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The French actor Gérard Depardieu has been charged with rape and sexual assault, allegedly committed in 2018 against an actor in her 20s.more

In Germany, a fraud trial began today against a farmer who allegedly sold conventionally bred pigs and cattle as organic animals. He made about 1 million euros from this fraud. more

There are many more cases of violence and harassment in EU countries than official statistics show - this is the main finding of a survey by the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA). more

A wanted man handed himself in to police rather than spend any more time in lockdown with the people he lives with. He surrendered to officers on Wednesday afternoon in a bid for some “peace and quiet” from his flatmates, Sussex Police said.more

The Minister of Internal Affairs has announced that crime in 2020 registered the lowest levels in Portugal since record began, with only computer crimes rising.more

30-year-old Adrian F. was detained by police at Manchester Airport after Ryanair staff informed services about a problem passenger. The man got drunk during the flight and then refused to put on a face mask, thus endangering other passengers.more

Violence is now part of the daily life of German emergency services workers. Most often, problems arise while providing help and immediately after the arrival of rescuers. A study by the German Red Cross (DRC) shows the dramatic extent of this phenomenon.more

A Pole arrested in the Philippines, Dariusz Zygmunt Z., convicted by a Wrocław court for sexual offenses against minors, ran a hostel on a tropical island. The guests described him as nice and helpful. They did not suspect that she might have such a past.more

A café which repeatedly failed to observe Covid safety rules has been ordered to shut for three months.more

As part of the international investigation of the Polish Central Bureau of Investigation of the Police (CBPŚ) and the police from Great Britain, 6 Poles were arrested who ran escort agencies, including just in the British capital. The profits of the sex business were invested by criminals in real estate.more

Two men have been remanded in custody after a 23-year-old man was found dead in a city street. more

Home Secretary Priti Patel has promised to look at tougher measures to stem the "absolutely shocking" recent rise in pet thefts.more

In 2020, during the coronavirus epidemic in Poland, there were only slightly fewer criminal offenses, and some even more - the Polish daily "Rzeczpospolita" reports.more

In the UK, 26-year-old Paweł Relowicz was found guilty by a court in Sheffield of the rape and murder of 21-year-old student Libby Squire, whose body was then thrown into the river. The Pole was sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility of applying for parole after 27 years.more

Polish model Kasia Lenhardt, who lives in Germany, is dead. She died yesterday at the age of 25, leaving her son. Police suspect suicide.more

One man has died and 10 others have been injured in a spate of stabbings in south London. Police were called to five reports of stabbings in Croydon on Friday evening. There is no information at this stage to suggest the incidents are all linked, the Metropolitan Police saidmore

Police have named the man they believe was murdered in Cardiff and said he had travelled to the city from Essex.more

This is the moment a teenage Covid-sceptic accosted England’s chief medical officer and started calling him a liar.more

A trial of three employees of the Office for Foreigners and Borders (SEF) began before a court in Lisbon on Tuesday morning, who in March 2020 murdered a passenger from Ukraine at an airport in the Portuguese capital.more

In 2020, Sweden saw the highest number of shootings in history, killing a record number of people. Interior Minister Mikael Damberg announced yesterday "breaking the negative trend".more

A man stabbed several people on the Brussels metro. The attack took place yesterday around 15:00 (local time) near the Gare de l'Ouest station in the Mollenbeek district. The attacker was overpowered by the police and the passengers were evacuated.more

30-year-old Viktor T. killed his 27-year-old wife Anna, a Pole, and her 6-year-old son. The drama took place on Saturday at the pilgrimage site of Catholics Cloppenburg-Bethen in Lower Saxony, the German daily "Bild" reports.more

Two of the Queen’s Guard have been arrested on suspicion of plotting to steal ammunition. more

A 42-year-old man who was arrested on Tuesday for attacking and stabbing several people in Frankfurt am Main is of Polish origin. This is confirmed by a representative of the public prosecutor, Nadja Niesen.more

The number of shootings in London is on the rise, despite the capital being in lockdown for significant parts of last year. more