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Dozens arrested as specialist team targets romance fraudsters and scammers

May 20, 2026 World Justice News 0

Dozens of suspected scammers and romance fraudsters have been arrested after specialist financial investigators uncovered organised networks of criminals operating across the UK and Nigeria. In just one of a series of raids this month, […]

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Nigeria’s suspected coup plotters deny treason charges

April 23, 2026 World Justice News 0

Six people, including a retired major general and a serving police inspector, have pleaded not guilty to plotting a coup to overthrow Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu. The defendants appeared at the Federal High Court in […]

Woman accused of helping group smuggle people on small boats to UK

March 31, 2026 World Justice News 0

A woman has been arrested for allegedly helping a people-smuggling organised crime group by laundering money. National Crime Agency officers arrested the 25-year-old woman at a house in Wrexham, along with a 25-year-old man in […]

Leading anti‑racism activist in Tunisia jailed for eight years

March 21, 2026 World Justice News 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 […]

Ryan Wedding leaves plane escorted by the FBI

Alleged drug kingpin and ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding arrested in Mexico after years on the run

January 25, 2026 World Justice News 0

Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder and alleged drug kingpin Ryan Wedding has been arrested in Mexico and will be extradited to the US after years on the run, FBI Director Kash Patel has said. Wedding, who […]

Nigeria’s ex-justice minister granted bail in $6m corruption case

January 8, 2026 World Justice News 0

A Nigerian court has granted bail to the country’s former attorney general, Abubakar Malami, along with his wife and son, who are facing money laundering charges. Malami, 58, was one of the most influential figures […]

Parking inspector and wife arrested for €1m meter theft

November 26, 2025 World Justice News 0

A parking inspector and his wife have been arrested on suspicion of embezzling more than €1m (£878,000) from a small German town’s parking meters. The unnamed municipal employee is thought to have taken coins out […]

Billion-pound money laundering network operating in 28 towns and cities in UK

November 21, 2025 World Justice News 0

Britons buying cocaine on a Friday night could be inadvertently funding Russia’s war in Ukraine. The National Crime Agency has revealed a billion-pound money laundering network is operating in 28 towns and cities across the […]

Australia police arrest ‘fortune teller’ accused of running $46m scam

November 13, 2025 World Justice News 0

A mother-and-daughter duo – one claiming to be a fortune teller and a feng shui master – have been charged over allegedly scamming almost A$70m ($46m; £35m) from “vulnerable” Vietnamese targets in Australia. The mother, […]

Two Major League Baseball pitchers charged in sports gambling scheme

November 10, 2025 World Justice News 0

Two pitchers for the Cleveland Guardians have been accused of taking bribes to rig pitches they threw at Major League Baseball games. The pitchers, Emmanuel Clase de la Cruz and Luis Leandro Ortiz Ribera, have […]

Human Rights

Ethiopian police arrest alleged leader of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring

July 22, 2026 0

Police in Ethiopia say they have arrested 17 suspects including the alleged leader of what they say is a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking network. The gang is accused of “the deaths of 60 migrants”, sexually […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]