Tag: police

Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 15:25 UTC
UK and US raid “dark web” of child pornography: 337 arrests in 38 countries

UK and US authorities investigating a “dark web” child pornography site run from South Korea on Wednesday announced the arrest of 337 suspects in 38 countries. Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) said the “Welcome to Video” site contained 250,000 videos that were downloaded a million times by users across the world.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:59 UTC
Bolsonaro says no “strong evidence” that a tribal chief found dead in the Amazon was murdered

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday there is no “strong evidence” that a tribal chief found dead in the Amazon was murdered, as police probe the killing in the remote region.
Wednesday, March 20th 2019 - 09:14 UTC
Brazil: convoy with nuclear fuel came under fire; police escort repel attack

Armed men shot at members of a convoy transporting uranium to one of Brazil’s two working nuclear power plants on a coastal road in Rio de Janeiro state on Tuesday, police and the company managing the plant said.
Tuesday, February 19th 2019 - 09:29 UTC
Independent inspection of the Royal Falkland Islands Police

The Royal Falkland Islands Police reported on Monday that two representatives from the UK Red Snapper Group, Dave Roberts and Neil Hunter, have arrived in the Islands commissioned by the local government to carry out an independent inspection of the force.
Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 10:05 UTC
Award winning Brazilian television news anchor dies in helicopter crash

An award-winning Brazilian television news anchor died on Monday when a helicopter carrying him crashed on one of Sao Paulo's main highways. Ricardo Boechat, a father of six, was returning from a university in the city of Campinas when the helicopter crashed onto a truck.
Friday, February 1st 2019 - 10:15 UTC
Guaidó denounces Maduro intelligence forces intimidation against his family

Declared interim president Juan Guaido said on Thursday that agents from a feared special police unit had called at his home and asked for his wife, who was out at an event with her husband while their 20-month-old daughter was at their residence.
Tuesday, January 22nd 2019 - 10:11 UTC
Brazilian government trying to recover control over its overloaded prison system

Police and soldiers are being deployed in large numbers to Brazil's northeast to fight a wave of gang violence fueled by the overloaded, collapsing prison system. More than 400 elite federal troops have been sent to the city of Fortaleza and the rest of Ceara state to reinforce overwhelmed local cops, who face a dramatic rash of attacks on government buildings, buses, police stations, banks and bridges by well-armed gang members.
Saturday, January 5th 2019 - 09:25 UTC
A shooting in Los Angeles takes several victims

A shooting with several victims has been recorded this Saturday morning in a bowling alley in the town of Torrance, in the county of Los Angeles (USA), police said.
Wednesday, December 26th 2018 - 09:09 UTC
Argentine woman freed after being abducted 32 years ago

An Argentine woman seized in the 1980s by people traffickers has been reunited with her family in a joint operation by Argentine and Bolivian police. The whereabouts of the woman, who is now 45, had been unknown until earlier this year when police received a tip-off she was in Bermejo, south Bolivia.
Thursday, December 13th 2018 - 12:32 UTC
Former carabineros Sgt admits he was ordered to lie in Catrillanca case probe

Former Carabineros Sergeant Carlos Alarcón told prosecutors that he and his fellow servicemen were coached to hide the truth from investigators in the death of Mapuche leader Camilo Catrillanca Marín on November 14 in La Araucania, it was reported Tuesday.