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France

Crime in Paris falls but still not a 'positive situation', say police

Domestic violence and burglaries have all increased, according to the French capital's prefect of police Laurent Nuñez.

15 January 2023

World News

Probing the causes of wildfires in France

This year, France had its driest July on record and wildfires have been rampant in the south of the country.

5 August 2022

Netherlands

Dutch police bust hidden cocaine factory after Encrochat investigation

Eighty police officers descended on the site in Rotterdam where a gang was also fitting out cars with secret compartments so as to "flood Europe with cocaine".

29 May 2021

France

Man arrested after making 27,000 calls to French police in two months

A man was arrested near Lyon on suspicion of harassing members of the police and making around 27,000 phone calls to the authorities between April and May.

21 May 2021

France

Three police killed in France after responding to domestic violence

Three French police were killed and a fourth was injured overnight on Tuesday in a rural area of central France while responding to a domestic violence call, the country's interior ministry said.

23 December 2020