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🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Promises, ghost commission and operational nuclei: understand the embezzlement of R$ 650 thousand from social projects

A criminal scheme involving a network of politicians, public servants, and private companies embezzled over R$ 650,000 intended for social projects in Palmas, Brazil.

Feb 26 • 18:11 UTC
🇪🇸 El Mundo
Crime & Justice

The mafia selling Burundanga for "rapes" in Madrid with deliveries in less than an hour: "It nullifies the victim's will and they remember nothing"

A criminal network in Madrid is reportedly selling the drug Burundanga, which they claim can nullify the victim's will, facilitating sexual assaults and making it harder for victims to report their experiences.

Feb 21 • 23:02 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
Crime & Justice

Network trafficked more than 43,722 pills – One arrest

A criminal network involved in thefts and illegal drug trafficking in Athens has been dismantled following a police operation, leading to one arrest.

Feb 18 • 13:42 UTC
🇬🇧 Guardian
Crime & Justice

Epstein files suggest acts that may amount to crimes against humanity, say UN experts

A UN panel claims findings from Epstein files indicate potential crimes against humanity linked to a global criminal network targeting women and girls.

Feb 18 • 01:36 UTC
🇲🇽 Milenio (ES)
Crime & Justice

14 members of a criminal network dedicated to trafficking and kidnapping migrants arrested in Guatemala

Fourteen alleged members of a transnational criminal organization involved in human trafficking, including two main leaders, were arrested in Huehuetenango, Guatemala.

Feb 17 • 20:35 UTC
🇸🇪 Aftonbladet
Crime & Justice

He is accused of being a hitman for the network

Ildar 'Scar' Galiyev, recently extradited from Greece, is alleged to be a major violent criminal in Sweden, linked to multiple murders and bombings.

Feb 17 • 17:47 UTC
🇩🇪 FAZ
World

Abysses of the Global Elite: The Epstein Conspiracy

The article explores the rise of Jeffrey Epstein, a college dropout from Brooklyn who became a key figure in a criminal network involving money, power, sex slaves, and intelligence agencies.

Feb 15 • 13:18 UTC
🇬🇷 To Vima
National & Local

Independent Authority for Public Revenue: Video from the investigations into the 'strawman' network that embezzled 43 million euros from the Public Treasury

A Greek investigation has uncovered a criminal organization responsible for embezzling 43 million euros through a network of over 200 strawmen.

Feb 13 • 18:50 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Civil Police combats clandestine internet network, drug trafficking, and extortion in Cachoeiras de Macacu

The Civil Police launched Operation Taxação 2 to dismantle a criminal scheme of drug trafficking, extortion, and illegal internet provision in Cachoeiras de Macacu, Brazil.

Feb 12 • 15:45 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
Crime & Justice

The Drip of Kilos of Cocaine Flying from Spain That Alerted Iceland

A criminal network has been sending vulnerable individuals with cocaine from Spanish cities to Iceland, raising alarms at the Keflavík airport.

Feb 12 • 08:22 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Clandestine bingo linked to Rogério Andrade offered bonuses of up to R$ 5,000 to bettors, says MPRJ

A clandestine bingo operation in Recreio dos Bandeirantes, linked to Rogério Andrade, was found to be offering significant bonuses to encourage betting, according to investigations by the Ministry of Public of Rio de Janeiro (MPRJ).

Feb 12 • 06:00 UTC
🇶🇦 Al Jazeera
Crime & Justice

"The Brazilian Epstein": Arrest of a Pilot for Leading a Child Prostitution Network

A pilot in Brazil has been arrested for allegedly leading a network involved in the sexual exploitation of minors.

Feb 12 • 03:59 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
Crime & Justice

Latam fires pilot suspected of sexual exploitation of children and adolescents

Latam Airlines has dismissed pilot Sérgio Antonio Lopes, who is accused of being part of a criminal network involved in the sexual exploitation of minors.

Feb 11 • 19:05 UTC
🇸🇰 Denník N
National & Local

Journalists Kiripolská and Gehrerová: Even though Epstein paid young women, they are victims

Journalists discuss how young women targeted by Jeffrey Epstein's criminal network are victims regardless of any payments they may have received.

Feb 11 • 12:35 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
Crime & Justice

Federal Police carries out operation against a network distributing videos of sexual abuse of sedated women

Brazil's Federal Police have launched an operation against a criminal network that distributed and exchanged videos depicting the sexual abuse of sedated women.

Feb 11 • 11:25 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
National & Local

Recruitment through networks and payments of up to 14,000 dollars: a network traffics weapons from Arizona to Mexico

An investigation reveals how a network traffics high-caliber weapons from Arizona to Mexico, raising concerns over the lack of controls on arms sales in the U.S.

Feb 11 • 04:40 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
Crime & Justice

Pilot suspected of sexual exploitation of children and adolescents has detention maintained

Pilot Sérgio Antonio Lopes, 60, remains in custody under suspicion of being part of a structured criminal network for the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents.

Feb 10 • 21:23 UTC
🇳🇴 Aftenposten
Crime & Justice

Europol: Cocaine Ring Revealed in Iceland

A criminal network smuggling cocaine from South America to Iceland has been dismantled, with 24 arrests made across Europe.

Feb 10 • 20:15 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Councilman Marcelinho Legalizações arrested in mega-operation against insurance fraud in Pará

Councilman Marcelinho Legalizações was arrested during a police operation targeting a criminal network involved in insurance fraud and vehicle tampering in Pará.

Feb 10 • 14:11 UTC
🇸🇪 SVT Nyheter
Crime & Justice

The Suspicion: Boy from Blekinge Was to Murder – Found in Helsingborg

A missing boy from Blekinge, suspected of being involved in a murder contract issued by a criminal network, was found in Helsingborg after a search operation in Sweden and Denmark.

Feb 10 • 10:29 UTC
🇸🇪 Aftonbladet
Crime & Justice

Conspiracy to commit murder investigated after group home escape

A boy who escaped from a group home in western Blekinge is being investigated for potential recruitment by a criminal network for a murder conspiracy.

Feb 10 • 08:53 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
Crime & Justice

Smuggled Tobacco Products: How the Large International Network Operated – 26 Arrests

Greek authorities have dismantled a large criminal organization involved in smuggling tobacco products and made 26 arrests as part of an extensive investigation.

Feb 9 • 09:27 UTC
🇲🇽 Milenio (ES)
National & Local

FGR identifies two key individuals in the criminal organization of the mayor of Tequila

The Mexican Attorney General's Office has designated Julio César Limón Trigueros and Severo Flores Mendoza as pivotal figures in the alleged criminal network led by Tequila's mayor, Diego Rivera Navarro, with connections to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.

Feb 8 • 20:41 UTC
🇸🇪 Aftonbladet
Crime & Justice

Reports: Murdered man was a leader in a criminal network

A man shot dead in Thailand was identified as a leading figure in a criminal network in Sweden, raising concerns about potential repercussions in the criminal underworld back home.

Feb 8 • 19:07 UTC
🇱🇻 TVNET
Crime & Justice

Epstein Methods: How the Abuser Manipulated the Latvian Students Recruited Abroad by 'Spy' Siads

Latvian police have initiated a criminal investigation into the potential recruitment of Latvian nationals for sexual exploitation by Jeffrey Epstein's criminal network involving a local figure, Daniel Siads.

Feb 8 • 18:50 UTC
🇪🇨 El Universo (ES)
Crime & Justice

The enigmatic Jeffrey Epstein: the unexpected rise of a mathematics teacher who led a sex exploitation network and mingled with the world's richest and most powerful

The article explores Jeffrey Epstein's rise from a mathematics teacher to a notorious figure accused of leading a child sex trafficking ring, emphasizing his denial of being a sexual predator despite his criminal past.

Feb 7 • 20:46 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
Crime & Justice

They were trafficking cocaine, heroin, and cannabis in Attica - 6 arrests

A criminal network involved in the trafficking of drugs, mainly cocaine, heroin, and raw cannabis, was dismantled in Attica, resulting in six arrests during a police operation.

Feb 6 • 16:03 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
Crime & Justice

Exposure of a labor and economic exploitation network of men

Authorities have uncovered a criminal organization involved in the trafficking of foreign men for labor and economic exploitation, leading to a police operation in Athens that resulted in several arrests.

Feb 5 • 09:21 UTC
🇱🇹 15min
Crime & Justice

A large pre-trial investigation into modern slavery and drug trafficking has been completed in Klaipėda

A significant pre-trial investigation has concluded in Klaipėda, revealing an international criminal network involved in modern slavery and large-scale drug trafficking.

Feb 5 • 06:13 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
Crime & Justice

Money Trail of the AFA: how millions were moved, ending up with frontmen and at a mansion in Pilar

The Argentine Football Association (AFA) is under scrutiny as investigations reveal a network of financial manipulation and serious criminal activities involving millions of dollars funneled through front companies.

Feb 4 • 23:29 UTC
🇪🇸 El Mundo
Crime & Justice

Authorities raid 'X' locations in France and summon Elon Musk for questioning in relation to an investigation into social network algorithms

French authorities raided the U.S. social media platform X's offices and summoned its owner Elon Musk for questioning as part of a criminal investigation into algorithms.

Feb 3 • 10:36 UTC
🇬🇷 Naftemporiki
Crime & Justice

France: Raid on X Offices in Paris - Musk and Yaccarino Summoned for Testimony

The Paris prosecutor's office has announced raids on Elon Musk's social network X in France as part of a criminal investigation launched in January 2025, involving testimony from both Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino.

Feb 3 • 10:24 UTC
🇱🇹 Lrytas
Crime & Justice

Million-dollar losses and raids: the FNTT targets an illegal car import scheme

An investigation, code-named 'Nimmersatt', focuses on a criminal network involving Lithuanian nationals able to smuggle severely damaged cars from the USA to the EU and sell them illegally.

Feb 2 • 09:52 UTC
🇭🇷 Index.hr
Crime & Justice

How the Balkans and Venezuela are Connected in the Global Cocaine Network

The article explores the connections between Balkan criminal groups and Venezuelan suppliers in the global cocaine trade, highlighting recent legal actions against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro for drug-related terrorism.

Jan 16 • 12:48 UTC
🇬🇧 Guardian
Crime & Justice

Spanish Police Break Up Gang That Used Swimmers to Hide Cocaine on Ships

Spanish police have dismantled a criminal network, arresting 30 people and confiscating nearly 2.5 tonnes of cocaine that was hidden on ships by teams of young swimmers.

Jan 15 • 19:27 UTC
🇪🇸 ABC
Crime & Justice

Five arrested and 25 investigated in a banking fraud network of over 265,000 euros

The Civil Guard has dismantled a criminal organization in the Canary Islands involved in banking fraud and money laundering, resulting in five arrests and 25 investigations.

Jan 15 • 14:15 UTC
🇪🇸 elDiario.es
Crime & Justice

War weapons for assaulting ships at sea: a network that introduced 2,500 kilos of cocaine in Cádiz from Colombia has been dismantled

A joint operation by customs officials, Guardia Civil, and National Police led to the arrest of 30 individuals and the dismantling of three criminal organizations linked to the 'Balkan Cartel' in Spain.

Jan 15 • 10:12 UTC
🇭🇷 Večernji List
Crime & Justice

In Iraq, a 21-year-old who was wanted in Sweden for a series of commissioned murders involving minors has been arrested

A 21-year-old suspect, believed to be a significant figure in the Foxtrot criminal network and wanted in Sweden for murder and inciting murder, has been arrested in Iraq.

Jan 13 • 09:35 UTC
🇪🇸 ABC
Crime & Justice

The Aragua Train Will Try to Recruit Venezuelans in Spain for Its Operations

The Aragua Train criminal organization aims to recruit Venezuelans in Spain to expand its network, despite efforts by the National Police to thwart their activities.

Jan 12 • 03:14 UTC
🇮🇹 Il Giornale
Crime & Justice

From Mexico to Canada: here is the new fentanyl "pipeline" that scares the USA

Authorities have identified Vancouver as a key hub in the international fentanyl trafficking network involving Mexican cartels and Chinese criminal organizations.

Jan 9 • 19:07 UTC
🇭🇷 Index.hr
Crime & Justice

VIDEO Check out the major operation in Spain. The criminal network 'Black Axe' dismantled

The national police of Spain, in collaboration with German authorities and Europol, arrested 34 individuals, significantly disrupting the activities of the infamous Nigerian crime organization known as 'Black Axe'.

Jan 9 • 15:44 UTC
🇨🇿 Deník N
World

Trump's War with the Venezuelan Regime: Two Hundred Dead, Kidnapping of a Dictator, and a Nonexistent Cartel

U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration justify military operations in Venezuela as a fight against drug trafficking, claiming that Venezuelan dictator Maduro leads a vast criminal network responsible for smuggling drugs into the U.S.

Jan 9 • 14:00 UTC
🇪🇸 ABC
Crime & Justice

An organized group falls that committed 986 technological scams worth 200,000 euros via SMS

The Civil Guard has arrested 14 members of a criminal network that executed 986 technology scams through SMS across 40 provinces, primarily operating from Torrevieja.

Jan 1 • 12:42 UTC

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