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3 months, 1 week ago

Undercover tactics to smash people-smuggling gangs

Sir Keir will meet Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister, in Rome on Monday to see how the UK could emulate her success in more than halving migrant crossings of the Mediterranean. Her tactics have included crackdowns on the gangs, striking new returns agreements with source countries and fast-tracking deportations of failed asylum seekers. The Prime Minister pledged Mr Hewitt …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

14 arrested in human trafficking sting at Comic-Con, officers worked undercover as sex buyers to rescue victims

Hindustan Times

As many as 14 people were arrested as part of a human trafficking operation at Comic-Con in San Diego over the weekend, according to state officials. According to a statement from California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office, the team was on the lookout for “sex buyers using the San Diego Comic-Con Convention to seek out potential victims,” Los Angeles Times …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

San Diego Comic-Con at center of human-trafficking sting

LA Times

A team of federal, state and county investigators rescued 10 people and arrested 14 during an undercover human-trafficking sting at San Diego’s Comic-Con International, which was held over the weekend. The team was on the lookout for “sex buyers using the San Diego Comic-Con Convention to seek out potential victims,” according to a statement from California Atty. Bonta said such …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Arizona man indicted on federal firearms charges for allegedly planning attack targeting Black people at Atlanta concert

CNN

CNN — An Arizona man was indicted by a federal grand jury this week on several firearms charges, having been accused by the US Justice Department of planning a mass shooting targeting Black people and other minorities at a May Atlanta concert in hopes of inciting a race war before the upcoming presidential election. The indictment against Prieto alleges he …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya: There's a dearth of regular characters for me now

Hindustan Times

Actor Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya has been in the industry for the past two decades and with her initial shows, Banoo Main Teri Dulhann and Yeh Hai Mohabbatein, she became the quintessential homely next-door-girl. Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya on being boxed in her 'homely' girl image The 39-year-old insists that she has faced stereotyping on TV with her being restricted to just …

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11 months ago

Undercover police officers luring Rolex rippers by wearing luxury watches in crime hotspots

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. Read our privacy policy Undercover officers are luring Rolex …

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1 year ago

Dante Lam returns to helm crime thriller

China Daily

A still of Bursting Point. Almost a decade after directing patriotic blockbusters in Chinese mainland, renowned director Dante Lam has returned to the most familiar territory by helming a Hong Kong crime action thriller. Starring Hong Kong stars William Chan, Nick Cheung, and Isabella Leong, the movie follows an undercover police officer who becomes lost after being assigned to infiltrate …

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1 year ago

Dante Lam returns to helm crime thriller

China Daily

A still of Bursting Point. Almost a decade after directing patriotic blockbusters in Chinese mainland, renowned director Dante Lam has returned to the most familiar territory by helming a Hong Kong crime action thriller. Starring Hong Kong stars William Chan, Nick Cheung, and Isabella Leong, the movie follows an undercover police officer who becomes lost after being assigned to infiltrate …

Hong Kong Officer Lam Bursting Point

1 year ago

Dante Lam returns to helm crime thriller

China Daily

A still of Bursting Point. Almost a decade after directing patriotic blockbusters in Chinese mainland, renowned director Dante Lam has returned to the most familiar territory by helming a Hong Kong crime action thriller. Starring Hong Kong stars William Chan, Nick Cheung, and Isabella Leong, the movie follows an undercover police officer who becomes lost after being assigned to infiltrate …

Hong Kong Crime Thriller Officer Lam Bursting Point

1 year ago

Dante Lam returns to helm crime thriller

China Daily

A still of Bursting Point. Almost a decade after directing patriotic blockbusters in Chinese mainland, renowned director Dante Lam has returned to the most familiar territory by helming a Hong Kong crime action thriller. Starring Hong Kong stars William Chan, Nick Cheung, and Isabella Leong, the movie follows an undercover police officer who becomes lost after being assigned to infiltrate …

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1 year, 2 months ago

An undercover operative and an informant say they've been abandoned by Australia after helping fight organised crime

ABC

There's an Australian sitting in a Hungarian prison. "They don't want the population to know what they do behind closed doors," Miles says. "Essentially, they went to my mother and they said, 'We're aware that your son is involved with all sorts of people and does all sorts of things … we'd like to speak to him, we think we …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Wildlife trafficking is rife around the world. This group went undercover with a former Australian cop's help

ABC

Pangolins are shy, solitary mammals found in parts of Asia and Africa, known for their unique covering of protective scales. "Between 2016 and 2019, there were 206 tonnes of pangolin scales seized globally … So to put that in context, we're talking over 400,000 pangolins seized in a four year period," Carmody tells ABC RN's Saturday Extra. Carmody says the …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Woman’s rape cries go unheard in unmonitored drug sting

Associated Press

— A woman outfitted with a tiny microphone and hidden camera walked up to a dilapidated drug house on a chilly afternoon last year looking to buy meth from a dealer known on the streets as “Mississippi.” But as the informant disappeared inside with a career criminal with a rap sheet spanning three decades, her law enforcement handlers left her …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Police undercover unit overhauled after abuses

NL Times

The police’s undercover investigations department is going to be overhauled. In consultation with the Public Prosecution Service, the work of the current team will be phased out “as quickly as possible in a responsible, controlled manner.” The police will design a new organization. Chairman Jan Struijs of the Dutch Police Union spoke to De Telegraaf about “crying it out and …

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2 years, 8 months ago

US prosecutors accuse Japan-based crime gang in drug case

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Four men associated with a Japan-based crime syndicate known as “yakuza” have been charged with trying to negotiate a deal to exchange high-powered weapons for drugs with an undercover U.S. agent, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Prosecutors said the DEA agent infiltrated the organization by posing as an arms dealer eager to trade surface-to-air missiles — presumably meant …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Small changes won't solve Police National Unit's problems; Complete overhaul required

NL Times

The National Unit of the National Police must be completely overhauled. According to the committee, the position of the National Unit within the police apparatus must be reviewed. The National Unit, with almost 6,000 employees, supports the regional forces but also has independent tasks like combating serious organized crime and terrorism. Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius endorses the Schneiders Committee's conclusions that …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Palestinian man killed by Israeli undercover unit in West Bank

Al Jazeera

Ahmad Fahd from al-Amari refugee camp was shot by Israeli unit and left to bleed to death, Palestinian witnesses say. Ahmad Jamil Fahd, from al-Amari refugee camp, was shot by the Musta’ribeen unit in the Umm al-Sharayit area, Palestinian witnesses said, and was left to bleed to death before an ambulance could arrive. جانب من تشييع جثمــان الــ ــشــ ــهيد …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Government reverses attempt to explicitly ban spies from committing murder, torture or rape

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Peers made several changes to the controversial Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bill, including a ban …

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4 years ago

Undercover cops dressed as Santa and his elf fight crime at a California shopping center

CNN

CNN — Cops dressed as Santa Claus and his elf jumped into action when they saw car being stolen, said police in Riverside, California. The undercover police officer and detective were outside a busy shopping center on Thursday as part of a holiday enforcement program when they saw three men in the process of stealing a Honda CR-V in the …

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4 years, 2 months ago

MPs vote against attempt to ban undercover agents from committing murder, torture and rape

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. James Brokenshire, the security minister, told MPs that the bill would make authorised crimes “lawful …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Boris Johnson to unveil legal protections for intelligence agents committing crimes while undercover

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Boris Johnson’s government is to unveil new legal protection proposals for …

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Undercover tactics to smash people-smuggling gangs

14 arrested in human trafficking sting at Comic-Con, officers worked undercover as sex buyers to rescue victims

San Diego Comic-Con at center of human-trafficking sting

Arizona man indicted on federal firearms charges for allegedly planning attack targeting Black people at Atlanta concert

Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya: There's a dearth of regular characters for me now

Undercover police officers luring Rolex rippers by wearing luxury watches in crime hotspots

Dante Lam returns to helm crime thriller

Dante Lam returns to helm crime thriller

Dante Lam returns to helm crime thriller

Dante Lam returns to helm crime thriller

An undercover operative and an informant say they've been abandoned by Australia after helping fight organised crime

Wildlife trafficking is rife around the world. This group went undercover with a former Australian cop's help

Woman’s rape cries go unheard in unmonitored drug sting

Police undercover unit overhauled after abuses

US prosecutors accuse Japan-based crime gang in drug case

Small changes won't solve Police National Unit's problems; Complete overhaul required

Palestinian man killed by Israeli undercover unit in West Bank

Government reverses attempt to explicitly ban spies from committing murder, torture or rape

Undercover cops dressed as Santa and his elf fight crime at a California shopping center

MPs vote against attempt to ban undercover agents from committing murder, torture and rape

Boris Johnson to unveil legal protections for intelligence agents committing crimes while undercover