All news on the topic: Crackdown

Shabana Mahmood pledged to “track down the vile rapists” behind the grooming gang scandal as she announced £100m in funding for police investigations.

In an unprecedented crackdown across the Middle East and North Africa, Interpol announced Monday that authorities have arrested 201 individuals linked to cross-border cybercrime networks.

Bogus barbers, sweet shops, and vape stores are being targeted in a fresh crackdown on both illegal working and serious criminal organizations using the high street as a front for criminal activity.

Nutella maker Ferrero has been raided by EU officials as part of an investigation into possible uncompetitive practices.

Reports suggest that ministers are secretly collaborating with Labour Members of Parliament who have reservations about a planned crackdown on immigration

Human rights organisations have raised concerns about an atmosphere of intimidation in Guinea-Bissau in the wake of a military coup and repression of dissenters

Recent statistics reveal that more than a third of the 222,000 individuals detained by ICE during Trump's initial nine months in office had no prior criminal convictions, contradicting assertions of focusing on violent criminals

Myanmar's armed forces have detained 346 individuals during a raid on a fraudulent operation centre in the Shwe Kokko region near the country's border with Thailand, the Ministry of Information reported on Wednesday

Georgia's prime minister, Irakli Kobakhidze, has unveiled a comprehensive crackdown on opposition, accusing protesters who attempted to breach the presidential palace of seeking to overthrow his administration and holding the European Union responsible for meddling in his nation

According to sources, North Korea's security forces have initiated a severe clampdown on women with 'capitalist' breast enhancements

Chinese authorities seize more than 90 BTC, handing down lengthy prison sentences in crackdown on crypto crimes in China.

A UK crackdown targets Balkan gangsters who used fraudulent Bosnian documents—just weeks after Bosnian journalists exposed the scale of the identity theft scheme.

Authorities in Cambodia have made a series of arrests this week, detaining nearly 1,000 people as part of an ongoing crackdown on cybercrime operations across the country.

Over the past year, thousands of UK companies have been removed from the Companies House register as part of a crackdown on corporate entities suspected of facilitating criminal activities in the UK and abroad.

Libya continues its crackdown on human trafficking gangs that torture migrants trying to pass from Africa to Europe.

Over the past 18 months, a persistent crackdown has eliminated any trace of independent media from authoritarian Azerbaijan.

Sheikh Hasina, now in exile in India, faces charges over a deadly 2024 crackdown that killed more than 1,400 protesters, including children.

Kyrgyz authorities have taken into custody four current and former members of the investigative outlet Kloop, as part of an ongoing crackdown on independent media.

In the latest wave of crackdown on independent media, Azerbaijani authorities target reporters linked to foreign-funded outlets and civil society.

The Libyan Attorney General accused the alleged traffickers of torturing migrants to compel their families to pay ransoms for their release.

US authorities seized $26 million in illicit assets in the operation targeting Russian-linked Garantex crypto exchange.

The Number 1BC platform rose in popularity following the law enforcement crackdown on SkyECC. Italy’s top anti-mafia prosecutor told the OCCRP: “IT experts ensure that organized crime’s digital footprint remains hidden from investigators.”

Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos have become safe havens for criminal syndicates conducting online scam operations and deceiving thousands into forced labor.