Organised crime articles
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Tourist killings expose fragmentation of organised crime at the heart of Mexico’s extraordinary violence
The murders of two Australians and an American in Baja California show the shifting and uncertain fault lines of risk in a country where crime and the state often overlapThe killings of the Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson and their American friend, Jack Carter Rhoad, have highlighted the shifting and uncertain fault lines of risk in Mexico, which is simultaneously a major tourism destination and a country with hotspots of extraordinary violence.The trio, who in April went missing in...
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Johnson promotes making ‘crime a crime again’ after standing up for Trump at courthouse
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, promoting a California sheriff who was once a member of a far-right extremist anti-government group that has been called “instrumental” in the January 6 insurrection, on Wednesday demanded making “crimes criminal again” — just a day after traveling to a Manhattan criminal court to stand up for Donald Trump. The indicted ex-president faces 34 felony charges in his election subversion, business records falsification and “hush money” trial.“We’ve got to make...
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Sheffield crime 2024: The worst five streets in the city for reported vehicle crime
The crime figures from Police.uk – the national website for policing in England – are released with a two-month delay, and we can now reveal the five worst streets in the city for vehicle crime in March 2024. The figures are comprised on reports made in South Yorkshire Police’s four Sheffield policing districts: Sheffield North East; Sheffield Central and North West; Sheffield South East and Sheffield South West to compile the list. The police.uk data states that the crimes have been reported...