All news on the topic: Crime

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Young girl ‘aged 8’ stabbed at block of flats with two arrested
A young girl has been stabbed in a block of flats in Christchurch, Dorset.
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Mohammed Akram sentenced to life in prison for multiple convictions of sexual and physical abuse
Mohammed Akram, 64, denied any wrongdoing but was convicted of nine charges involving the serious sexual and physical abuse of three women across Forth Valley, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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Nigeria dismantles 63 illegal refineries in fight against crude oil theft
Nigerian authorities arrested 16 suspects and seized 63 illegal refineries across the country in a week-long operation aimed at combating crude oil theft, which has plagued the oil industry for years.
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Ex-Mafia boss made $10 million a week using a tactic that any business could adopt
Michael Franzese had plans of becoming a doctor but ended up running a scam that made him a more successful mob boss than Al Capone
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Luxury watches worth £120,000 stolen from city centre jewellers
Two men stole high-end watches worth £120,000 from a luxury jewellers before making it away on foot.
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Truth or lie? A letter from El Mayo fuels Mexico-US tensions over Sinaloa Cartel arrests
Controversy and conflicting narratives persist around the arrests of two top Sinaloa Cartel leaders in the United States, raising questions about what led to the detentions and how the historic leadership blow may impact one of Mexico’s most powerful drug trafficking organizations.
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Singapore charges former bankers with aiding $2.2 billion money laundering ring
Singapore charged two bankers Thursday for their alleged role in abetting clients responsible for a US$2.2 billion money laundering ring, marking the first time that criminal charges have been laid against finance professionals since the scandal came to light.
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My son is dangerous online incel spewing out misogynistic hate like Andrew Tate
IT is every parent’s worst nightmare that their child will go off the rails in their school years.
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Baltimore serial killer who turned victims into burgers and sold them to public
Joe Metheny was convicted of killing two women in 1996, but later claimed to have killed a total of 10 people. He would sometimes turn his victims into burgers and sell them
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‘Depraved’ stretch limo driver who raped and abused UK schoolgirls jailed
David Saynor, who picked up girls from school and gave them alcohol and cigarettes, jailed for 24 years
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Man charged with attempted murder of police officer after prison stabbing
A man has been charged with attempted murder of a police officer who was stabbed inside a high-security prison.
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Father and son pocketed £136k by returning cheap irons to Argos in three-year scam
A dad and son pocketed £136,000 in a ‘get-rich-quick’ con using fake receipts to return cheap irons to Argos for the full price.
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Young man loses arm after being stabbed in Manchester with man and woman arrested
A 26-year-old man was found injured in Moston, Manchester after allegedly being stabbed and it has since emerged that he has lost his arm as a result of the attack
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Private maths tutor jailed after admitting to sexually abusing teen boy in diary
Maths tutor Holly Rouse-Sweeney, 37, from Hebden Bridge, has been jailed for six years after sexually abusing a teenage boy with police finding damning diary entries on her laptop
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Killers seen walking hand-in-hand minutes after ’sugar daddy’ was stabbed to death
A woman who stabbed her ‘sugar daddy’ to death after he ‘ran out of money’ has been jailed for 25 years.
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Man ’put girl in headlock and stabbed her eight times’ in Leicester Square attack
A man has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of an 11-year-old girl in Leicester Square.
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Leicester Square stabbing: Man charged with attempted murder after 11-year-old girl knifed in street
Ioan Pintaru, 32, has been charged after an 11-year-old girl was stabbed in Leicester Square and rushed to hospital. It It was initially believed that the girl’s mother had also been hurt
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Dublin man shot dead in Malta after murder of ex-partner ’used fake profiles to harass victim’
It has been claimed that he ran social media accounts to target his former partner, at one point making accusations about her sex life
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Girl, 11, stabbed in ‘targeted attack’ in London’s Leicester Square, saved by tea shop worker
A security guard tackled a knifeman to the ground as he attacked an 11-year-old girl and a woman in central London’s Leicester Square.
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Man charged with murder after woman, 26, fatally stabbed in Ipswich
Family pays tribute to Courtney Mitchell, who was found seriously injured and later died in hospital
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Was the Hackney shooting of a nine-year-old girl connected to a Europe-wide gang rivalry?
Fatal clashes between Turkish criminals in the heroin trade are spreading in Europe, an Observer investigation reveals
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The horrific nature of the Turkish criminal underworld leaks as the murders unfold
An escalation in violence involving major Turkish gangs has spilled over into European cities, where suspected mafia figures have been shot in broad daylight.
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UK Police reports 741 people arrested and 302 people charged
‘Hundreds more suspects’ from violence led by far right should expect to be arrested, say police chiefs
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The UAE has suspended 32 gold refineries as part of an anti-money laundering investigation
The United Arab Emirates suspended this week operations in 32 of its gold refineries after inspections revealed that its gold sector had committed hundreds of anti-money laundering violations.
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British crocodile expert Adam Britton jailed for raping, torturing and killing dozens of dogs
Britton, a renowned zoologist, was sentenced at the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory, Australia, by a judge who had to warn the gallery that details of his offences could cause a "nervous shock".