All news on the topic: Crime

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Brazen burglars steal £500,000 in gold from London home while family inside
Police are looking for a group of thieves who entered a London home and took gold jewelry valued at half a million pounds.
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‘Cowardly’ pranksters spray Orthodox Jews with water guns in sick social media stunt
"Prankster" social media influencers have been harassing Orthodox Jews in Manchester by spraying them with a water pistol in a series of attacks.
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Massacre at Zamzam: over 1,500 killed in Darfur refugee camp atrocity
More than 1,500 civilians may have been massacred during an attack on Sudan’s largest displacement camp in April, in what would be the second-biggest war crime of the country’s catastrophic conflict.
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Murder on Dynevor Road: what is known about the shooting of a man in east London
This is the first picture of a former social club owner shot dead in a plush east London neighbourhood.
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Man who killed Anita Rose in ‘brutal’ dog walk attack had history of near-identical assault
Attack on Anita Rose by Roy Barclay was similar to previous assault on man who was also found with dog tied to leg
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Cars stripped in minutes: ‘autocannibalism’ surges around Birmingham City stadium
"I arrived back at the car, the bonnet and the bumper had gone and the headlamps had just been taken off."
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Transfers through Birmingham and ghost boat rides: how the Kurdish mafia smuggles people to Britain’s shores
A BBC investigation has exposed the French and UK operations of a powerful and violent smuggling gang taking people across the English Channel in small boats.
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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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Briton found guilty of raping and murdering his ex-fiancée at a luxury hotel
James Cartwright, 61, was found guilty of the murder and rape of his ex-fiancée Samantha Mickleburgh, 54, following a trial at Guilford Crown Court - he will be sentenced at a later date
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Prominent developer and his rugby player son killed in London office attack
A property developer and his rugby star son were fatally stabbed at their company offices in southeast London yesterday.
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Armed man opens fire at office center in New York, casualties reported
Four individuals, among them a police officer, lost their lives in a mass shooting at a skyscraper in New York on Monday evening.
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Two men die after mass stabbing attack in central London
Two men have died after four people were stabbed at a business premises Southwark, the Metropolitan Police said.
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Former security guard opens fire at Bangkok market, killing at least six people
At least six people have died in a mass shooting at a food market in Thailand.
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Bloody incident on world’s largest cruise ship: crew member kills colleague and takes own life
The 35-year-old man reportedly stabbed his 28-year-old female colleague multiple times before jumping off the Icon of the Seas cruise ship, according to officials
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British tourist, 16, reports rape at Greek resort — 15-year-old Belgian boy arrested
The 16-year-old girl from Britain was on vacation with her family on the Greek island of Rhodes during the alleged incident, which is reported to have occurred on Ialysos beach.
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Triple murder in Maguiresbridge: woman and her children shot dead, fourth victim in hospital
A mum and her two children who were shot dead in their home in Northern Ireland have been pictured.
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British woman arrested in Mauritius for trying to smuggle cannabis in her six‑year‑old son’s suitcase
A British mother-of-two has been arrested in Mauritius after she was accused of trying to smuggle cannabis inside her six-year-old son’s suitcase.
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Brian Koberger was sentenced to four life terms for killing students in Idaho
A knife killer who murdered four students during a home invasion in the US has been sentenced to life behind bars without the possibility of parole.
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Russian gangland and the war economy: Sergei Lalakin’s IEK grew 20% by taking over foreign companies
Since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian state has confiscated assets worth nearly 2.6 trillion rubles ($33.2 billion).
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Record number of police officers sacked in England and Wales amid misconduct crackdown
A record number of police officers were sacked from forces in England and Wales in the past year, new figures show.
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Masked gunman opens fire on three in Huddersfield drive-by shooting – manhunt underway
A manhunt is underway after a “masked shooter” opened fire on three people in a suspected drive-by attack.
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Killer who took couple’s body parts in suitcases to Bristol bridge found guilty of murder
Yostin Andres Mosquera transported the body parts of Albert Alfonso and Paul Longworth in suitcases to a bridge in Bristol.
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Notorious child killer Colin Pitchfork could walk free by Christmas despite public safety fears
Notorious monster Colin Pitchfork will inform a Parole Board panel of experts in October that he is no longer a risk to the public, which he hopes could lead to his release within a matter of weeks.
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Phantom "Grupo Omni", fake offices, and $1.9 million in debts: who really stands behind the digital bank Bankaool
A fugitive wanted by Costa Rican authorities in connection with a massive fraud investigation known as the Madre Patria case was caught on wiretap boasting about buying into a bank in Mexico.
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Filip Knežević, Kavač mafia hitman, killed in Barcelona: police suspect mafia-style execution
An individual purported to be a Balkan mob hitman was shot dead in Barcelona in what seems to be a gangland execution.