44 h. ago Authorities believe organized crime involved in Mexican mayor’s assassination carried out by teen

Seven mayors have been killed in Michoacan during the past three years

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66 h. ago Wife of assassinated Mexican mayor takes over his position despite death threats after brazen murder

There is growing discontent in Michoacan over the violence plaguing the region

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4 d. ago Mexican mayor slaughtered in front of revellers on Day of the Dead

Outspoken mayor Carlos Manzo, 40, was fatally gunned down during celebrations in the Mexican city of Uruapan after he called for cartel members to be beaten into submission or even killed

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5 d. ago Mexican mayor shot dead in public during Day of the Dead celebrations

Michoacan is one of Mexico’s most violent state

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5 d. ago Louvre jewel heist by petty criminals, not organised professionals, says Paris prosecutor

Laure Beccuau said ‘upper echelons of organised crime’ unlikely to be involved as one perpetrator remains at largeThe brazen daytime heist at the Louvre was carried out by petty criminals rather than professionals from the world of organised crime, the Paris prosecutor has said, describing two of the suspects as a couple with children.The assertion comes two weeks after thieves parked a stolen truck outside the world’s most-visited museum, used a furniture lift to reach the first floor, then smashed their way into one of the museum’s most ornate rooms. Less than seven minutes later, they escaped on scooters with crown jewels worth an estimated €88m (£76m). Continue reading...

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1 week ago Mafia mobster embroiled in NBA gambling scandal is refused $5m bail amid fears for witness' safety

A mobster with ties to the Gambino crime family - the syndicate involved in a wide-ranging NBA-tied rigged-betting scandal - has been denied bail over concerns of his past criminal behavior.

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1 week ago The Four Spent the Day Together by Chris Kraus review – a cult writer tries something new

The I Love Dick author combines autofiction with memoir and true crimeThe Four Spent the Day Together is full of people seeking fresh starts, attempting to give up drugs or abusive marriages, only to find hope curdling into violence. Chris Kraus uses the phrase a lot, making it wilfully jaded in its repetitions. “He could make a fresh start.” “They decided to make a fresh start.” And all along, here she is, making her own fresh start, because this seems a new kind of book – documentarian, genuinely novelistic. But then it turns out to be packed with the same dilemmas and styles as the old ones.Kraus is an artist who became a writer almost accidentally with her 1997 cult classic I Love Dick, comprised of letters to an unreceptive lover, turning confessional female writing from abjection into assassination. She carried on writing, but the three subsequent fascinating and rebarbative novels lacked the shock and immediacy the letter form brought to the voic...

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2 w. ago Fife crime: Eight teenagers charged after ‘appalling’ disorder involving up to 50 youths in Fife town

Officers in Fife said their enquiries to trace those involved remain “extensive”.

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3 w. ago Were their body parts used in satanic rituals? Netflix tackles the horrific ‘Monster of Florence’ murders

It was a brutal killing spree that gripped Italy – yet so little is still known. Why were lovers murdered in their cars? Why were their sexual organs often targeted? Author Tobias Jones sifts the evidenceSome criminal cases are so vast that even the number of victims is uncertain: in the case of the unsolved “Monster of Florence” crimes that have gripped Italy for half a century, it is known that seven couples were murdered. But some say it’s eight, and at least another 16 murders have been connected to the case. The number of suspects almost matches that of the victims. First there was the pista sarda, the Sardinian line of enquiry into the swinging, pimping Vinci brothers who probably had a hand in the “first” murder in 1968. In the 1990s, a rapist, Pietro Pacciani, was convicted and then cleared. In 2000, Pacciani’s co-accused, Mario Vanni and Giancarlo Lotti, were sentenced to life and 28 years respectively for the murders committed between 1981 and 1985.Gianluca Monastra, autho...

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3 w. ago Hackers targeted JLR months before cyber attack that halted production

Investigators consider whether state-backed actor or organised crime group was involved

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4 w. ago Gangsters holidayed in Turkey before bug planted in Mercedes brought them down

The crew were caged for over 100 years for their involvment in organised crime.

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