Tag: crackdown
Peru: report highlights violence of protest crackdown
In Peru, the government has been singled out by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. A special mission from the IACHR had gone to the country to investigate possible human…
Major police crackdown in Årby – eight suspects arrested for serious drug offences
Shortly before 10pm on Monday evening, the police raided an apartment in the residential area of Årby in Eskilstuna. There were eight people in the apartment who were all arrested…
Floating packages were two tons of cocaine – see the police’s “record crackdown”
The “strange packaging method and the presence of a light device to enable tracking” indicate that the packages were dumped by a cargo ship to be picked up later, Italian…
Anti-corruption crackdown in Venezuela amid political purge
Colombian businessman Alvaro Pulido, partner of Venezuelan envoy Alex Saab, was arrested in the latter’s country. This comes as Nicolas Maduro’s government launched a massive anti-corruption operation in mid-March. In…
Large IT crackdown by Europol | SVT News
The trading site Genesis Markets has been closed following raids by Europol and police in 17 countries. 119 people have been arrested, eight of whom are in Sweden. Among other…
Mass arrests in crackdown on child marriage
Published: Less than 20 min ago full screen The Indian state of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Archive image. Photo: Anupam Nath/AP/TT Indian authorities have arrested around 2,000 people…
Devastating toll of drunk driving highlighted at launch of OPP holiday crackdown
News Local News Sara Neusteter has had 15 surgeries and countless hours of therapy after an impaired driver collided head-on with her vehicle almost eight years ago, killing her 54-year-old…
Tougher crackdown on criminal gangs in S election manifesto
There is a focus on measures against gang crime, tougher punishments and breaking new recruitment into gangs in the Social Democrats’ election manifesto. The manifesto is entitled Our Sweden can…
More arrests in drug trafficking crackdown
The arrest of five people in Six Nations and Port Dover brings an end to a nine-month investigation into drug trafficking police named Project Reunion. Six Nations Police announced the…
More arrests in drug trafficking crackdown
The arrest of five people in Six Nations and Port Dover brings an end to a nine-month investigation into drug trafficking police named Project Reunion. Six Nations Police announced the…