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Brazil

Ex-tycoon Eike Batista leaves Rio jail ahead of bribery trial

Brazilian oil and mining magnate Eike Batista has left a Rio de Janeiro jail for house arrest ahead of a trial on corruption charges.

01/05/2017

Thailand

Violent crime videos pile pressure on Facebook

Never before has it been so easy to put pictures and video on the internet.

27/04/2017

World News

Global operation nets millions of euros worth of fake food and drink

Fraud in the food market has been the target of a massive global operation, with the seizure of 230 million euros worth of fake food and drinks.

26/04/2017

Russia

Kremlin involvement in European crime networks revealed

A European think-tank has published a report alleging connections between the Kremlin and the criminal underworld of Europe.

20/04/2017

Spain

Major operation against child porn network culminates in 39 arrests

Spanish police have arrested 39 people as part of an international operation against a major child pornography ring which distributed illicit material via the online messaging application…

19/04/2017

USA

Cleveland manhunt for 'Facebook-Live killer'

Police in Cleveland Ohio have called for a suspect who broadcast a video of himself live on Facebook killing an elderly man, to turn himself in.

17/04/2017

United Kingdom

Drunk driver launches car, and her 19-month-old child, over roundabout

A 32-year-old woman has been jailed for dangerous driving after speeding and launching her car nearly 5 metres into the air after “crashing into a…

11/04/2017

Italy

Italian high court makes stinky cooking a crime

Italy's Court of Cassation this week upheld a ruling criminalising strong cooking odours and even branded the legal term: “olfactory molestation”

06/04/2017

Spain

Spanish football manager arrested for match-fixing after his team's 12-0 thrashing

Filippo Vito di Perro, the Italian manager of third division Spanish football club Eldense, has been arrested for allegations of match fixing.

04/04/2017

Netherlands

Dutch calls for solidarity against gay violence after Arnhem couple gets savaged

A gay couple were attacked while holding hands prompting a social media response

04/04/2017

USA

14-year-old arrested over Facebook live sexual assault

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in Chicago in connection with the sexual assault of a teenage girl that was broadcast on Facebook Live.

02/04/2017

Israel

Israeli police arrest 19 year old suspect linked to bomb threats targeting Jewish community centers in the US and abroad

23/03/2017

United Kingdom

Russian exile may have been murdered with poisoned soup

15/03/2017

Hungary

Jail term doubled for hospital chief's acid attack on ex-lover

A doctor who attacked his ex-lover with acid has had his jail term doubled by Hungary’s appeal court.

10/03/2017

Germany

German suspect arrested over killing of boy boasted on the web

Marcel Hesse is accused of posting photos and a video of the dead boy on the internet

10/03/2017

World News

Fake Justin Bieber charged with more than 900 child sex offences

Police in Australia Justin Bieber fans be extra vigilant online after charging a man for posing as the singer and soliciting explicit images

09/03/2017

France

Remains of missing French family found

Body parts have been found in the hunt for a missing French family, at the farm of a relative who has admitted their murder.

08/03/2017

Germany

Germany : Police hunt suspect who bragged about killing a child

A manhunt is underway in Germany after a video emerged of a teenager boasting about stabbing his nine-year-old neighbour to death.

08/03/2017

Ireland

Irish PM set to widen probe into Church-run homes

Ireland is expected to widen an inquiry into former Church-run homes for unmarried mothers on the orders of the country’s prime minister.

07/03/2017

Greece

Greek police put on show major drugs haul

Greek authorities have presented the haul they seized in a major drugs raid at the weekend.

07/03/2017