Rio de Janeiro’s state government deployed hundreds of police officers early Monday to three of the city’s sprawling, low-income neighborhoods, saying it aimed to clamp down on organized crime groups. Security forces targeted not only the Mare complex of favelas by Rio’s
Police in Germany found more than 100 Syrian citizens inside apartments and other buildings that were searched Tuesday in connection with the suspected smuggling of migrants, German news agency dpa reported. More than 350 German federal police officers searched locations as part
Police have busted more than 1,000 cannabis farms across the UK, seizing plants worth £130million and in one case, £650,000 in cash. Operation Mille, described by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) as the most significant of its kind in the history
Six people have been arrested in Romania, Germany and Bulgaria in raids targeting a network alleged to have smuggled hundreds of migrants into Romania and Germany, authorities said Wednesday. Fifteen properties were searched on Wednesday, 11 of them in Romania, German federal
A German government spokesperson on Friday rejected the notion that comments by Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticizing climate activists might have prompted raids against them this week. Police on Wednesday searched more than a dozen properties across Germany linked to the group Last
The FBI has reportedly raided a condo owned by two Russian businessmen at Trump Towers in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. The Miami Herald reports an FBI unit raided a condo that was owned by businessmen Oleg Sergeyevich Patsulya and Agunda Konstantinova Makeeva’s
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered the release of former prime minister Imran Khan, whose arrest had sparked chaotic protests between his supporters and the government-back military throughout this week. Mr Khan’s backers danced in the streets outside the court building, celebrating the
Spain’s Civil Guard said Tuesday it had arrested 26 people in raids on illegal wells in the Andalusia region, as part of a widening crackdown on unauthorized water use amid a prolonged drought. The Civil Guard’s environmental crimes division said it had
Police across Europe arrested dozens of people, raided homes and seized millions of euros in assets on Wednesday, in a coordinated crackdown on Italy’s ’ndrangheta organized crime syndicate, one of the world’s most powerful, extensive and wealthy drug-trafficking groups. The operation, coordinated
A Kenai, Alaska, movie theater received an unexpected guest last week who was more interested in snacks than any of the blockbuster hits showing on the big screen, as seen on video. A young moose moseyed its way into the Kenai Cinemas