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Chris Dawson: Husband faces murder trial over 1982 disappearance of wife

September 26, 2020 World Justice News 0

A former Australian school teacher accused of killing his wife – in a case that was the subject of a popular crime podcast – will face trial for murder, a judge has ruled. Chris Dawson, […]

Chinese students in Australia targeted in virtual kidnapping scam

July 27, 2020 World Justice News 0

Chinese students in Sydney are being targeted in a kidnapping scam forcing them to pay massive ransoms to fraudsters, Australian police say. In many cases, blackmailed students were forced to stage their own kidnapping and […]

UK ski instructor jailed for rape and assault in Australia

August 18, 2019 World Justice News 0

A British ski instructor has been jailed for 10 years for raping a woman and physically assaulting her male friend in a resort town in Australia. Matthew James Williams, 29, attacked the pair on a […]

Australia drug bust: Four UK men arrested over huge MDMA haul

August 14, 2019 World Justice News 0

Six people including four British men have been arrested in Australia and New Zealand in one of the region’s largest-ever drug seizures. Australian police said the bust was connected to a UK-based organised crime syndicate […]

Australia and US make record crystal meth bust

February 8, 2019 World Justice News 0

Australian police have arrested six people in Victoria and New South Wales after the biggest seizure of crystal methamphetamine in US history. Authorities say the 1,728kg (3,800lb) stash – the largest ever intercepted drug shipment […]

Email scam: Nigerian ‘ran ring from Sydney detention centre’

September 14, 2018 World Justice News 0

Australian police have charged a man they say was running a multi-million dollar email scam from inside an immigration detention centre in Sydney. The Nigerian man, 43, headed a fraud ring which sent fake messages […]

Australian rent-a-grave law to be reviewed

August 24, 2018 World Justice News 0

A controversial law in Australia’s New South Wales that allows graves to be “rented out” is going to a public inquiry, reports say. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the NSW government is going to review […]

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Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

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Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

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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 […]