13 h. ago EV charging cable theft: The rise of organised crime that could hit the brakes on EV uptake

Electric vehicle charging cable theft is a growing problem, according to a new report. Here's how network operators are taking on this new crimewave.

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3 d. 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 d. 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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4 d. ago Gang led by 'Boss Man' holidayed in Turkey before bug in Mercedes took them down

Three members of the organised crime group, which operated in Merseyside, left the responsibility of the drug line to other criminals while holidaying in Turkey

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4 d. ago ‘London has turned into something crazy’: is the city in the grip of a crime wave?

Perception of runaway crime partly blamed for ‘driving away the super-rich’ but in reality some high-profile offences such as watch theft are falling‘Snatch theft’: the unstoppable rise of phone theftLondon is no longer a safe place to live, at least in the eyes of some of its richest residents – and the 47th president of the United States.“I think he’s done a terrible job,” Donald Trump said during his state visit to the UK last month, in his latest broadside at London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan. “Crime in London is through the roof.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Moment cops use chainsaw to break down gangster's front door as 12 mobsters from Merseyside organised crime group are jailed for more than 100 years

The mobsters were part of an organised crime group where three firearms, ammunition, cash and £100,000 worth of cocaine were found at their addresses and in cars Litherland, Merseyside.

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5 d. ago MAGA heavyweights take to cable news and social media to applaud Letitia James charges

New York attorney general, who prosecuted Trump Organization in 2022, accused of mortgage fraud

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5 d. ago Family claim 'corrupt officers and organised crime groups have flooded' prison where man died

They were speaking via lawyers after the inquest into their relative's death concluded on Thursday. The family claim measures that were in place to prevent drugs being smuggled into the prison weren’t effective

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7 d. ago Hired ‘kill team’ charged after dramatic arrest as they were on their way to hit near Sydney daycare

Police say the three, aged 18, 19 and 26, were on their way to kill a man linked to organised crime

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7 d. ago Moment armed cops arrest mafia boss in charge of one of Italy's bloodiest clans

Leonardo Gesualdo, 39, who is suspected of leading one of the most brutal organised crime families in Italy, was arrested by the Italian Carabinieri

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8 d. ago Phone snatching network behind one in four thefts in London targeted in police crackdown

An organised crime gang was behind ‘industrial scale’ theft of phones being shipped to China, Met Police say

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8 d. ago Firearms officer used excessive force in fatal shooting of unarmed man in London, misconduct hearing told

Jermaine Baker, from Tottenham, killed during operation to stop plot to spring gang leader from prison in 2015A firearms officer used excessive force when he shot dead an unarmed 28-year-old man involved in a foiled attempt to spring a gang leader from prison, a police misconduct hearing has been told.The officer, known only as W80, killed Jermaine Baker, from Tottenham, north London, during an operation to interrupt a criminal plot to snatch Izzet Eren, the head of the Tottenham Turks organised crime group, from a van heading towards Wood Green crown court in December 2015. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Fears Quebec Starbucks gang shooting could signal shift to brazen tactics

Local media named victim as Charalambos Theologou, shot as groups vie for power after arrests of alleged mafia bossesThe brazen daylight killing of a prominent Quebec gang leader inside a suburban Starbucks in the outskirts of Montreal this week could signal a new, more chaotic and brash environment when it comes to organised crime, observers say.The arrests of alleged senior, older members of Montreal’s mafia in June has potentially left a chasm – meaning newer, younger gangs are attempting to gain a foothold. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Devon and Cornwall police launches new £350,000 boat to stop people traffickers targeting their coastline

The Home Office hopes the vessel will act as a deterrent to organised crime groups and allow officials to intercept and board vessels when dealing with high-level threats.

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1 week ago He looked like an honest businessman and dad, but was hiding a dark secret

The dad claims he became entangled as the director of debt collection agency run by an organised crime group after racking up a £20,000 drug debt

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2 w. ago China sentences 11 members of mafia family to DEATH after breaking up giant ‘scam factories’ ring that stole £1BILLION

ELEVEN members of a notorious organised crime family have been sentenced to death over international scam centres. A Chinese court handed down the brutal sentence to multiple members of the Ming family, while other members were sentenced to suspended death sentences, life imprisonments, and fixed-term sentences. The fixed term sentences ranged from five to 24...

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2 w. ago Eddie Lyons and Ross Monaghan 'hitman' fears reprisals if he's locked up

Michael Riley, 44, has been charged with gunning down Ross Monaghan, 43, and Eddie Lyons Jnr, 46 - two men connected with the Lyons organised crime family from the west of Scotland

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2 w. ago War in Ukraine driving criminal gangs to target rural farm machinery for ‘lucrative rewards’

Organised crime gangs are suspected of stealing farm machinery to be trafficked out of the UK’s ports and destined for eastern Europe

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2 w. ago Madeleine McCann was snatched by organised crime gang, claims private detective

Bombshell comes as 15 cops move the convicted sex attacker from the ground floor flat where he has been holed up following his release from a seven-year jail sentence for rape after locals rumble his identity

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2 w. ago Gangland armourer who advertised machine guns to some of Britain's most terrifying criminals on EnchroChat and plotted to blind man with acid is jailed for 26 years

Philip Waugh armed organised crime groups across the UK with military grade weapons which he would flog on the now-defunct encrypted messaging platform Encrochat.

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