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Gangs cheating people with forged documents arrested

The city police busted a gang that cheated many people promising them jobs as ticket collectors in the Indian Railways. The gang not only collected money over several instalments promising jobs but also sent them fake appointment orders in registered posts. Fake GPAs In another case, CCB busted a gang that had created a fake general power of attorney in …

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3 days, 19 hours ago

Terror police chief says forces are 'relying on the public' for tip-offs as reports soar by half - and 'lone wolf' actors are now feared to pose more threat than organised gangs

Daily Mail

Police are 'relying on the public' to spot suspected terror activity during the festive period as 'lone wolf' actors now pose more of a threat than organised gangs, a senior officer has warned. Metropolitan Police deputy assistant commissioner Jon Savell spoke out as the latest statistics show tip-offs to counter-terrorism police soared by 50 per cent this year. Police are …

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1 week ago

Juvenile participation in Delhi crime on rise: Police data

Hindustan Times

The appeal of establishing one’s own “following”, a way to make a quick buck and “inspiration” from reel and real-life gangsters have led to a splurge in the number of heinous crimes being committed by minors over the recent past, police officers aware of the matter said. IPS officer Joy N Tirkey, a former deputy commissioner of police, who studied …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Organized crime gangs expanded into a third of cities in Brazil’s Amazon, report finds

Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO — Criminal gangs are operating in over a third of municipalities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest driving a boom in violence, according to a report published Wednesday by a prominent nonprofit organization. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print The fact that gangs are securing monopolies on criminal activities could help explain …

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1 week, 6 days ago

UK and Germany sign deal against people smugglers as Europe struggles to halt Channel crossings

Associated Press

LONDON — The U.K. and Germany pledged Tuesday to share intelligence and expertise against the people-smuggling gangs that send migrants across the English Channel in small boats, the latest effort by European countries to stop the dangerous journeys. “The criminal gangs who organize dangerous small boats across the channel that undermine our border security, that put lives at risk, are …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

'That's not the case': NBC host pushes back after Trump claims immigrant gangs taking over

Raw Story

NBC host Kristen Welker pushed back on President-elect Donald Trump after he claimed that gangs of immigrants were "taking over." "I just want to make sure I'm clear, which is that you're saying, yes, you're gonna focus on the people with criminal histories, but everyone who's here illegally has to go," Welker told Trump in an interview that aired on …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Our ghost town village has become a magnet for drug dealers...we blame banks closing - and a £23m BYPASS

Daily Mail

Nestled in the idyllic West Wales countryside lies the quaint little farming village of Llandysul - a place that was once a thriving community. After £2 million worth of cannabis was found in July in abandoned school on Marble Terrace, Llandysul Two men, Alfred Perkola, 43, from London and Adli Gjegjaj, 25, from Salford admitted running the farm and pleaded …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

The real gangs of London: Inside the horrifying turf war waged in Hackney that led to an innocent mother-of-two being shot in the head behind her own FRONT DOOR by a 17-year-old killer

Daily Mail

On Monday, 17-year-old hitman Joshua Alexander was jailed for a minimum of 29 years for the murder of mother-of-two Lianne Gordon. Lianne Gordon, 42, had only just returned from a holiday in Jamaica when she was shot through the front door of her Hackney home on December 5 last year Joshua Alexander, 17, was jailed for life with a minimum …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Under assault by gangs in Haiti, a Kenyan-led mission fights back

Associated Press

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — An armored vehicle carrying Kenyan police rumbles through Haiti’s capital with a shattered window that a high-caliber bullet failed to penetrate, a permanent sign of violence the officers face almost daily in Port-au-Prince. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print A Kenyan police officer part of a UN-backed multinational force runs …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Ransomware Gangs’ Merciless Attacks Bleed Small Companies Dry

Live Mint

-- The black-and-white message flickering across computer screens sparked panic at Knights of Old, a 158-year-old UK delivery company: “If you’re reading this, it means the internal infrastructure of your company is fully or partially dead.” Knights’ network for managing trucks was down. “No business can ignore this threat, no matter how big or small,” says Paul Abbott, 58, Knights’ …

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British police say Russians used cryptocurrency to help launder billions in UK drug gang profits

Salon

During the 2021 pandemic lockdown, drug gangs in the United Kingdom ran into a problem: They had too much cash. Without being pumped back into the legitimate economy, according to the BBC, piles of cash were essentially useless to the UK gangs, being too traceable to use in order to buy more drugs to sell. By paying a commission, the …

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UK, US clamp down on money laundering rings allegedly favored by Russian oligarchs and Western drug gangs

CNN

CNN — UK and US authorities on Wednesday announced a major crackdown on a pair of billion-dollar money laundering rings that officials say has cleaned money for Russia’s elite, cybercriminals and drug-runners around the world. The US Treasury Department sanctioned alleged senior members of one of the money-laundering rings, while the alleged leader of the other money-laundering ring is in …

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3 weeks ago

How Swedish gangs are recruiting children to carry out contract killings

Firstpost

Across Sweden, gangs are recruiting dozens of child contract killers – mostly via middlemen on social media using encrypted apps such as Signal and Snapchat. “It is organised as a kind of market where missions are published on discussion forums, and the people accepting the assignments are increasingly young,” Johan Olsson, the head of the Swedish police’s National Operations Department, …

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UN blames Israel for Gaza chaos as aid deliveries halted after threat of armed gangs, looting

Firstpost

The U.N. agency’s decision could worsen Gaza’s humanitarian crisis as a second cold, rainy winter sets in, with hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in squalid tent camps and reliant on international aid A displaced boy covers his head with a pan as he runs from the rain past building rubble at the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

How South Africa’s Famo music gave birth to Lesotho’s ‘terrorist’ gangs

Al Jazeera

Maseru, Lesotho – On a sunny afternoon, a white minibus taxi carrying 22 passengers pulled out of a crowded bus station in Johannesburg and headed to neighbouring Lesotho, the landlocked kingdom inside South Africa’s borders. “This shift has cast a shadow on the genre,” she said, “but at its core, Famo is not about violence; it’s about storytelling and expression.” …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

When a family fought ‘Kuruva’-like gang with ‘Nycil powder’ and Kalari

New Indian Express

KOCHI: The events of January 24, 2006, remain vivid in the minds of 45-year-old Unnikrishnan Vellat and his family. Now, as the ‘Kuruva’ gangs from ‘thiruttu’ villages terrorise people in the state, Unnikrishnan recalls how his family successfully resisted a similar gang’s burglary attempt years ago. “What surprised me was that even my mother-in-law was at the forefront in filmy …

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4 weeks ago

Three members of 2 gangs arrested in separate incidents in southwest Delhi

Hindustan Times

New Delhi, Three alleged members of two gangs were nabbed in separate incidents in southwest Delhi, a senior police officer said on Monday. Three members of 2 gangs arrested in separate incidents in southwest Delhi In the first incident, two gang members of Saddam Gauri gang were arrested following a brief exchange of fire in southwest Delhi's Dabri area, police …

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4 weeks ago

Stephen Graham recalls intense Daniel Day-Lewis encounter on Gangs of New York set

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Stephen Graham has recalled the extent of Daniel Day-Lewis’s method acting …

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4 weeks ago

The number of children recruited by gangs in Haiti soars by 70%, UNICEF says

Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Gangs in Haiti are recruiting children at unprecedented levels, with the number of minors targeted soaring by 70% in the past year, according to a report released Monday by UNICEF. Currently, between 30% to 50% of all gang members in the violence-wracked country are children, according to the U.N. “This is a very concerning trend,” …

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4 weeks ago

Gang recruitment of Haitian children soars by 70 percent: UN

Al Jazeera

Haitian gangs increasingly target children, using them as informants, fighters, and forced labor, says UNICEF report. “Children in Haiti are trapped in a vicious cycle – recruited into the very armed groups that are fueling their desperation, and the numbers are growing,” said UNICEF executive director and Inter-Agency Standing Committee principal advocate for Haiti, Catherine Russell. “This unacceptable trend must …

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1 month ago

West Bengal Political Violence: Contract Killings Rise as Out-of-State Gangs Enter Kolkata Politics

The Hindu

Published : Nov 23, 2024 13:05 IST - 6 MINS READ Audacious assassination attempts in broad daylight, supari killings, shootouts in public places—West Bengal politics at the ground level is fast resembling a gritty gangster flick that any mainstream director of potboilers would do well to study. This growing trend became evident again with a recent assassination attempt on heavyweight …

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1 month ago

Haiti’s children ‘dragged into hell’ as gang violence rages

Al Jazeera

Many Haitian children face the stark choice of joining a gang or suffering from violence, poverty and hunger engulfing them. Yet for Haiti’s children — the millions caught in the crossfire, no longer able to attend school, or pushed to join the armed gangs amid crippling poverty — the situation is especially dire. The UN’s humanitarian agency said these kids …

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1 month ago

Jobless man caught for providing bank accounts to cyber frauds

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: An alert bank manager helped the Kurla police to catch a man who was providing bank accounts to various cybercrime gangs. The police said the accused had opened around 35 bank accounts in the Kurla West branch of Punjab National Bank and had got issued visa debit cards for every account to enable the frauds to withdraw money from …

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1 month ago

First arrest made three minutes after New Zealanders banned from using gang signs

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The prohibition on displaying gang insignia anywhere outside private …

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Gangs cheating people with forged documents arrested

Terror police chief says forces are 'relying on the public' for tip-offs as reports soar by half - and 'lone wolf' actors are now feared to pose more threat than organised gangs

Juvenile participation in Delhi crime on rise: Police data

Organized crime gangs expanded into a third of cities in Brazil’s Amazon, report finds

UK and Germany sign deal against people smugglers as Europe struggles to halt Channel crossings

'That's not the case': NBC host pushes back after Trump claims immigrant gangs taking over

Our ghost town village has become a magnet for drug dealers...we blame banks closing - and a £23m BYPASS

The real gangs of London: Inside the horrifying turf war waged in Hackney that led to an innocent mother-of-two being shot in the head behind her own FRONT DOOR by a 17-year-old killer

Under assault by gangs in Haiti, a Kenyan-led mission fights back

Ransomware Gangs’ Merciless Attacks Bleed Small Companies Dry

British police say Russians used cryptocurrency to help launder billions in UK drug gang profits

UK, US clamp down on money laundering rings allegedly favored by Russian oligarchs and Western drug gangs

How Swedish gangs are recruiting children to carry out contract killings

UN blames Israel for Gaza chaos as aid deliveries halted after threat of armed gangs, looting

How South Africa’s Famo music gave birth to Lesotho’s ‘terrorist’ gangs

When a family fought ‘Kuruva’-like gang with ‘Nycil powder’ and Kalari

Three members of 2 gangs arrested in separate incidents in southwest Delhi

Stephen Graham recalls intense Daniel Day-Lewis encounter on Gangs of New York set

The number of children recruited by gangs in Haiti soars by 70%, UNICEF says

Gang recruitment of Haitian children soars by 70 percent: UN

West Bengal Political Violence: Contract Killings Rise as Out-of-State Gangs Enter Kolkata Politics

Haiti’s children ‘dragged into hell’ as gang violence rages

Jobless man caught for providing bank accounts to cyber frauds

First arrest made three minutes after New Zealanders banned from using gang signs