News about crime

Party funeral for British tourist murdered in Thailand Family and friends staged a party funeral to bid farewell to Hannah Witheridge, one of two British tourists murdered on a Thai holiday island.

11 October 2014

Tazhayakov to testify against Tsarnaev Kazakhstani Azamat Tazhayakov is willing to testify against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the prime Boston marathon bombings suspect.

10 October 2014

Funeral held for nine Niger peacekeepers killed in Mali Nine UN peacekeepers killed last week in Mali were buried in the Niger capital Niamey.

09 October 2014

Twitter sues US to disclose more on secret data orders Twitter sued the US government, claiming its free speech rights are being violated by restrictions on its ability to disclose numbers of secret orders.

08 October 2014

Mexico pressed to solve 43 students' disappearance Mexico came under growing international pressure to solve the disappearance of 43 students who vanished after they were attacked by police linked to a drug gang.

08 October 2014

UK police find suspect's body in hunt for schoolgirl's killer A body found in a London woodland is that of the Latvian prime suspect in the murder of schoolgirl Alice Gross.

07 October 2014

Kazakh Senate questions security of electronic tagging devices Kazakhstani Senate has questioned the safety and security of electronic tagging devices.

06 October 2014

OSCE should investigate war crimes in Ukraine: Kazakhstan Senate Speaker Kazakhstan Senate Speaker Tokayev has arrived in Geneva to speak about Kazakhstan's position on the crisis in Ukraine.

06 October 2014

Cyber crime costing US billions: FBI chief China is waging an aggressive cyber-war against the United States which costs American business billions of dollars every year.

06 October 2014

British PM confirms 'brutal murder' of Alan Henning by IS group British Prime Minister confirmed the "brutal murder" of aid worker Alan Henning by the Islamic State group Friday and vowed to bring his killers to justice.

04 October 2014

'Canadian Psycho' trial takes photo tour of crime scene The trial of Luka Magnotta took a grim photographic tour of the Montreal apartment where he butchered a Chinese student.

01 October 2014

Mexico probes disappearance of 57 students Mexican prosecutors were investigating whether local police officers were involved in the disappearance of 57 students..

01 October 2014

Reaction of Kazakhstanis to kidnapping tested A South-Kazakhstani TV channel has tested public reaction to kidnapping of a girl in Kazakhstan's southern city of Shymkent.

30 September 2014

Brazil gunman straps hostage with apparent explosives An armed man took an employee hostage at a hotel in the Brazilian capital Monday and forced him to don a vest apparently stuffed with explosives.

30 September 2014

Kazakhstan allocates $13 million for electronic tagging Kazakhstan has recently introduced changes to the Criminal Code. In this regard, the state will allocate $13 million for electronic tagging devices for monitoring convicts.

29 September 2014

British DJ Travis convicted of indecent assault Veteran British DJ Dave Lee Travis was found guilty of groping a female television personality in 1995, following a high-profile trial.

24 September 2014

White House evacuated after man jumps fence A man sparked an evacuation at the White House after he scaled and jumped over a fence and made it into the building before being captured.

20 September 2014

Decision soon on trial start for Boston bombing suspect A defense request to delay the US trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be decided soon.

19 September 2014

Russia places top billionaire under house arrest Russian authorities said they had placed a top billionaire, Vladimir Yevtushenkov, under house arrest, accusing him of money-laundering.

17 September 2014

Catalan leader's son denies graft allegations in court The son of a former president of Catalonia denied tax fraud and money-laundering allegations in court.

16 September 2014

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