world crime
New Zealand Embraced Gun Reform After One Mass Shooting. Now They Watch US in Disbelief.
“New Zealand is far from perfect, but we had leaders with the courage to act in the immediate aftermath of our tragedy.”
OneCoin's Missing ‘Crypto Queen’ Is Now One of Europe's Most-Wanted Fugitives
Europol has offered a reward for information leading to the arrest of Dr Ruja Ignatova, who is alleged to have conned people out of up to £12.7 billion.
Diver’s Body Washes Up in Port Next to $20M of Cocaine
The unidentified man, who was found unconscious by Australian officials at the world's biggest coal port, was wearing "specialised equipment."
Man Jailed After Confessing to Pushing Gay American Off a Cliff in ’88
The Australian, who was apparently raised in a homophobic family and later came out as gay himself, was given a maximum jail term of 12 years and seven months.
A Winning Racehorse Tested Positive for Meth. Then Its Trainer Did Too.
Animal rights activists say the horse racing industry's troubled relationship with meth means “these kinds of cases crop up quite a few times.”
3 of the World’s Most Endangered Tigers Found Dead in Traps
They are the latest of more than half a dozen of the incredibly rare species to be killed in snares in Indonesia over the past 12 months.
Man Charged With 413 Child Abuse Offences Over ‘Hundreds of Hours’ of Exploitation Material
Police seized millions of exploitative images and videos, in what they described as one of the most significant child abuse investigations ever conducted in Western Australia.
It Took Us Less Than 24 Hours to Order an Endangered Tiger on Facebook
Bears, pangolins, leopard cats: It’s shockingly easy to buy some of the most endangered species globally on the world's largest social media platform.
63-Year-Old Grandfather Charged With Nearly 1,500 Counts of Rape
The man from the Philippines, who subjected his granddaughters to a five-year campaign of abuse, is now in police custody.
12-Year-Olds Can No Longer Consent to Sex in the Philippines
The change has been called a “milestone” in tackling child abuse in the Philippines, which previously had the world’s joint-lowest age of consent.
Australian Grave Robbers are Stealing Human Remains
Police discovered candles, crucifixes and letters to Satan near defiled graves in a Melbourne cemetery, raising suspicions around devil worship.
Crime Lord Caught Trying To Arrange Movie-Style Jailbreak
Accused Dutch mafia boss Ridouan Taghi planned to recruit Navy SEAL-style mercenaries to blast his way out of prison.