The number of murders in the United States rose nearly 30% in 2020 and overall violent crime rose for the first time in four years, the FBI said in its annual crime report on Monday, in a surge experts attribute in part to COVID-19 hardships.more
Sarah Everard was handcuffed by her murderer as he pretended to arrest her for breaching Covid guidelines. Met Police officer Wayne Couzens abducted her as she walked home from a friend's house in Clapham on 3 March.more
Controversial Dutch politician Arnoud van Doorn - who quit Geert Wilders’ far-right party and converted to Islam — was arrested at the weekend for “plotting” to kill the prime minister, according to his lawyer.more
Members of a gang behind the biggest modern-day slavery network ever exposed in the UK have been jailed. Police believe more than 400 victims were put to work in the West Midlands by the organised crime gang.more
In Malmoe, Sweden, the search for the missing 32-year-old Polish woman, Beata R., has been underway since Friday. The police suspect her husband about the abduction of the woman. The man, who did not plead guilty, was arrested yesterday.more
The outgoing Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, is being targeted by members of organised crime. As a result, heavy security measures are being enforced to protect him. According to sources close to De Telegraaf, “spotters” or hitmen were seen lurking in close vicinity of Rutte, possibly to attack or kidnap him.more
A 38-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning on suspicion of murdering teacher Sabina Nessa. Scotland Yard branded the move a ‘significant development’.more
British police today identified and charged a third Russian military intelligence officer in connection with the attempted murder of former Russian agent Siegiej Skripal in March 2018 in Salisbury.more
The cashier at the gas station was shot dead as a result of a dispute over wearing a mask to protect against coronavirus, according to DPA, citing a statement from the German prosecutor’s office.more
Environmental protesters from the group Insulate Britain have blocked the M25 for the fourth time in a week.
Activists descended on junction 18 of the country’s busiest motorway and glued themselves to the surface. more
Two men were shot in the legs 90 minutes apart yesterday night in the Berlin district of Lichtenberg, reports the rbb24 portal. The police are looking for the perpetrator or perpetrators.more
A Polish tourist was sentenced by a Spanish court to two months in prison for repeatedly beating her husband from Germany. The acts of aggression took place in the resort of Playa del Ingles in the south of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands archipelago.more
Dutch law authorities on Saturday (Sept 11) released a British Formula 1 fan after he was mistakenly arrested on suspicion being a notorious Sicilian mafia boss.more
More than 120,000 people demonstrated across France on Saturday, according to official figures, to protest the coronavirus health passes they say discriminate against the unvaccinated.more
Speeding tickets, like parking fines, have a remarkable ability to turn a regular day bad. But this is often made worse by the uncertainty around what these tickets mean – some people have to pay massive fines, others lose their license completely, but others only have to do a course.more
Pursued by the European Arrest Warrant, the 33-year-old, arrested in July in Spain, has already been arrested in Polish arrest, Polish police said, which previously found that the man wanted for more than three years for drug offenses was hiding abroad. more
The National Map of Safety Threats enables anonymous reporting of an offense or crime observed by a citizen. This year, there were as many as 10 thousand. reports of this type only in the Masovian police garrison. Most of them were confirmed.more
London's protests by environmental activists from Extinction Rebellion (XR) have cost taxpayers over £ 50m in the past two years, London Metropolitan Police said. As she added, each such protest means that there will be no officers there somewhere.more
A 24-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with a wilful fire-raising at St Simon's Catholic Church on Partick Bridge Street, Partick, Glasgow, on Wednesday, 28 July, 2021.more
A Scunthorpe woman accused of murder has admitted a lesser charge of manslaughter. Malgorzata P., 46, of Crosby Avenue, had originally been charged with murdering Piotr Konior on May 23 last year.more
A charity that monitors antisemitism and provides security for British Jewish groups has said the Gaza conflict that broke out in May resulted in its highest recording of anti-Jewish hate incidents.more
A fourth police officer who defended the US Capitol during the 6 January insurrection by extremist supporters of Donald Trump is now confirmed to have taken his own life.more