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Arrests in UK over Microsoft scam calls

June 28, 2017 World Justice News 0

Four people have been arrested in the UK following an investigation into scams involving calls from fraudsters pretending to be IT support staff. It follows two years of work by City of London Police and […]

Five arrested in ‘fully loaded’ Kodi box raids

February 8, 2017 World Justice News 0

Five people have been arrested, accused of selling set-top boxes modified to stream subscription football matches, television channels and films for free. The sale of so-called “fully loaded Kodi boxes” has been called a “top […]

Four arrested over attack live-streamed on Facebook

January 5, 2017 World Justice News 0

Four people have been arrested in the US city of Chicago over a video live-streamed on Facebook, in which a bound and gagged man was assaulted. The man being assaulted has special needs, police say. […]

M62 SHOOTING: Five arrested on suspicion of firearms offences after Yassar Yaqub’s death

January 4, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

The shooting of notorious drug dealer Yassar Yaqub by police on the M62 has been followed by five men being arrested for alleged firearms offences. West Yorkshire Police told Express.co.uk all five men were arrested […]

Over 50 arrests at Million Mask March

November 5, 2016 World Justice News 0

Central London erupted into anarchic scenes as riot police attempted to disperse the crowds at the end of the Million Mask March. Thousands of people descended on central London for the Million Mask March which saw police make over […]

3 held in German bomb plot raid

October 8, 2016 World Justice News 0

Three people have been arrested after German police found several hundred grams of explosives in an apartment they raided in connection with a Syrian man suspected of planning a bomb attack in the eastern city […]

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Self-styled ‘king of Germany’ goes on trial accused of heading criminal group

November 8, 2026 0

A self-declared “king” of Germany has gone on trial in Düsseldorf accused of leading a criminal organisation along with three other men described as his senior “subjects”. Peter Fitzek, 61, who calls himself Peter the […]

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Kenyan doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie given life sentence for murdering 191 people

November 6, 2026 0

A Kenyan court has sentenced the leader of a doomsday cult, Paul Mackenzie, to 200 years in prison for murdering 191 people, all but one of them children. Alongside 28 others, Mackenzie was found guilty […]

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All 548 death row inmates in California to have sentences changed to life in prison

November 6, 2026 0

Governor Gavin Newsom said he’ll commute all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He made the announcement as he prepares to leave office after eight years in […]