Law enforcement authorities clamping down on the exploitation of agricultural workers raided hundreds of vineyards and farms across Europe last month, the European Union police agency Europol announced Tuesday.more
A Met Police officer is accused of raping a woman in a hotel room after they met through online dating, a court heard. PC David Carrick, 46, who is part of the Met’s Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, is accused of attacking a woman while off-duty in Hertfordshire on September 4 last year.more
A drug driver has been jailed for 18 months after leading police on a 21 mile car chase through Oxfordshire. Adrian O., 30, from Coventry, was driving with false plates on the A34 on February 1 when he caught the attention of officers.more
Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday called on the British to continue to trust the police - despite the case of a former policeman sentenced to life imprisonment for rape and murder of a young woman, but also admitted there were problems in combating violence against women.more
A car wash worker lashed out with a knife during an "astonishing and fearsome" incident after a landlord tried to stop a violent row between her and a lover.
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Wayne Couzens, who abducted, raped and murdered Sarah Everard, 33, was today sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of seeking early release.more
The search for the missing 32-year-old Polish woman Beata R. in the Malmoe Oxie district, which has been ongoing for several days, has been suspended, local police reported today.more
In Germany, the number of police investigations related to the trafficking of human beings has increased. In 2020, 465 proceedings were completed - 22.7 percent more than the year before. The number of victims among young people has increased noticeably.more
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
