Organised Crime
Illegal Gold Mining Overtakes Cocaine as Peru’s Most Profitable Criminal Industry
Illegal gold mining has overtaken drug trafficking as Peru’s most profitable illicit industry, with soaring gold prices fuelling the expansion of criminal mining...
Two Mass Shootings in South Africa Leave 27 Dead as Police Launch Manhunt
South African police have launched a manhunt after two separate shootings killed 27 people and injured at least 26 others within hours in...
UK Prisons Becoming Hubs for Organised Crime, Reform Chief Warns
Britain’s overcrowded and understaffed prisons are increasingly vulnerable to organised criminal networks, according to Pia Sinha, chief executive of the Prison Reform Trust....
Libya Seizes 100,000 Ecstasy Pills Shaped Like Gaddafi
Libyan security authorities have seized about 100,000 ecstasy pills reportedly moulded in the shape of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi, after the shipment...
Labor Warns Coalition Tobacco Tax Cut Could Cost Lives
By Benson Daniel Australia's opposition Coalition has come under heavy criticism from the Labor government and public health groups over plans to slash...
England steps up crackdown on illegal waste as dumping blights communities
By Benson Daniel England is stepping up efforts to tackle illegal waste dumping after thousands of suspected waste crime cases were reported across...
UK Police Arrest 12 After Crash Kills Seven, Including Two Officers
British police have arrested 12 people as part of an investigation into organised criminal activity linked to a car crash in northeast England...
US Pledges $1 Billion to Colombia as New President Vows War on Drug Cartels
The United States has pledged $1 billion in security assistance to Colombia shortly after the country's new right wing populist president, Abelardo de...
