany. Porn actor Luka Rocco Magnotta was picked up at an internet cafe in the… 04/06/2012
Search widens for Canadian porn actor suspect in grizzle murderAn international arrest warrant has been issued for a Canadian porn actor suspected of dismembering a murder victim and posting body parts to political… 01/06/2012
Porn actor may be Montreal body part killerCanadian police are hunting what seems to be a bisexual porn star and male model as their prime suspect in a grisly murder case that has shocked the… 31/05/2012
Dozens of mutilated bodies found on Mexico highwayThe dismembered bodies of 49 people have been found in plastic bags on the side of a road just outside the northern Mexico city of Monterrey. The gruesome… 13/05/2012
Syria awaits poll results as violence ragesAt first glimpse, Damascus does not look like the capital of a country on the brink of civil war. Mothers walk home with their shopping, children play on… 08/05/2012
Coroner rules in MI6 ‘body in the bag’ deathThe death of an MI6 spy will probably never be solved, according to the coroner ruling in the case. Gareth Williams’ body was found in a padlocked holdall… 02/05/2012
“I’m proud of Mohamed” boasts Toulouse killer’s brotherThe older brother of the Toulouse gunman who killed seven people said he was “proud” of Mohamed Merah’s actions. Abdelkader Merah told police he was present… 24/03/2012
Americans react to Staff Sgt. Bales murder chargesDebate continued to rage across America on Saturday over where the US soldier – who’s been charged with the pre-meditated murder of 17 Afghans – should be… 24/03/2012
Toulouse gunman’s brother quizzed in ParisThe Toulouse gunman’s brother has been taken to Paris for further questioning by intelligence officers. Abdelkader Merah was arrested on Tuesday as police… 24/03/2012
US soldier charged with murdering 17 AfghansA US soldier has been charged with 17 counts of murder after civilians were gunned down in a shooting rampage in Afghanistan. Staff Sergeant Robert Bales… 23/03/2012
Toulouse gunman planned killings for today – prosecutorA gunman besieged in a flat in Toulouse in southern France has claimed that he was the one who killed three soldiers and carried out a murderous attack on a… 21/03/2012
French police compile profile of the Toulouse killerPolice are compiling a profile of the gunman whom they believe to be a methodical, trained marksman with “extremist” views. There is conjecture that he… 21/03/2012
Fear stalks southern France as the hunt for a killer goes on“We’ll track him down” says the French government as police stepped up the search for the gunman who has shot dead seven people in the south west of the… 21/03/2012
Police fear Toulouse gunman will strike againPolice fear the killer who gunned down four people at a Jewish school in Toulouse, southwest France, could strike again. François Molins, the prosecutor… 20/03/2012
France in mourning after Jewish school shootingFrance is trying to come to terms with the gunning down of three children and a rabbi at a Jewish school in Toulouse yesterday – and the idea that what has… 20/03/2012
US student guilty of hate crimes for spying on gay roommateAn Indian student has been convicted of hate crimes in America after he used a webcam to spy on his university roommate kissing another man, in a case that… 17/03/2012
Police strike casts shadow over Brazil carnivalSecurity concerns are growing in Brazil as carnival approaches and police in Bahia remain on strike. More than 3,000 federal troops are now in the… 08/02/2012
Drug killer suspect captured in MexicoPolice in Mexico have captured an alleged member of the notorious Zetas drug gang. According to the authorities, Enrique Elizondo Flores has confessed to… 31/01/2012
Lawrence family welcome racist murder sentencesTwo white men have been jailed in Britain for the racist killing of a black teenager nearly 19 years ago, in a landmark case that exposed institutional racism… 04/01/2012
UK: racist murderers sentenced after 18 yearsTwo men have been jailed in the UK for the killing of black teenager Stephen Lawrence more than 18 years ago. Lawrence, aged 18, was stabbed to death at a… 04/01/2012
London pair guilty of notorious racist murderTwo men have been convicted of the killing of black teenager Stephen Lawrence, the landmark case which exposed institutional racism in London’s police… 03/01/2012
Murder inquiry at Queen’s estateBritish police have launched a murder inquiry after a woman’s body was found on the Queen’s Sandringham House estate in eastern England. The remains were… 03/01/2012
Deadly fireworks mar Italy’s New Year festivitiesTwo men have been killed and nearly 600 other people have been hurt as Italians celebrated the New Year with massive displays of illegal and homemade… 01/01/2012
No ‘international manhunt’ for breast implant bossInterpol says it has never launched an ‘international manhunt’ for the boss of a French firm whose breast implants are at the centre of a global health… 24/12/2011
Interpol seek French breast implant bossAn international police hunt has been launched for the boss of a French company whose breast implants are at the centre of a global health scare. Interpol… 24/12/2011
Survivors hail fresh conviction for Carlos the JackalA French court’s decision to hand self-styled revolutionary Carlos the Jackal another life prison term for bomb attacks has been welcomed by… 16/12/2011
Erdogan apologises for 1930s Kurdish killingsThe Turkish Prime Minister has apologised on behalf of the state for the killings of thousands of Kurds during a military crackdown in the 1930s. In a… 23/11/2011
German police launch neo-Nazi probe into murdersA candlelight vigil has been held in Berlin for 10 victims now thought to have been murdered by a suspected racist neo-Nazi group in the years after German… 14/11/2011
Breakthrough in Germany’s “Doner murders” caseGerman investigators say they have found evidence of a neo-nazi terrorist cell in a burned out house and caravan. And they believe the group was linked to the… 12/11/2011
Lawyer lambasts ‘she-devil’ Knox in Italy murder appealAn Italian court is in the final stages of an appeal by US student Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito against their convictions for… 26/09/2011
Kosovar Albanian admits US murders in GermanyThe trial has begun in Germany of a Kosovar Albanian man accused of shooting two US servicemen dead at Frankfurt airport in March. The packed courtroom… 31/08/2011
Back in the Day: stolen Scream recoveredAugust 31, 2006. Norwegian police recover paintings ‘The Scream’ and ‘Madonna’ both by Norwegian expressionist painter Edvard Munch; the works had been stolen… 30/08/2011
Ex-Moscow top cop arrested for journalist’s murderA former Moscow police colonel has been arrested over the killing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Politkovskaya, a fierce critic of the then-president… 24/08/2011
Hospitalised man arrested after six stabbed in JerseyPeople living on the Channel island of Jersey are in shock following the stabbing deaths of six people. Police were called to the scene at the island’s… 15/08/2011
Six die in Jersey stabbingsSix people including two children have been stabbed to death on the Channel Island of Jersey. Police were called to a disturbance at a flat in St. Helier… 15/08/2011
More arrest over murder of French touristsPolice in Argentina say they have found the weapon used to assassinate two French tourists and made two more arrests, bringing to six the number of people… 07/08/2011
Independent experts slam evidence against KnoxIndependent forensic experts have attacked key evidence used to convict US student Amanda Knox of the murder of her British housemate in Italy in 2007. They… 26/07/2011
Lindsay Ann Hawker murderer jailed for lifeA Japanese man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of British national Lindsay Ann Hawker. Tatsuya Ichihashi buried the naked… 21/07/2011
French train robbers revive wild west tacticsIn a scene reminiscent of the wild west, masked men made a daring raid made a on a freight train in southern France on Thursday night. The incident… 08/07/2011
US multiple murder suspect kills himselfIn the US, a man suspected of killing seven people in a western Michigan city has shot himself dead. The suspect, Rodrick Shonte Dantzler had engaged police… 08/07/2011
Murdoch closes UK tabloid hit by phone-hacking scandalRupert Murdoch’s News Corporation will close its tabloid “News of the World” after this Sunday’s edition, as a result of an escalating phone-hacking scandal… 07/07/2011
Attenborough discovery solves 130-year murder mysteryA 130-year-old murder mystery was finally solved on Tuesday, when English TV presenter David Attenborough made an interesting discovery at the bottom of his… 06/07/2011
