Italy police bust 70-mn-euro China tax dodge scheme
Rome: Italy’s financial police on Thursday froze over 70 million euros worth of assets in a sting targeting 17 people...
Crime
Italy: Is accountability for crimes against migrants possible?
Rome: Although trials against migrant smugglers have multiplied over the past decade in Italy, the suspects often face the only...
Bulgaria: EPPO files indictment over fraud involving EU funds for employment support
Brussels: The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria) has filed an indictment against two individuals suspected of defrauding...
Employment scams targeting int’l students in UK sparks campaign
London: The rise in job scams in the UK has raised concerns among international students, who are being targeted by...
New UK sanctions target Russian cybercrime network
London: A key Russian cybercrime syndicate responsible for aiding merciless ransomware attacks around the world has been targeted by new...
Italy arrests 9 for exploiting Georgian workers
Rome: Nine people were arrested in Italy's southern province Calabria on charges of exploiting Georgian workers. Italian police in the...
Shoplifters ‘out of control’ and becoming more brazen, say retailers
London: Retail crime is "out of control" and shoplifters are carrying out increasingly brazen and violent acts of theft because...
Deaths at the border: NGOs accuse Bulgarian police of ‘worst humanity’
Sofia: Human rights advocates have accused Bulgarian Border Police of "deliberate neglect" following the deaths of three Egyptian minors who...
Italy arrests trafficking ring leader wanted by France
Rome: Police in the southern Italian city of Crotone have arrested the suspected ringleader of a human trafficking network who...
Italy: Five investigated for obtaining work and residency permits via a fake marriage
Rome: Three Italian citizens and two foreigners are under investigation in Marsala, Sicily, on charges of aiding illegal residency and...
UK plans tough laws to fight people smugglers
London: Suspected people smugglers will face severe curbs under new laws in Britain, the government said on Thursday, as it...
How Italy’s Carabinieri cultural heritage protection squad foiled tomb-raiders
Rome: Looking towards the semicircular apse with a frescoed image of a partially identifiable Christ on a throne staring back...
UK special forces face possible Syria war crimes charges
London: Nine members of UK special forces could face prosecution over alleged war crimes linked to at least two separate...
UK: Afghan nationals arrested for having ties to Europe-wide smuggling network
London: Three Afghan nationals have been arrested have in the UK after being convicted last night in Belgium for their...
Police seize 6,000 illegal wild birds’ eggs as raids net largest haul in UK history
London: More than 6,000 eggs have been seized in the biggest haul of its kind in UK history, after police...
UK man to appear in court on double murder charge over Christmas Day killings
London: A 49-year-old man is to appear in court charged with two counts of murder after two women died following...
Germans mourn five people killed, 200 injured in Christmas market attack
Magdeburg: Germans have gathered in Magdeburg to mourn the victims of a car-ramming attack in the eastern city that killed...
Eight convicted over beheading of teacher Samuel Paty in France
Paris: Eight people have been convicted in a French anti-terrorism court of involvement in the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty...
Eight sentenced in France for actions that led to teacher beheading
Paris: A French court has sentenced eight people to prison for their roles in a hate campaign that led to...
France’s highest court upholds Sarkozy’s corruption conviction
Paris: The Cour de Cassation, France's highest court, upheld on Wednesday former President Nicolas Sarkozy's conviction for corruption and influence...
UK: Sara Sharif murder – ‘sadist’ father and stepmother jailed for life
London: Sara Sharif’s mother called her daughter’s murderers “sadists and executioners” as they were jailed for life. Olga Domin joined...
Sara Sharif case: Father, stepmother convicted of brutal murder after UK trial
London: The father and stepmother of Sara Sharif, a 10-year-old girl who was found dead in her home in Britain,...
London trial of ‘spies for russia’ prompts call for security probe in Bulgaria
Sofia: As five UK-based Bulgarians are tried in London for spying for Russia, the Bulgarian prime minister is being urged...
Italy: Police dismantle a network accused of exploiting migrants
Rome: Carabinieri police have dismantled an alleged criminal network accused of exploiting migrants in the central Italian seaside resort of...
Russian criminals helped UK drug gangs launder lockdown cash
London: A multi-billion-dollar money laundering operation formed when UK gangs were struggling to offload cash during lockdown has been uncovered...
Australian suspect in 1977 murders extradited from Italy
Rome: A man wanted over one of Australia's most infamous cold cases, dubbed the Easey Street murders, has arrived in...
New report finds concerning surge of freight crime in Italy
The rise in theft is primarily driven by organized crime, which employs increasingly sophisticated methods to target high-value goods such...
Violent protests in Italy after migrant killed in police chase crash
Violent protests erupted in Milan, Italy, on Wednesday for two consecutive nights in the city’s migrant neighborhood following the death...
Cops crack down on illegal streaming in Italy, 7 countries
Italian police on Wednesday cracked down on illegal streaming in Italy and seven other countries in the biggest ever operation...
Chairman Senate condemns attack on passenger vehicles in Parachinar
Liaquat Ali Islamabad: Chairman Senate Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday strongly condemned the firing on passenger vehicles travelling from...
