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Police strike casts shadow over Brazil carnival Security 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 Mexico Police 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
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
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
US man in $1 bank heist for medical attentionMost people don’t willingly send themselves to prison. But for James Verone from North Carolina, that was the only way to receive free medical attention… 22/06/2011
Concern in the Amazon as land dispute claims another victimIn Brazil another funeral of a peasant worker has sharpened the focus on a wave of violence over land rights which has already claimed the lives of six people… 17/06/2011
First pictures released of Gabrielle GiffordsThe first pictures of US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords since she was shot in the head in January have been published on the Internet. The 41-year-old was… 12/06/2011
Small explosion at Ikea in DresdenAfter Belgium, France and the Netherlands it was the turn of the Ikea store in Dresden to be targeted by an explosion. Police in the German city say two… 11/06/2011
New report claims Chile’s Allende was killedOnly days ago, the body of Chile’s late president Salvador Allende was exhumed to determine exactly how he died in a coup in 1973. Conspiracy theorists do not… 02/06/2011
POTC: DSK and the blame gamePick of the Clicks looks at the most clicked story of the week on our website and how it is being treated elsewhere on the net. This week: the Strauss-Kahn… 20/05/2011
EU looks at European crime victims supportHolidays are for relaxing and having fun. But, for EU citizens who become victims of crime while they are in another EU member state, dealing with a foreign… 19/05/2011
Slovak police find two ‘cannibalism’ victimsSlovak police discovered two female corpses near the town of Kysak on Tuesday where a suspected cannibal is said to have lived. Their bodies were cut in… 18/05/2011
Mistress clue in French murder mysteryA missing Frenchman suspected of shooting his wife and four children dead had a secret mistress. An unnamed woman from Paris has told investigators that she… 25/04/2011
France: police hunt father after family found deadPolice in western France have found the bodies of a mother and her four children buried under the terrace of their house in Nantes. They had been missing… 22/04/2011
French police open murder probe after bodies foundPolice in France have launched a murder investigation after officers investigating the disappearance of an entire family found a severed leg and three… 21/04/2011
Avoid hungry judges, Israeli study saysCall yourself unlucky if your parole judge is peckish. A new study finds that judges are most lenient early in the morning or right after a break, like… 13/04/2011
Brazil gunman kills 12 children at Rio schoolA gunman has opened fire at a school in Brazil, killing at least 12 of its pupils. A suicide note was left by the attacker, named as ex-student Wellington… 07/04/2011
Human trafficking: rebuilding a victim’s trustTrust is a word that victims of human trafficking may easily forget. Those who care for them need to remind them that it still exists. That is the belief… 08/03/2011
UK: Muslim poppy burner’s fine sparks heated debateThe decision to fine a Muslim man £50 (58 euros) for setting fire to poppies at a ceremony to mark Armistice Day has provoked outrage in certain sections of… 08/03/2011
How human trafficking can be a middle-class crimeThink of human trafficking and what does the phrase evoke? Vanloads of illegal immigrants arriving by night at a disused warehouse? Drug addiction… 07/03/2011
Human trafficking: facts and figuresHuman Trafficking has many different faces. Sometimes referred to as ‘modern-day slavery’, essentially it can mean recruiting, transporting or harbouring… 07/03/2011
Car smashes into Italian airportIn Milan a terminal at the international airport had to be closed for a while on Monday after a man drove a car into the departure lounge in an attempt to… 21/02/2011
Italian police probe family shooting tragedyIn a farming village in southern Italy police have been piecing together clues at a murder scene where five members of one family were wiped… 28/12/2010
Dutch police arrest suspected serial child abuserDutch police have arrested a 27-year-old man on suspicion of sexually abusing as many as 50 very young children at childcare centres in Amsterdam, and for the… 13/12/2010
Organs taken from the poor to sell to the richSeven people have been indicted in Kosovo in connection with the illegal trade of human organs. The seven include doctors and a health official. It is… 12/11/2010
FBI reveals massive Holocaust fraudSeventeen people have been charged in the United States with stealing millions of dollars meant for victims of the Nazis during World War Two. The money came… 10/11/2010
Russian journalist still critical after brutal assaultA leading Russian journalist is still in a critical condition after being brutally beaten by two men outside his home. Oleg Kashin’s legs, jaw and fingers… 07/11/2010
Top Russian reporter in coma after assaultA leading Russian journalist has been brutally attacked outside his home. Oleg Kashin’s legs, jaw and fingers were broken and he has been put in an… 06/11/2010
Massacre at family party shocks Mexican cityCiudad Juarez has the dubious accolade of being Mexico’s most violent city. But the murder of 13 people at a teenage boy’s birthday party has shocked even… 24/10/2010
Guilty – Skydiver murders love rival in death jumpA Belgian woman has been found guilty of murdering a fellow sky diver by sabotaging her parachute, in a crime of passion. Els Clottemans is said to have… 21/10/2010
Four dead as German woman runs amokA frenzied shooting in a small German town has left four people dead and one police officer wounded. The first shots were fired after an explosion set fire… 20/09/2010
Italy’s 1.5 billion euro ‘mob haul’It is being dubbed the biggest mob haul ever. Italy has seized Mafia-linked assets worth around 1.5 billion euros. The probe centres on Sicilian… 14/09/2010
Teenagers gunned down on Facebook hitlistIn Colombia gunmen have killed three teenagers named on a death list on Facebook. The stark warnings told them to leave the remote town of Puerto Asis, in… 27/08/2010
Muslim cab driver relives knife attackA New York cab driver who says he was stabbed because he is Muslim has spoken for the first time about his ordeal. Ahmed Sharif, 43, described how a client… 26/08/2010
Migrant workers murdered in Mexican drug killingsMexican officials say the 72 people found murdered at a ranch close to the US border were migrant workers trying to reach the United States. Soldiers came… 26/08/2010
Man ‘shot’ at Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv A Palestinian man has reportedly been shot by security officials after breaking into the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv and holding hostages. Reports are now… 17/08/2010
UN court wants Hezbollah proof of Hariri murderA UN court investigating the assassination in 2005 of former Lebanese premier, Rafik al-Hariri, has requested evidence from the leader of Hezbollah. It… 12/08/2010
Bodies of slain medics arrive in KabulThe bodies of eight medical workers slain by Taliban gunmen in northeast Afghanistan have arrived in Kabul to be formally identified.They worked for Christian… 08/08/2010
Taliban kills eight medics in AfghanistanEight medics have been shot dead by Taliban gunmen in northeast Afghanistan. Police found the bullet-riddled bodies of six Americans, one Briton and a… 07/08/2010
Medical team massacred in AfghanistanSix Americans, one Briton and a German are now believed to be among a 10-strong medical team killed by militants in an ambush in a remote forested area of… 07/08/2010
Dutch woman held after babies found in atticDutch police have been continuing to search a house after the bodies of four babies were found in suitcases in the attic. A 25-year-old woman believed to be… 07/08/2010
French mother charged with killing eight babiesThe outpouring of grief over the alleged murder of eight babies in France’s worst case of infanticide is giving way to questions over the mental health of a… 30/07/2010
French woman admits killing eight new-bornsA French woman has confessed to killing her eight new-born children and hiding their bodies in northern France. The mother of two has been named as… 29/07/2010
French mother charged with murder of eight babiesA French woman has been charged with the murder of eight newborn babies after reportedly admitting the crime to police. The 47 year old mother of two has… 29/07/2010
French couple held after eight baby corpses foundPolice in France have arrested a husband and wife after the corpses of eight newborn babies were found buried in a village in the north of the country… 28/07/2010
UK gunman kills himself after police stand-offBritain most wanted man Raoul Moat is dead after a tense six-hour stand-off with police in the north of England. The fugitive 37 year-old bodybuilder… 10/07/2010
UK fugitive gunman “now threatens public”The hunt for a suspected killer gunman in northeast England has taken a new and dramatic turn. Fugitive Raoul Moat had already declared war on the police… 08/07/2010
UK police find fugitive killer suspect’s campPolice hunting a suspected killer gunman near a rural town in northeast England say they have found a camp where he has been living rough. A sizeable reward… 07/07/2010
UK gunman still at large despite manhuntWith a suspected gunman on the loose, life is still far from normal in the rural town of Rothbury. But police have eased restrictions and an exclusion zone… 07/07/2010
Police close in on suspected gunmanPolice in northeast England say they are closing in on a 37-year-old bodybuilder accused of shooting dead his ex-girlfriend’s new lover and wounding two… 06/07/2010
Russian manhunt for ‘Robin Hood’ killersSecurity forces in Russia’s far east have captured an alleged member of an armed gang suspected of being behind a series of attacks on police. The 18 year… 11/06/2010
UK gunman had firearms licenceIt has been revealed the gunman who killed 12 people and then shot himself in Britain had been a licenced gun holder for 20 years. Police are trying to work… 03/06/2010
Rural shooting spree kills 12 in UKPolice want to know who provided the lethal weapon to a gunman who ran amok in the northwest England and killed 12 people. Gun laws in the UK are extremely… 03/06/2010
Armed gang robs French security vanAn armed gang has attacked and burned a security van in the French city of Marseille before making off with several million euros. The assault happened in… 31/05/2010
Secret In Their Eyes boosted by OscarThe Oscar-winning Argentinian film, The Secret In Their Eyes, tells the story of a retired prosecutor who decides to write a book after he is haunted by a… 05/04/2010
Gunmen shoot dead 25 people in BaghdadTwenty five people have been shot dead in a village in southern Baghdad by gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms say authorities there. Between 10 and 15… 03/04/2010
EU must fight child sex abuse – Malmström“Whatever the EU can do against child sexual abuse, the EU must do and will do.” With this statement, the European Commission has proposed new obligations on… 29/03/2010
Sect head arrested in Rome for sexual abuse and extortionThe head of a new-age sect in Italy, said to have at least a thousand followers, has been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing young girls and their… 16/03/2010
Trial of Swiss teenagers starts in MunichThe trial of three Swiss youths, charged with randomly attacking passers-by while on a school trip to Germany last year, has begun in Munich. The three… 09/03/2010
Kurdish father jailed for daughter’s ‘honour killing’A Kurdish father of 10 has been jailed for life for ordering the murder of his 20-year-old daughter in a so-called “honour killing”. Judges at the court in… 29/12/2009
Knox and ex-lover found guilty of Kercher murderAmanda Knox and her former boyfriend have been found guilty of the murder of 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher. Knox, a 22-year-old American… 05/12/2009
German ‘Robin Hood’ banker sentencedWith their bailouts, bad loans and bonuses it may be fair to say bankers aren’t top of everyone’s Christmas card list this year. But, that might not be… 25/11/2009
The Khmer Rouge: uniquely wicked, rarely punishedFrom 1975 to 1979 the Khmer Rouge imposed a reign of terror in Cambodia, murdering intellectuals, re-educating urban populations through forced labour, and… 23/11/2009
‘Human fat murderers’ arrested in PeruPeruvian police say they have broken up a gang suspected of killing dozens of people in order to sell their body fat to cosmetic companies. In a… 20/11/2009
Basketball tycoon shot dead in MoscowA former KGB spy turned basketball tycoon has been killed in a drive-by shooting in central Moscow. Shabtai von Kalmanovic was hit 20 times in his car with… 03/11/2009
Six freed as supermarket siege ends safelySix supermarket workers in France have escaped unhurt after being held hostage by suspected armed robbers. The drama unfolded early this morning when a… 21/10/2009
Politkovskaya remembered, three years onExactly three years after the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, people continue to pay tribute to one of the Kremlin’s most outspoken critics. The… 07/10/2009
Politkovskaya’s family demand answers, 3 years onAs the third anniversary of her murder was marked, the family of Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya have voiced doubts about Moscow’s commitment to finding her… 07/10/2009
Russia reopens inquiry into politician’s murderMoscow has agreed to reopen an investigation into the murder of a high-profile liberal politician 10 years ago. This after the sister of Galina… 08/09/2009
Chechnya ‘out of control’ – Human Rights WatchThe leader of a children’s charity in Chechnya has been found dead with her husband, just hours after being kidnapped. Zarema Sadulayeva and Alik Dzhabrailov… 11/08/2009
Charity head found dead in ChechnyaThe kidnapped head of a charity helping children in Chechnya has been found dead in the boot of a car beside her murdered husband. The deaths of Zarema… 11/08/2009
Masked gunman kills two in Tel Aviv gay club attackIsrael’s gay community is in a state of shock after a masked gunman shot a man and woman dead at a Homosexual and lesbian youth centre. 02/08/2009
Hate crime thought to be motive behind gay shootingsWitnesses say the killer, clad in black, opened fire in a basement club in Tel Aviv, which was hosting a weekly event for teenage gays. The attacker killed a… 02/08/2009
Former official held in Ukraine murder caseNine years after the killing of investigative reporter Georgy Gongadze sparked a political crisis in Ukraine, a leading suspect has been arrested. A fugitive… 22/07/2009
Kadyrov says killers will be foundThe man some accuse of being behind Estemirova’s murder, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has also been quick to react. However he has concentrated on the act… 16/07/2009
