One of three men arrested in early May in the UK and subsequently charged with spying for Hong Kong has been found dead, British police said yesterday.more
A terrorist who stabbed a stranger to death in an attack motivated by the conflict in Gaza has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 44 years.more
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, seriously injured in Wednesday's attack, remains in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Banská Bystrica. The attacker admitted that his motives were political. The authorities are appealing for calm.more
The Swedish prosecutor's office announced the arrest of another young man in connection with the murder of a 39-year-old Pole in Stockholm in early April. The 17-year-old is suspected of hiding the perpetrator of the murder.more
The PM was shot in front of a building in the central Slovak town of Handlova, where a government meeting had been held. Fico has been taken to hospital and his alleged assailant detained by police.more
After the high-profile murder of a 39-year-old Pole in Stockholm, who was shot in April when he drew the attention of a group of young people, fewer Swedes are willing to intervene in the event of a crime - according to a Demoskop survey published for the Aftonbladet newspaper.more
Hackers broke into the Europol Platform for Experts (EPE) website, which serves police officers from all over Europe to exchange information; now criminals are selling their loot on the Internet - reported the German weekly "Der Spiegel".more
Yesterday, two over-eighty-year-old climate activists from the Just Stop Oil group attacked with a hammer and damaged a display case in the British Library in London, which contains one of the four preserved copies of the Magna Carta of 1215. The document itself was not damaged.more
More and more Polish tourists are robbed in Rome - this information was provided to PAP by consular services. As they emphasize, foreigners should be especially vigilant in the Eternal City. It has been under tourist siege for weeks, which is being taken advantage of by pickpockets and car thieves.more
A record-breaking number of shoplifting offences were recorded in London last year, new figures have revealed. The British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) is calling for urgent action to tackle this "concerning trend" in order to safeguard employees and customers.more
Two Poles - 68-year-old Michal Jaroslaw P. and 42-year-old Marcin M. - appeared before Manchester Crown Court yesterday on charges of murdering a 67-year-old man and quartering his body.more
A 14-year-old boy was killed and four people were injured when a 36-year-old man armed with a sword attacked bystanders in an east London suburb yesterday morning. Police do not believe the attack was terrorist motivated.more
The police extradited 38-year-old Sebastian G., who had been wanted for five years for leading an organized criminal group. The man was detained in England and brought to Poland.more
British police today announced that five men have been charged with hostile activities in favour of Russia. Two of them are British citizens. They will all face trial on 10 May.more
Stalking Protection Orders will no longer need to reach the criminal threshold, as figures obtained under freedom of information laws by a victims' charity show some police forces have issued fewer than 10 per year.more
The UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced yesterday that two men had been charged with spying for China. They were alleged to have provided information that could be 'useful to the enemy'.more
The Spanish National Police (Policia Nacional) has detained a Polish national wanted in Alicante, in the east of the country, in connection with large-scale drug trafficking. The man was wanted under a European arrest warrant.more
The Security Service of Ukraine and the Prosecutor General's Office, together with Polish security structures, detained a Pole who cooperated with Russian military intelligence and offered help in organizing an attack on the President of Ukraine, reports the Ukrainian website.more
A total of 2,613,962 kroner (approximately PLN 973,000) was raised during the week for the 12-year-old son of a Polish man murdered in Stockholm, reported the initiators of the two fundraisers, well-known Swedes Mustafa Panshiri and Hanif Bali.more
A woman who called 999 more than 2,000 times in a campaign of abuse against emergency workers has been jailed for 22 weeks. Sonia Nixon, 56, is one of the worst offenders in London for making nuisance emergency calls, and has been dubbed a “massive drain” on police resources.
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One Tesco store has taken an extreme new security measure to combat shoplifting and enhance worker safety. The supermarket branch is now requiring customers to be vetted via CCTV before they can enter the store.more
The district court in Huddinge near Stockholm yesterday arrested a 17-year-old and an 18-year-old for two weeks in connection with the murder of a 39-year-old Pole. The prosecutor's office accuses the teenagers of hiding the person who fired the gun.more
The district court in Huddinge near Stockholm today arrested a 17-year-old for two weeks in connection with the murder of a 39-year-old Pole. The prosecutor's office accuses the teenager of "concealing a crime."more
