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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Little progress' in stopping drug drones at HMP Manchester, watchdog says

HMP Manchester struggles with drug delivery and violence, prompting urgent intervention demands from prison inspectors.
#burkina-faso
World news
fromwww.dw.com
1 day ago

Burkina Faso: Moving forward without democracy

Burkina Faso's military junta prioritizes state control over democracy, undermining the people's role in governance and self-determination.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Burkina Faso military, allies committing horrific' civilian abuses: HRW

Burkina Faso's military and armed groups are committing war crimes, including ethnic cleansing, resulting in over 1,800 civilian deaths since 2023.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
1 day ago

Burkina Faso: Moving forward without democracy

Burkina Faso's military junta prioritizes state control over democracy, undermining the people's role in governance and self-determination.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Burkina Faso military, allies committing horrific' civilian abuses: HRW

Burkina Faso's military and armed groups are committing war crimes, including ethnic cleansing, resulting in over 1,800 civilian deaths since 2023.
fromIndependent
2 days ago

'Terrible decision' to allow garda jailed for fracturing teenager's skull to resign rather than be dismissed, says TD

Garda Lorcan Murphy was sentenced to a year in prison for an assault in which a teenager's skull was fractured. He pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault causing harm.
Law
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 days ago

Teenager charged with murder after boy, 14, shot dead in south London

Eghosa Ogbebor was killed in Lord Warwick Street, Woolwich, on April 2. A 16-year-old, of Romford, was arrested on April 4 and was released on bail until he was rearrested on April 9.
UK news
#metropolitan-police
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Five Met officers taken off duty after weapons find

Five Metropolitan Police officers removed from front-line duties after firearms and a Taser were found on a London street.
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fromwww.standard.co.uk
2 weeks ago

Met Police detective sacked over use of sex workers and class A drugs on trips abroad

A Metropolitan Police detective was dismissed for using sex workers and Class A drugs over seven years, breaching professional conduct standards.
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Five Met officers taken off duty after weapons find

Five Metropolitan Police officers removed from front-line duties after firearms and a Taser were found on a London street.
UK news
fromwww.standard.co.uk
2 weeks ago

Met Police detective sacked over use of sex workers and class A drugs on trips abroad

A Metropolitan Police detective was dismissed for using sex workers and Class A drugs over seven years, breaching professional conduct standards.
NYC politics
fromGothamist
1 week ago

Mayor Mamdani signals openness to NYPD gang database, citing reforms

Mayor Zohran Mamdani shows increased openness to the NYPD's gang database, acknowledging reforms while moving away from his previous stance to abolish it.
#nigeria
World news
fromwww.dw.com
3 days ago

Nigeria terror trial: Nearly 400 terror suspects convicted

Nearly 400 terrorism suspects were convicted in Nigeria, receiving prison terms up to 20 years amid ongoing trials related to Boko Haram and ISWAP.
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fromwww.dw.com
3 days ago

Nigeria terror trial: Nearly 400 terror suspects convicted

Nearly 400 terrorism suspects were convicted in Nigeria, receiving prison terms up to 20 years amid ongoing trials related to Boko Haram and ISWAP.
London politics
fromIrish Independent
1 day ago

Government wants probe into media coverage of fuel protests; Garda Commissioner 'absolutely appalled' by threats to gardai

Protests in Dublin have escalated unexpectedly, reflecting public anger and loss of confidence in the Government.
#immigration
UK news
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
1 week ago

Mother warns UK faces 'more rapes and murders' unless small boats are stopped - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Siobhan Whyte warns that current immigration policies increase risks of violence against British women following her daughter's murder by an asylum seeker.
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fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
1 week ago

Mother warns UK faces 'more rapes and murders' unless small boats are stopped - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Siobhan Whyte warns that current immigration policies increase risks of violence against British women following her daughter's murder by an asylum seeker.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Interpol arrest warrant requested in Congo-Brazzaville for Jean-Guy Blaise Mayolas

Authorities in Congo-Brazzaville have applied to Interpol for an international arrest warrant against Jean-Guy Blaise Mayolas after he was convicted of embezzling $1.1 million in FIFA funds. Mayolas, along with his wife and son, was sentenced to life imprisonment for their roles in the embezzlement scheme, which involved funds intended for Covid-19 relief.
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UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Police offered support to tackle rising threats against MPs

A new national democracy protection unit is established to support police in addressing rising threats and abuse against MPs.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

In Ghana Town, a stateless' future for hundreds born and raised in Gambia

Residents of Ghana Town, Gambia, lack citizenship and ID documents, impacting their access to education and legal recognition.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 weeks ago

Ghanaian Artist Ibrahim Mahama Allegedly Assaulted by State Police

Ibrahim Mahama threatens legal action against Ghana's police after alleged assault following Eid al-Fitr prayers.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Five taken off duty after police leave bag of guns outside Sadiq Khan's home'

The Independent provides critical journalism on key issues without paywalls, relying on donations to support its reporting efforts.
#police-reform
NYC politics
fromGothamist
2 weeks ago

Mamdani's public safety promises are slow going. His allies say that's the point.

Mayor Mamdani's cautious approach to police reform is seen as a strategic choice by advocates, despite scaling back several campaign promises.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago
UK news

What is Shabana Mahmood proposing in biggest ever' policing reforms?

A major policing overhaul will merge many forces, create a National Police Service, expand national powers, and standardise licences, testing, and technology.
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago
UK politics

Number of police forces to be cut in major shakeup

Police forces in England and Wales will be reduced to larger regional units focused on serious organised crime, with local policing areas handling neighbourhood offences.
NYC politics
fromGothamist
2 weeks ago

Mamdani's public safety promises are slow going. His allies say that's the point.

Mayor Mamdani's cautious approach to police reform is seen as a strategic choice by advocates, despite scaling back several campaign promises.
#gang-violence
London politics
fromIndependent
1 week ago

Woman brutally attacked by gang in latest hijacking spree as gardai warn of nationwide surge

There is deep concern regarding gang violence following a controversial court ruling in Dublin.
London politics
fromIndependent
1 week ago

Woman brutally attacked by gang in latest hijacking spree as gardai warn of nationwide surge

There is deep concern regarding gang violence following a controversial court ruling in Dublin.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Ecuador claims 28% drop in homicides amid concerns over anti-crime campaign

Ecuador's President Noboa collaborates with the US to combat organized crime, resulting in a 28% decrease in homicides and thousands of arrests.
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
3 weeks ago

Op-Ed | Mamdani's moonshot: A Department of Community Safety | amNewYork

New York City's crisis response system relies on police instead of specialized infrastructure, requiring a Department of Community Safety to address mental health crises, violence, and homelessness through stabilization and long-term support.
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Canada news
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

South Africa deploys troops in cities to tackle crime

South Africa experiences approximately 64 daily homicides across the country, with gang violence and organized crime concentrated in densely populated townships like Mitchells Plain, prompting military deployment to combat illegal mining and crime.
Canada news
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Why South Africa is sending soldiers to cities

South Africa experiences approximately 64 daily homicides, with military deployment to Gauteng province aimed at combating organized crime and illegal mining amid widespread gang violence and poverty.
Canada news
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

South Africa deploys troops in cities to tackle crime

South Africa experiences approximately 64 daily homicides across the country, with gang violence and organized crime concentrated in densely populated townships like Mitchells Plain, prompting military deployment to combat illegal mining and crime.
Canada news
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Why South Africa is sending soldiers to cities

South Africa experiences approximately 64 daily homicides, with military deployment to Gauteng province aimed at combating organized crime and illegal mining amid widespread gang violence and poverty.
NYC politics
fromFox News
3 weeks ago

Mamdani moves to sideline NYC police with new safety office under sweeping overhaul

NYC Mayor Mamdani creates Office of Community Safety to centralize public safety programs, shifting focus from policing to prevention and community support services.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

South African soldiers deploy in Johannesburg to tackle crime and gangs

South African military troops deployed in Johannesburg suburbs to combat organized crime, gang violence, and illegal mining following presidential declaration of crime as democracy threat.
Miscellaneous
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Dutch police start publicly shaming scammers into submission

Dutch police launched 'Game Over?!' campaign displaying 100 blurred suspect faces publicly, threatening to unblur them March 23 if suspects don't surrender by March 19.
London politics
fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago

UK police probe possible Iran link after Jewish charity ambulances set on fire

Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity were set on fire in London, prompting an investigation into an antisemitic hate crime.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Ministers announce huge expansion of electronic tagging in England and Wales

England and Wales will implement the largest electronic tagging expansion in British history, tracking tens of thousands of released offenders in real time while focusing intensive supervision on high-risk criminals.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

At least eight killed as Brazilian police carry out lethal favela raid

Military police chief Marcelo Menezes Nogueira said that the raid resulted in a major armed confrontation. Dos Santos and six other suspected criminals were killed, and a local resident was reportedly caught in the crossfire after being taken hostage.
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Crime is shifting from the coasts to the interior of Ecuador, turning quiet cities into hotbeds of violence

According to the annual ranking by the Mexican organization Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice, which compiles a list of the 50 most dangerous cities in the world, six Ecuadorian cities will appear among the top 10 in 2025. Babahoyo appears on the list for the first time as the second most violent, with 166 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants.
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UK news
fromComputerWeekly.com
4 weeks ago

Technology accelerating crime, boosts case for national police service says NCA chief | Computer Weekly

Technology has fundamentally transformed crime by enabling criminals to operate globally in networks, access money laundering services, and conduct sophisticated attacks with unprecedented scale and speed.
France news
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 month ago

London prison escapee who mocked authorities with social media posts arrested in France

A 21-year-old robber arrested for escaping police custody twice in one week was captured in France after being smuggled out of the UK in a lorry.
World news
fromFuturism
1 month ago

Police Drones in Haiti Have Killed More Than 1,000 People

Haitian security forces and private military contractors using armed drones have killed at least 1,243 people since March 2025, including 17 children and 43 confirmed civilian non-combatants.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Police seize gold bars, teeth and guns in unusual' drug gang crackdown

We did have an unusual seizure, we had a gold bar seized. I think it might be just indicative of the type of criminal lifestyle some of these drug dealers want to lead, the sort of bragging rights and things.
London politics
London politics
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 month ago

MPs demand urgent' probe into London grooming gangs

MPs urge the government's grooming gang inquiry to investigate London specifically, citing BBC evidence of girls as young as 14 being exploited by gangs in the capital.
fromDataBreaches.Net
1 month ago

Nigerian Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Computer Intrusion and Theft - DataBreaches.Net

Matthew A. Akande, 37, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to eight years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. Akande was also ordered to pay $1,393,230 in restitution. Akande was arrested in October 2024 at Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom at the request of the United States and extradited to the United States on March 5, 2025.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

A dangerous thing': S Africa's gang-ridden townships fear army deployment

Whether it's day or whether it's night, they're shooting somewhere on the Cape Flats. Around him, residents made their way to a home-grown tuck shop, known as a spaza, or sat on street corners while toddlers ran about. How is this conducive to raising children? he asked, recounting the horrors of life in Mitchells Plain.
World politics
Artificial intelligence
fromTheregister
2 months ago

Cops get more LFR vans as UK bets big on AI policing

England and Wales will expand live facial recognition and AI, funding LFR vans, a national facial recognition system, and a Police.AI centre for automation.
UK politics
fromDataBreaches.Net
2 months ago

UK plans sweeping overhaul of policing amid surge in online crimes - DataBreaches.Net

Britain plans a centralized National Police Service to tackle cybercrime, fraud and cross-border digital offenses, with the National Crime Agency to be merged into it.
Law
fromBusiness Matters
2 months ago

Solomon Asamoah and the Evidentiary Turning Point in the Sky Train Trial

Admission of key email correspondence into evidence shifts trial focus toward documentary records, enabling scrutiny of institutional decision-making in large-scale infrastructure disputes.
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Extortionist who demanded 20k and threatened to slit children's throats appeals five-year sentence

An extortionist who demanded €20,000 from two innocent victims - threatening one that their children's throats would be slit and warning another he would be killed - has argued that his five-year sentence was twice as severe as that handed to his co-accused.
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France news
fromThe Local France
2 months ago

French police arrest five over crypto-linked magistrate kidnapping

Five suspects were arrested after a magistrate and her mother were held about 30 hours and threatened for a cryptocurrency ransom in southeastern France.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

West African regional army: Why thousands of soldiers are deploying

ECOWAS plans to deploy 2,000 soldiers by end of 2026 to combat cross-border armed groups, but faces funding challenges and regional fracturing as Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso left the bloc to form their own alliance.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Police Federation boss arrested on suspicion of corruption

The City of London Police domestic corruption unit are leading a criminal investigation into allegations of fraud made against three individuals connected to the national Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW). A 46-year-old man from Surrey, a 51-year-old man from Wales and a 55-year-old man from Bristol were all arrested on suspicion of fraud by abuse of position.
London politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Shabana Mahmood to slash number of police forces in major overhaul

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UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

You can't hide from the invisible': why Bangkok police make arrests in disguise

The fastest way of arresting someone is to surprise them, when they're enjoying life, not knowing what's going on around them. You cannot hide from the invisible, or from what you cannot see. The inspiration for disguises comes from fieldwork and criminal profiling. In the lion dance case, officers were aware the suspect had fled to a new area, and that lunar new year festivities, when the streets would be busy with celebrations, would provide a good opportunity for them to blend into crowds.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

UK's top prosecutor says nobody above law' as detectives investigate Andrew's Epstein links

Police and prosecutors pursue potential public-office misconduct by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor over alleged sharing of confidential information and assistance to Jeffrey Epstein.
#south-africa
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Last-ditch call to save police front counters

Ten London police front counters will close, reducing 37 to 27 and leaving only two 24-hour counters, raising concerns for vulnerable residents.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Police in England and Wales to get new strict emergency response time limits

Officers will be expected to arrive at crime scenes within 15 minutes in urban areas and 20 minutes in the countryside while attending serious crimes, the Home Office said. The new time limits will apply if there is a danger to life, an immediate threat of violence or the possibility of a serious injury or damage to property, or if a crime is in progress. Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, is preparing to announce a full package of changes that the Home Office claims to be the biggest overhaul in two centuries.
UK politics
World news
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

DW correspondent arrested in Niger

A Deutsche Welle correspondent was arrested in Niamey, Niger on January 23 after a DW Hausa report; DW demands the correspondent's immediate release.
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Home Office to scrap Boris Johnson's police staffing grant

"It is staggering Labour has now presided over a fall of 1,313 police officers already,"
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Police set up national group to deal with UK-related Epstein allegations

British police have set up a new national group to deal with allegations that Jeffrey Epstein's trafficking of women had ties to Britain, as well as claims against his associates, such as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. At least three British police forces are dealing with allegations triggered by the revelations about Epstein and his associates in documents released in the US, with more claims of wrongdoing expected by police officials.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Nigerian police confirm gunmen abducted villagers, after initial denials

In a statement late on Tuesday, Nigeria's national police spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, said an abduction had indeed occurred on Sunday, and that the police had launched security operations with a clear focus on locating and safely rescuing the victims and restoring calm to the area. Hundeyin said the earlier denials by officers and other officials were intended to prevent unnecessary panic while facts were being confirmed.
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UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Scottish government orders public inquiry into grooming gangs

Scotland's government has ordered a public inquiry into grooming gangs, led by child sexual abuse expert Prof Alexis Jay, to investigate group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation.
World news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Interpol arrests more than 3,700 suspects in global trafficking crackdown

Interpol's Operation Liberterra III led to 3,744 arrests, protected 4,414 potential trafficking victims, detected 12,992 illegal migration cases across 119 countries.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Ghana takes transatlantic slavery case to UN

Ghana will table an AU-backed UN General Assembly resolution in March to recognize the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Heavy gunfire heard near prison in Guinea's capital, Conakry

A witness reported seeing several military pickup trucks carrying armed security forces and a machine gun-mounted armoured carrier deployed around the central administrative district of Kaloum, Reuters news agency reported. The presidential palace is also located in Kaloum. A security detail made up of police officers and special forces blocked access to the road leading to the prison on Tuesday morning, an AFP news agency journalist reported. An armoured vehicle belonging to the special forces was also visible in front of the prison.
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