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Major Canadian banks TD and RBC hold mortgages for alleged Toronto mafia boss
Angelo Figliomeni was at the center of a media storm when police brought organized crime and money laundering charges against him in 2019. But the charges were never tried in court, and two top banks continued to do business with him, documents show.
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Wife found dead in car boot was strangled, as new CCTV footage of prime suspect is released
A woman found dead in boot of car was strangled, postmortem shows, as new CCTV released of prime suspect.
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Asylum seeker jailed for 10 years after raping 15-year-old girl
An asylum seeker who was allowed to stay in the UK – after several attempts to deport him – has been jailed for more than 10 years after he raped a 15-year-old girl.
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Police investigate potential criminal offence after Daily Telegraph columnist ’dumbfounded’ by social media post inquiry
Allison Pearson said she was "dumbfounded" when police turned up on her doorstep last Sunday and allegedly told her she was being investigated for a non-crime hate incident. But the police have said the investigation is into a criminal offence.
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Woman’s body discovered in car boot in east London
A woman’s body has been found stuffed inside the boot of a car in east London.
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Former prosecutor arrested in connection with murder of mayor beheaded in Mexico
A former prosecutor and local police official was arrested Tuesday in connection with the grisly decapitation of a mayor on Oct. 6.
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Urgent search for missing man scheduled to stand trial for rape
A man who is on trial for rape has gone missing after breaching his bail conditions.
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Man, 45, and four teens guilty of murdering two boys in case of mistaken identity
Four teenagers and a 45-year-old man murdered two boys with machetes in a case of mistaken identity.
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Dead drops, PR stunts, and punishment beatings: the swift rise of Russia’s powerful darknet drug industry
Tech-savvy organised crime groups profiting from billion-dollar enterprise that is spreading beyond Russian borders
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Sara Sharif’s father admits to beating her on the head with a phone months before her death but denies intent to kill her
Sara Sharif’s father told jurors he "did not intend to kill" his daughter, despite admitting he repeatedly hit Sara over the head with a mobile phone in the run-up to her death.
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Former Greater Manchester Police officer jailed for nine years for sexually assaulting child on duty
Dean Dempster, 35, also superimposed his face onto child abuse images and children’s underwear was found during a search of his home.
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Turkish police arrest 270 individuals suspected of being part of a major organized crime network
In a sweeping operation against organized crime, Turkish authorities have arrested hundreds of individuals believed to be part of a notorious crime syndicate led by Ramazan Bayğara.
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Boy last seen in cartel kidnap video among 11 found dead in pickup truck in Mexico
Among the many horrifying videos posted online amid Mexico’s drug cartel violence, few have been as profoundly shocking as that of a 14-year-old boy kidnapped in late October along with about a dozen family members in the country’s south.
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Man cried, ‘it’s the end of my life,’ after being fatally stabbed in market machete attack
A man who was stabbed to death with an 18-inch blade in south London yesterday cried ‘it’s the end of my life’ as he lay on the floor.
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Man convicted of insider trading connected to firm with state cannabis contracts
Michael Shvartsman was convicted of insider trading, while Eric Hannelius settled without admitting or denying guilt. Both men were involved in a company with contracts to track legal marijuana in Florida and other states.
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Brothers sentenced to 69 years for involvement in attempted double murder during London ’ambush’
Two brothers have been sentenced to a total of 69 years in prison for a stabbing and double shooting in northwest London.
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Leigh Pateman confesses to the murder of Ellen Marshall, who died two years after he set her on fire
Pateman caused "significant burns" to Ms Marshall after he poured petrol over her and set the fuel alight in Skegness in April 2021.
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FA launches new investigation into Premier League boss over historical child sex abuse allegations
The man also still faces civil action from a woman who claims he raped her at his home when she was 15
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James Barlow: The mysterious figure behind online mushroom trafficking?
James Barlow, a Las Vegas resident, was taken into custody by federal law enforcement and sentenced to three years in jail for running a global dark web hallucinogenic mushroom marketplace.
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Father and son sentenced for plotting hitwoman murder
A father and son who "recruited" a woman from the US in a plot to kill a Birmingham shopkeeper have been jailed.
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Woman who abducted and sexually assaulted girl, 14, jailed
Pearce admitted grooming, abduction and sexual activity with a child in September 2022 and she was ordered not to contact the girl.
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Chinese over-the-counter (OTC) trader has been linked to laundering millions of dollars for North Korean hackers
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT detailed how the Chinese trader had been helping Lazarus Group launder funds since 2022.
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A scammer accused of stealing 4,100 Bitcoin has appeared in a U.S. court facing charges of wire fraud
Malone Lam and co-conspirator exploited victim’s trust through fake support calls, extracting over $274 million in crypto.
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A human head has been discovered in the street following a major road accident in Edinburgh
A decapitated head was reportedly found on a street in central Edinburgh last night, with bars evacuated in a large police response to a road accident.
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A 15-year-old boy who fatally stabbed a teenager he did not know in Birmingham has been sentenced to life in prison
Muhammad Hassam Ali, 17, was killed by stranger after a four-minute conversation in city centre