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Canadian ‘poison seller’ Kenneth Law faces multiple murder charges

December 13, 2023 World Justice News 0

A Canadian man accused of supplying a poisonous chemical to people who died by suicide is facing multiple murder charges. Police in Canada have charged Kenneth Law, a 57-year-old former chef, with 14 counts of […]

88 UK deaths linked to Canada ‘poison seller’

August 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

Dozens of people in the UK died after buying a poisonous substance from a seller in Canada, who is accused of helping people to take their own lives. The National Crime Agency (NCA) could not […]

£130m worth of cannabis, £636,000 of cash and 20 guns seized in UK-wide crackdown

July 6, 2023 World Justice News 0

Police have seized up to £130m worth of cannabis as part of a nationwide crackdown, described as the “most significant” operation of its kind in UK law enforcement history. Officers discovered more than 180,000 cannabis […]

Javad Marandi: Conservative Party donor’s link to massive money laundering probe

May 16, 2023 World Justice News 0

A top businessman whose foreign companies were part of a global money laundering investigation is a major donor to the Conservative Party. Javad Marandi, who has an OBE for business and philanthropy, can be named […]

Genesis Market: Popular cybercrime website shut down by police

April 5, 2023 World Justice News 0

One of the world’s biggest criminal marketplaces used by online fraudsters to buy passwords has been closed down in a global law enforcement crackdown. Genesis Market sold login details, IP addresses and other data that […]

The chef, the model and Rishi’s missing millions

March 11, 2023 World Justice News 0

The final three members of a money laundering gang which also stole £10m of UK taxpayers’ money after taking advantage of a covid loan scheme, have been sentenced. It means the the full story of […]

‘Six arrested, seven to go’: National Crime Agency’s new warning about the UK’s most wanted

February 13, 2023 World Justice News 0

Seven of the UK’s most wanted fugitives are still on the run, the public have been warned. The National Crime Agency (NCA) – dubbed the “UK’s FBI” – says it is still hunting for seven […]

US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew

January 27, 2023 World Justice News 0

The US has revealed it infiltrated a prolific cyber-crime gang to secretly sabotage their hacking attacks for more than six months. The Department of Justice (DOJ) revealed the FBI gained deep access to the Hive […]

People smuggling gang boss Tarik Namik arrested at Manchester Airport after going on the run

January 21, 2023 World Justice News 0

The boss of a Kurdish smuggling ring has been arrested at Manchester Airport after going on the run ahead of his sentencing. Tarik Namik failed to show up at court back in December and was […]

Sarah Panitzke: UK’s most wanted woman jailed over fraud

June 10, 2022 World Justice News 0

A fraudster who became the UK’s most wanted woman after fleeing to Spain while on trial for money laundering has been jailed for eight years. Sarah Panitzke, 48, from York, went missing in 2013 while […]

Human Rights

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

Human Rights

Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

Human Rights

France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]