17 h. ago Organised crime making millions from illegal waste dumping in UK, says committee

Peers say ‘woeful’ record on prosecutions has led to a ‘low-risk, high-reward’ criminal cultureOrganised crime groups in the UK are making millions every year from illegally dumping and burning rubbish, peers have told ministers, after an inquiry found a lack of enforcement made it a “low-risk, high-reward” criminal enterprise.“Criminality is endemic in the waste sector,” a Lords committee told the government on Tuesday, after it found at least 38m tonnes of waste was illegally managed every year, “leading to serious environmental, economic and social consequences”. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Organised crime groups are ‘illegally dumping 38 million tonnes of waste each year’

Peers said they were “unimpressed with the lack of interest shown by the police” when it came to tackling serious and organised waste crime

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25 h. ago Cops raid 100 Scots shops in crackdown on money laundering and fake goods

Operation Machinize blitz hits organised crime with police, HMRC, Home Office, DWP and Trading Standards

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39 h. ago Return of the New York mafia: US sports stars accused of acting as 'bait' for high stakes poker games with hidden cameras, X

The deep-pocketed high-rollers who answered the call to stake their money at these illegal, multi-million-dollar sessions of Texas Hold'em poker were walking into an elaborate trap.

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3 d. ago ‘I don’t know how anyone takes themselves seriously in this job’: Hollywood hotshot Glen Powell talks to Marina Hyde

He’s an old-fashioned movie star in a digital age, making box-office smashes like Top Gun: Maverick, Twisters and Anyone But You. Now he’s lining up projects with everyone from Ron Howard to Edgar Wright. Could he be Texas’s answer to Tom Cruise?There’s that famous line in the first episode of The Sopranos, where Tony laments his place in the timeline. “Lately I’m getting the feeling,” he confides, “that I came in at the end. The best is over.” I know Tony was talking about the mindful joy of building an incredibly violent organised crime enterprise from the ground up – but lately I’ve been thinking about his words every time I watch Glen Powell giving it 200% as a movie star. Glen Powell is Hollywood’s hottest mid-level actor; but because of the harsh realities of modern movie stardom, a lot of people still don’t know who he is. You get the feeling he’s coming in at the end of something.Yet barely a week goes by where I don’t hear of an uncast starring role – the bodyguar...

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3 d. ago Fake fat jabs worth £250k seized by Brit cops after world’s largest ever weight

FAKE fat jabs worth more than £250,000 have been seized in the world’s largest ever weight-loss drug bust.   Officers smashed an organised crime gang during a dawn raid on a warehouse.   The site is believed to have been used for the large-scale manufacture, packaging and distribution of unlicensed — and potentially deadly —...

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5 d. ago What does the Israeli proposal to annex the West Bank involve after JD Vance hits out at ‘stupid political stunt’

Over 250 settlements, considered illegal, are spread across the West Bank, with nearly a million settlers

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6 d. ago Five things we learned on day one of Joanne Penney murder trial

The 40-year-old is alleged to have been murdered due to a 'a clash of rival organised crime groups' over drug dealing.

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6 d. ago Peru’s interim president declares state of emergency after weeks of anti

Declaration means government can send army to patrol streets, restrict freedom of assembly and curtail other rightsPeru’s interim president, Jose Jeri, announced a state of emergency in Lima and the neighbouring port of Callao on Tuesday after weeks of anti-government protests over corruption and organised crime.“The state of emergency approved by the council of ministers will take effect at midnight on Wednesday and will last for 30 days in metropolitan Lima and Callao,” Jeri said in an address to the nation on state television. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Russian spies 'linked to smuggling gangs trafficking migrants across English Channel'

Bulgaria’s Home Secretary claims his government has evidence of direct links between Russia’s foreign intelligence agency and the organised crime gangs helping people to cross Europe illegally

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8 d. ago I’ve lived off bin food for seven years – I only buy beer, oil, chocolate, and spices

Lenka, 27, a student and dumpster diver from Slovakia, has been living off food from bins for seven years while living in Denmark. She talks to Charlotte Cripps about why she wants to spread awareness about food waste through her Instagram account and how making delicious soups for her roommates from bin food is dream sharing

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9 d. ago Organised crime gang steal priceless jewels from the Louvre in seven minute raid

The Louvre has been evacuated after a reported robbery at the world's largest art museum in Paris.

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1 week 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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2 w. ago Could ‘trash fashion’ save this Nairobi neighbourhood from drowning in discarded western clothes?

A runway show in Gikomba, east Africa’s largest secondhand clothing market, has attempted to highlight the impact of mass clothing imports – and offer a solutionAntony Njoroge paces back and forth, camera in hand, as people bombard him with questions. “What do we do with this? Where should I put it? The light’s better over here! Tony, one second please.” The film-maker and his co-producer Sally Ngoiri are putting the final touches to an event that they never imagined would actually come to life when they first thought up the idea back in May: the first fashion show to be staged in Gikomba, Nairobi, east Africa’s largest secondhand clothing market.Show and documentary producers Antony Njoroge, left, and Sally Ngoiri Continue reading...

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2 w. ago More than 1,800 tonnes of waste illegally dumped by one man and his firms across Wales

The owners of land where Stephen Williams dumped the piles of rubbish had to pay tens of thousands to clear it up

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2 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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2 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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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. ago How climate crisis is creating hellish conditions for waste pickers at Nairobi dump declared ‘full’ 24 years ago

Nairobi’s Dandora dumpsite continues to receive 2,000 tonnes of waste each day despite being declared full in 2001. Waste pickers who come each day searching for valuables to sell tell Nick Ferris how extreme heat and rains are making the work increasingly difficult

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