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Prayagraj police launch ‘Op Moon’ to identify vagabond criminal gangs
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Prayagraj police launch ‘Op Moon’ to identify vagabond criminal gangs

Hindustan Times  

Prayagraj police have launched ‘Operation Moon’ to identify vagabond criminal gangs which may be on the prowl in the region. Police officials carrying out checking drive at railway stations and bus stands to identify vagabond criminal gangs under ‘Operation Moon’ in Prayagraj Under the drive, police teams are searching the ‘deras’ or camps of vagabond people residing in the outskirts …

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Kerala police to strengthen Special Operation Group to take on criminal gangs
6 months ago

Kerala police to strengthen Special Operation Group to take on criminal gangs

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a bid to enhance its offensive against criminal gangs, the state police have decided to resuscitate the Special Operation Group in every police station. The SOG was formed at district level to crack down on gangs and organised crime syndicates when gang activities increased and began creating headlines. Sources said since the district intelligence wing and the SOG …

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Could El Salvador’s gang crackdown spread across Latin America?
1 year, 4 months ago

Could El Salvador’s gang crackdown spread across Latin America?

Al Jazeera  

A harsh crackdown on gangs has brought Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele popularity, but experts say the cost is steep. “When massive rights violations become commonplace, it’s very rare for this to result in lasting peace,” said Noah Bullock, executive director of the Salvadoran rights group Cristosal, which has monitored rights violations under the state of exception. “The magnitude of the …

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338 people on Jharkhand ATS radar; 17 arrested in two weeks
1 year, 4 months ago

338 people on Jharkhand ATS radar; 17 arrested in two weeks

Hindustan Times  

The Jharkhand Police Anti-Terrorist Squad has conducted raids on 230 hideouts of criminals associated with various gangs in the past two weeks, top officers said in a joint press conference on Saturday. Addressing the press conference at the police headquarters in Ranchi, inspector general of police AV Homkar, DIG of the South Chotanagpur Range Anoop Birtharay, and ATS superintendent of …

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2 killed, 2 wounded in Sweden shooting believed to be gang-related
1 year, 6 months ago

2 killed, 2 wounded in Sweden shooting believed to be gang-related

Associated Press  

STOCKHOLM — A shooting outside Stockholm left two people dead and two others wounded, police said Monday, in what appears to be a feud between criminal gangs. Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer said Sunday that police believe that a total of 21 shots had been fired and described the shooting as “domestic terrorism.” One of those wounded was a woman in …

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Encounter killings: Analysing the strongman phenomenon
1 year, 7 months ago

Encounter killings: Analysing the strongman phenomenon

The Hindu  

Published : May 04, 2023 11:00 IST - 14 MINS READ Let me state it starkly and bluntly. What we got instead was Adityanath’s triumphalism: “Those who were a threat are now under threat themselves.” The aggressiveness of Adityanath’s public posture introduces a new dimension to the tension between legitimacy, given by citizens to the police action, and legality, since …

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Sunak bets on Islamic scare vote
1 year, 9 months ago

Sunak bets on Islamic scare vote

New Indian Express  

The dead Empire, which Sunak rules, had, by the 20th century, controlled about 25 per cent of the world's total land area and a quarter of its population. Its cultural and social domination changed world history with military might and an arrogant class structure with bigoted bombast that mandated 'No dogs or Indians allowed." The rhetoric of the PM and …

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Canada imposes new sanctions on two ‘Haitian elites’
1 year, 11 months ago

Canada imposes new sanctions on two ‘Haitian elites’

Al Jazeera  

Canada has imposed new sanctions against two “Haitian elites” accused of enabling criminal gangs, the latest measure in an international campaign to stem a surge of deadly violence in the Caribbean nation. Canada’s foreign affairs ministry said on Friday that it was sanctioning former member of parliament Arnel Belizaire and businessman Charles Saint-Remy, an associate of former Haitian President Michel …

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Mexico’s president asks residents to reject drug gang gifts
1 year, 11 months ago

Mexico’s president asks residents to reject drug gang gifts

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president appealed to the country’s citizens Tuesday not to accept holiday handouts and gifts from drug gangs, after videos posted online showed garish pickup trucks handing out loads of gifts while bystanders described the drivers as members of the Jalisco drug cartel. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirmed that some drug gangs were looking to resume …

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Thieves get just 1.25% of a car's value when they move them on
2 years, 1 month ago

Thieves get just 1.25% of a car's value when they move them on

Daily Mail  

Car thieves pocket a mere fraction of your car's full value after they've pinched it and try to move it on via the black market, according to a new investigation. Thieves taking part in the study told the insurer that popular performance cars are especially desirable, especially Audi models like the RS6, RS4 and S3, along with Ford Focus RS …

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Last-minute Rwanda farce as European Court of Human Rights judges HALT deportation of several men
2 years, 6 months ago

Last-minute Rwanda farce as European Court of Human Rights judges HALT deportation of several men

Daily Mail  

European judges have tonight thwarted the Home Office's plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda at the 11th hour as their ruling left Home Secretary Priti Patel's flagship policy in tatters. issued an urgent call summoning activists to the detention centre at Heathrow Police officers stand near activists blocking a road leading away from the Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre The …

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Third day of Channel migrant landings in a row
2 years, 7 months ago

Third day of Channel migrant landings in a row

Daily Mail  

Dozens more migrants have crossed the Channel today for the third day in a row after a Bank Holiday surge feared to have been caused by delays to Priti Patel's Rwanda plan. Channel migrants are pictured landing in Dover Harbour, Kent, May 3, 2022 Border Force Speedwell brought dozens of Channel migrants into Dover docks, May 3, 2022 Migrants pictured …

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Judiciary officials linked to criminal gangs: Tunisia president
2 years, 11 months ago

Judiciary officials linked to criminal gangs: Tunisia president

Al Jazeera  

President Saied’s comments come as former justice minister was arrested last week and accused of possible ‘terrorism’ offences. Tunisian President Kais Saied has condemned senior officials in the judiciary and accused them of being linked to what he described as “criminal gangs”. “Everyone knows that some of those who took up leading positions in courts were at the time, and …

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Nigeria labels bandit gangs ‘terrorists’ in bid to stem violence
2 years, 11 months ago

Nigeria labels bandit gangs ‘terrorists’ in bid to stem violence

Al Jazeera  

Official gazette refers to criminal gangs who carry out mass kidnappings of students, abduction for ransom, cattle rustling and destruction of property, among other crimes. Nigeria has branded criminal gangs known locally as bandits that are blamed for mass abductions of schoolchildren as “terrorist” groups, a designation aimed at containing growing insecurity in the north. In the official gazette on …

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Four people drown after boat carrying migrants sinks off Greece
3 years, 1 month ago

Four people drown after boat carrying migrants sinks off Greece

Al Jazeera  

One person still missing, 22 others rescued following incident near the Greek island of Chios in the Aegean Sea. Four people, including three children, have drowned after a dinghy carrying them and 23 others sank while it was crossing from Turkey to Greece, according to the Greek coastguard. This is the reality of the exploitation of migrants by criminal gangs …

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Catalytic converter thefts fall 58% between peak in March and last month
3 years, 4 months ago

Catalytic converter thefts fall 58% between peak in March and last month

Daily Mail  

British police chiefs claim a recent crackdown on catalytic converter thefts in recent months has already seen cases in the crimewave fall by more than half. Police crackdown on catalytic crimewave is having an impact: Cases of stolen devices from cars peaked at 3,245 in March but fell to just 1,378 instances in July following a sting on criminal gangs …

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House subcommittee seeks federal probe of ‘criminal gangs’ among L.A. County deputies
4 years, 3 months ago

House subcommittee seeks federal probe of ‘criminal gangs’ among L.A. County deputies

LA Times  

A congressional subcommittee has requested that the Department of Justice investigate allegations of systemic abuses by “criminal gangs” that employ aggressive policing tactics within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. A Sheriff’s Department spokesman said that the letter is “filled with unsubstantiated allegations and inflammatory rhetoric” and that the FBI and state attorney general were already asked to monitor certain …

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Channel Crossings: Boris Johnson calls for legal change to 'send away' more asylum seekers amid surge in migrant boats
4 years, 4 months ago

Channel Crossings: Boris Johnson calls for legal change to 'send away' more asylum seekers amid surge in migrant boats

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Boris Johnson called crossing the English Channel a "very bad and stupid and dangerous …

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