USA

Four held over Chicago assault video

Two men and two women are in custody in relation to a violent attack on a man with special needs that was live-streamed on Facebook

5 January 2017

World News

Four people arrested in connection to Chicago torture video

Four persons of interest in Chicago are questioned by police after a Facebook Live video showed a brutal attack against a bound and gagged teen

5 January 2017

France

Con man steals millions in jewellery from under jeweller's nose

A Parisian jewellery boutique in the city's 8e arrondissement has been swindled of 5.5 million euros worth of jewellery without the jeweller's notice

5 January 2017

USA

Convicted murderer Charles Manson is taken to hospital

Convicted murderer Charles Manson has been taken from a California prison to hospital.

4 January 2017

Brazil

Brazil: man kills 11 'including ex-wife and son' at New Year party

A gunman has stormed a New Year’s party at a house in Brazil, killing eleven people including his ex-wife and eight-year-old son.

1 January 2017

Finland

Several hurt as car ploughs into crowd in Finland

When a vehicle ploughs into pedestrians in today’s Europe, fears of a terror attack are inevitable.

31 December 2016

Brazil

Brazil police 'suspect wife' over Greek ambassador murder

Media reports in Brazil say investigators believe a policeman and the wife of the Greek ambassador may have been behind his killing after a body was found in a car.

30 December 2016

Philippines

War on drugs in the Philippines: cut criminal liability age from 15 to 9?

President Duterte says the country is producing what he calls a "generation of criminals" and tough action is needed

29 December 2016

Germany

Berlin attack suspect - what do we know?

Anis Amri, 24, is the subject of a Europe-wide manhunt over the Berlin Christmas market lorry attack.

22 December 2016

Czech Republic

Tennis player Petra Kvitova injured in knife attack

The tennis world number 11 has sustained injuries to her left hand while defendeding herself against a knife attack in her home

20 December 2016

Afghanistan

Five women airport workers gunned down in Afghanistan

A spokesman for the governor of Kandahar says the women were in charge of searching female travellers at Kandahar airport.

17 December 2016

United Kingdom

UK man drowns daughter, dogs, in family revenge "horror"

An Isle of Wight coroner in the United Kingdom revealed on Friday the gruesome way a father killed his daughter in an act of extraordinary revenge.

16 December 2016

USA

Briton jailed for Trump shooting attempt

A 20-year-old British tourist who prosecutors say caused a security scare at a Donald Trump campaign rally in Las Vegas by trying to wrestle a gun from a police officer was sentenced on Tuesday to a y

14 December 2016

United Kingdom

Dozens of suspects in UK football child sex abuse inquiry

83 suspects have been identified along with possible links to 98 football clubs as British police probe historical cases of alleged child abuse.

9 December 2016

USA

Father jailed for life over toddler son's hot car death

A father has been jailed for life for intentionally leaving his toddler son to die inside a sweltering sports-utility vehicle (SUV).

6 December 2016

World News

Europol banned from publishing full pictures of on-the-run criminals

Europe’s top crime agency won plaudits and publicity for its novel way of trying to catch criminals.

2 December 2016

World News

Jingle Cells - Europol launches an advent calender

Every day from the 1st to the 24th of December, Europe's top crime agency is publishing the photo of a Christmas criminal on the organisation's Facebook and Twitter feeds.

1 December 2016

Germany

Europol 'Operation Avalanche' strikes at global online crime network

Europol says a giant network of hijacked computers suspected of attacking online banking customers has been dismantled.

1 December 2016

Italy

'Cultivated' mafia boss is arrested in southern Italy

A fugitive mafia boss with an apparent liking for high-brow literature was captured in southern Italy on Thursday after six years on the run.

1 December 2016

United Kingdom

Fears of paedophilia cover up as English Football Association launches sex abuse inquiry

The English Football Association has launched an independent internal inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse by coaching staff against youth players, amid fears of a wide scale cover…

28 November 2016