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Seven men on the run after escaping from New Orleans jail – maybe inside help

May 17, 2025 World Justice News 0

Seven prisoners could be “frankly anywhere” in the US after breaking out of a New Orleans jail. Authorities have been left wondering – how did they do it? The audacious escape saw 10 men flee […]

French prisoner ‘The Fly’ arrested nine months after deadly van ambush

February 24, 2025 World Justice News 0

A French convict who went on the run after escaping a police van in a deadly ambush has been arrested in Romania, French authorities have said. Two prison officers were killed and three others injured […]

Huge manhunt after prison officers killed in French prison van ambush

May 15, 2024 World Justice News 0

Hundreds of police in Normandy are hunting a prisoner who escaped a police van taking him to jail on Tuesday in an incident that has shocked France. Mohamed Amra, known as “The Fly”, was being […]

Alabama hunt for missing prison inmate and guard

May 2, 2022 World Justice News 0

US police are searching for an escaped inmate who is facing murder charges, and a guard who disappeared with him. Inmate Casey White and corrections officer Vicki White were last seen on Friday morning at […]

Honduras: Gunmen storm court building to free MS-13 leader

February 14, 2020 World Justice News 0

Heavily armed men dressed in military fatigues and police uniforms stormed a court building in north-west Honduras and freed a senior leader of the powerful MS-13 gang, officials say. Alexander Mendoza, known as “El Porky”, […]

Captured French gangster evaded police in burqa

October 4, 2018 World Justice News 0

France’s most-wanted fugitive Rédoine Faïd was tracked down by police through phone-taps and was discovered using a burqa as a disguise, prosecutors say. Faïd, 46, was detained on Wednesday in the town where he grew […]

Manhunt for rapist Bradley Tout after court escape

October 4, 2018 World Justice News 0

A rapist who leapt from the dock and ran out of court moments after being convicted is being hunted by police. Jurors at Worcester Crown Court unanimously convicted Bradley Tout, 20, of an attack on […]

Hurricane Irma: More than 100 high risk prisoners escaped

September 12, 2017 World Justice News 0

More than 100 prisoners escaped when Hurricane Irma hit the British Virgin Islands, Foreign Office minister Sir Alan Duncan has confirmed. He told MPs there had been a “serious threat of the complete breakdown of […]

Barefoot Murder Suspect Escapes Missouri Jail

November 15, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

By Nicole Hensley A self-proclaimed “outlaw” accused of slaying one man and wounding another is on the run after busting out of a southern Missouri jail barefoot late Monday, according to a local report. Alleged […]

Two escaped Pentonville prisoners left mannequins in bed

November 7, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Two prisoners have escaped from HMP Pentonville, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said. The police were called at 11:44 GMT. The escape was discovered when prison officers found two mannequins in the prisoners’ beds […]

Human Rights

‘The gravest crime against humanity’: What does the UN vote on slavery mean?

March 28, 2026 0

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity”. Welcoming the vote, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the wealth of many Western […]

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Leading anti‑racism activist in Tunisia jailed for eight years

March 21, 2026 0

A Tunisian court has sentenced human rights activist Saadia Mosbah to eight years in prison and fined her £26,000 ($35,000). Mosbah, who leads the anti-racism group Mnèmty, had been charged with money laundering and illicit […]

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Russian archaeologist can be sent to Ukraine for trial, Polish judge rules

March 19, 2026 0

A judge in Poland has ruled that Russian archaeologist Alexander Butyagin can be extradited to Ukraine, although his defence says he will appeal. Butyagin is being held in a Warsaw prison for allegedly conducting illegal […]