All news on the topic: Crime

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Brazil arrests internationally wanted Surinamese fugitive
A Surinamese man, wanted by Interpol for a series of crimes including the smuggling of approximately 450 kg of cocaine by aircraft, was captured last week in São Paulo, Brazilian Federal Police stated.
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Urgent warning issued about ’big Viking stomper’ gangster on the run for 10 days
An infamous gangster known as ‘big Viking Stomper’ has been on the run from the police for 10 days.
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Russian-Ukrainian ’terrorist’ arrested in Paris for detonating ’Mother of Satan’ bomb near airport hotel
It comes just days after French authorities foiled an ’islamist-inspired’ Olympics terror plot
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German far-right politician stabbed days after policeman killed at anti-Islam rally
A police officer was killed in another stabbing during an anti-Islam demonstration in the city just a few days ago
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A teenager has been jailed for stabbing two men to death following a dispute over a woman outside a nightclub in Halifax
Rashane Douglas, from Huddersfield, stabbed Joshua Clark, 21, and Haidar Shah, 19, outside Maggie’s nightclub in Halifax on 1 October last year.
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Murder of German police officer inflames migration debate ahead of EU election
Focus on immigration and Islamist extremism could benefit the far right in the final days of the campaign.
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’Dr Death’ and Essex gang who held brutal dog fights jailed
The ringleader’s phone contained incriminating video and photos of the dogs and gruesome fight reports.
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Dark Web ’LinkedIn’ sees cyber experts offering ’morally flexible’ services to scammers
On the Dark Web’s criminal version of ’LinkedIn’, the jobs on offer are varied. They include web developers, software engineers and people who steal data or hack a business
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Newark: Eight boys arrested on suspicion of raping teenage girl on Nottinghamshire playing fields
Nottinghamshire Police says detectives are "working around the clock" and will "uncover exactly what’s happened".
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French police accused of covering-up murder of British family shot in the Alps
The brother of a British tourist who was shot dead in the Alps with his wife and mother-in-law has accused French Police of a cover up after they investigated him for the murders.
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Knifeman stabs multiple people on YouTube livestream at political rally
This is the harrowing moment a knifeman went on a stabbing rampage during a rally in Germany today.
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’UK’s biggest benefit fraudsters’ jailed for stealing £53m with fake claims
Bundles of cash stuffed in suitcases, designer goods and a luxury car were found in a raid on their properties. One gang member had also filmed themselves throwing stacks of £20 notes in the air.
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The unbreakable union of unfree states: an axis of dictatorships is supporting the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine
Public discussions following Vladimir Putin’s May visit to China largely focused on exports of obscure tubers and beef cartilage to Beijing.
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Teacher who murdered partner and buried him in garden jailed for at least 20 years
A primary school teacher who murdered her boyfriend before burying him in their garden has been jailed for life with a minimum of 20 years.
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Investigators can’t determine the gender of the person sucked into the KLM jet engine at Amsterdam airport
Several Dutch outlets have said the victim may have been an airport worker involved in a takeoff manoeuvre
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Fishing boats and cargo ships: How Colombian cocaine is trafficked worldwide
Official statistics on busts of drug shipments originating in Colombia — the world’s largest cocaine producer by far — are scattershot and hard to find. A leak of prosecutor’s office documents helped reporters fill in some gaps.
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Notorious gangster the public ’must be protected from’ absconds from prison
Daniel Gee Gee was jailed after a secret probe caught him conspiring to buy guns and threatening to kill a teenager
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Soldier Sapper Kim Mawa, 23, found dead in Wiltshire barracks three months after 19-year-old died days into joining squadron
Sapper Kim Mawa, a 23-year-old from the Royal Engineers, was found dead
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Two ’robbers’ hunted as watch dealer found dead the day after raid
The man was found by police in Surrey on Sunday evening, following a report of a concern for safety. The death is not being treated as suspicious.
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Watch dealer put in chokehold during terrifying London robbery dies one day later
A watch dealer who was put in a chokehold during a robbery at his jewellery store in Richmond, West London, where thieves made off with high value watches, has died
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Baby ‘beheaded’ and children ‘burnt alive’ in Israeli strikes on makeshift shelter
Newborns burnt alive, children beheaded and bodies of civilians scattered in tents housing displaced Palestinians – this is the aftermath of Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Knife attacker injures at least three in metro in Lyon, France
A 27-year-old Moroccan man attacked people with a knife in the metro in the French city of Lyon on Sunday, injuring at least three, authorities said.
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Inside Britain’s ‘out of control’ shoplifting crisis as even pound shops become targets
One in ten independent shops lost more than £10,000 to shoplifting in the last two years, according to the Federation of Small Businesses
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Bournemouth beach: A 17-year-old teenager has been arrested after a woman was stabbed to death and another was injured
Police launched a murder investigation after two women were stabbed at a popular beach in Bournemouth on Friday night.
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Killer teens who slaughtered their victim ’like lions on prey’ are jailed for over 130 years
Bailey Atkinson, 21, was left in a pool of his own blood and a "Rambo" knife lodged in his shoulder in the brutal attack - he died in hospital hours later as his killers are jailed