All news on the topic: Arrests

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Police seize 72 luxury cars worth over £6m in West End crackdown on antisocial driving
The Met reports that 72 luxury vehicles were removed from West End streets as they were either unroadworthy or being driven illegally.
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Over 50 arrested at London protest backing banned group Palestine Action
Police report that they have arrested over 50 individuals at a demonstration in London supporting the banned group Palestine Action.
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Chinese mafia in Italy: 13 arrested, 266 shell firms shut in €3.4 billion tax fraud case
Italian police have arrested 13 Chinese nationals in a nationwide raid targeting suspected Chinese mafia networks, authorities said Monday.
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Far-right figure Tommy Robinson arrested over brutal assault at St Pancras station, released on bail
Far-right activist Tommy Robinson has been released on bail following his arrest last night over an alleged assault at London’s St Pancras station.
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Tommy Robinson arrested at Luton Airport on suspicion of violent assault in London
Tommy Robinson, a far-right leader, has been arrested after his return to the UK.
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Man and woman arrested after critically injured toddler dies in hospital
A baby girl has passed away in the hospital after being airlifted there with severe injuries.
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Ten men arrested in Bradford over historical child sex abuse claims
The men, aged between 49 and 71, were arrested in the city for alleged offenses reported to have occurred between 1994 and 1997, involving six victims who were teenagers at the time.
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Tommy Robinson flees UK after assaulting man in central London — police launch manhunt
Far-right activist Tommy Robinson boarded a flight out of the UK in the small hours of the morning as police made arrest inquiries over an alleged assault at a London train station.
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Rocks, rage and riot: anti-migrant protest turns violent outside Epping Forest hotel
Rocks and eggs were thrown at police as they tried to protect a hotel near London being used as accommodation for asylum seekers, prosecutors said Monday as a man arrested in connection with the incident appeared in court.
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Cambodia arrests nearly a thousand people in a week in a major cyber scam crackdown
Authorities in Cambodia have carried out several arrests this week, detaining almost 1,000 individuals as part of an ongoing crackdown on cybercrime operations throughout the country.
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Luxury offers no protection: Father of two killed for his watch near five-star hotel in central London
According to the Met Police, three men in their 20s have been arrested in connection with the deadly stabbing of a man near a luxury hotel in central London.
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Security forces break up protests: Dozens arrested over pro-Palestine Action slogans
Seventy-one arrests have been made at protests across the UK against Palestine Action being proscribed a terror group, police have said.
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Two women killed after stolen BMW crashes into care home in Sunderland
Two elderly women have died after a car crashed into their care home while being chased by police.
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Sunderland: Stolen BMW rams care home — 8 hospitalised, two young men behind bars
Two men, both 21 years old, were arrested following a crash involving a blue BMW that was stolen from Fenham, Newcastle, and collided with the side of a care home in Sunderland.
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Teenagers and the hacker mafia: Group arrested in UK over cyberattacks on M&S, Co-op and Harrods
Four arrested on suspicion of breaching Computer Misuse Act, blackmail, money laundering and joining activities of organised crime
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Young man stabbed to death near casino in central London — police search for attacker
A man in his twenties has died following a stabbing outside a London casino.
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Kenyan police lied about activist Albert Ojwang’s death and arrest, investigation reveals
Investigation by OCCRP member center Africa Uncensored reveals that not only have the Kenyan police provided a false account of the cause of his death, but they have also arrested him for something he did not do.
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Woman arrested after ‘generous and hardworking’ man fatally stabbed at east London flat
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a ’hardworking’ man was fatally stabbed in an apartment.
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‘Hellish’ revenge: drug dealer ordered torture and murder over ex’s new partner
A drug dealer has been found guilty of torturing and murdering a ‘love rival’ in his home.
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Los Choneros gang leader ‘Fito’ captured after 18-month manhunt — Ecuador preparing extradition to US
Jose Adolfo Macias, a.k.a. “Fito,” was arrested 18 months after going on the run for the second time in his criminal history.
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Four arrested for damaging military aircraft in Britain — police investigating terrorism
Counter-terrorism police report that two women and two men have been detained following damage inflicted on two Voyager aircraft.
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Man in Brighton tried to abduct 9-year-old boy in broad daylight — arrested by police
A nine-year-old boy was nearly abducted off the street by a man who then followed him, according to police.
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Former Georgian deputy economy minister arrested for illicit enrichment of over $900,000 — assets found in Spain
Tbilisi court orders detention of Georgia’s former deputy economy minister, who stands accused of abusing his power to secure illicit wealth—including property in Spain uncovered by OCCRP’s Georgian member center.
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"Drug baron from France" extradited from Dubai: paperwork blunder delayed transfer by nearly a year
Initially arrested in October 2023, the French national was scheduled for extradition soon after.
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Daphne murder convict Agius laundered €2M in property deals despite court-ordered asset freeze
While under a court-ordered asset freeze, Robert Agius’s wife set up a company that was able to buy and sell properties worth millions of euros. Another company he co-owned also engaged in significant real estate transactions.