India, Mozambique to ink security accord
July 11th, 2012 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) India is to sign a key security agreement with Mozambique on combating piracy in the Indian Ocean region during Minister of State for Home Mullapally ... Read more...
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Fourteen dismembered bodies found in truck in Mexico
June 8th, 2012 - 10:27 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Ciudad Mante, June 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Fourteen dismembered human bodies have been discovered in a truck in the centre of a Northern Mexican town on Thursday.
Local media believe that the ... Read more...
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India ready to help fight piracy in Africa
February 28th, 2012 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, Feb 28 (IANS) India has expressed readiness to contribute to international efforts to tackle the threat of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea."India stands ready to contribute to ... Read more...
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India, UAE sign pacts on terror cooperation, prisoners
November 23rd, 2011 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Wednesday enhanced their security cooperation by signing two agreements, including one on combating terrorism and organised crimes.
Home ... Read more...
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Pakistani court asks parties to expel criminals
October 6th, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 6 (IANS) Pakistan's Supreme Court Thursday asked all political parties to expel criminals from their ranks in a verdict over the lawlessness in the port city of Karachi, ... Read more...
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Brothel business booming Down Under
March 14th, 2011 - 5:14 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar 14 (ANI): Melbourne is witnessing a huge increase in the number of sex parlours - more than 2500 are now registered to operate freely across suburban locations.Victorian Government data has ... Read more...
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Police nab arms smuggler
March 5th, 2011 - 12:47 am ICT by IANS
Gorakhpur, March 4 (IANS) Police Friday arrested an arms smuggler from Bihar and seized pistols and magazines from him, an officer said.Shyam Kumar was nabbed from Chauri Chaura town in ... Read more...
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Clothes dipped in liquid cocaine found in Italy drug bust
February 5th, 2011 - 3:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 5 (ANI): A drug trafficking ring that used clothes dipped in liquid cocaine to smuggle the drug into Italy from the Dominican Republic has been busted by the Italian police. ... Read more...
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Vodafone mobile records leaked
January 9th, 2011 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan.9 (ANI): Criminal groups have paid for the private details of some Vodafone customers to blackmail them. Other people have obtained logins to check their spouse's communications.The personal details, accessible from ... Read more...
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Meghalaya seeks public support against Garo rebel outfit
December 7th, 2010 - 1:15 am ICT by IANS
Shillong, Dec 6 (IANS) Ruling out talks with the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) rebels, the Meghalaya government Monday appealed to the public to extend their cooperation to curb the rebel group's ... Read more...
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Obama telephones Mexican president Calderon after Tony Tormenta’s death
November 7th, 2010 - 3:10 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- U.S. president Barack Obama on Saturday telephoned Mexican president Felipe Calderon after Friday's military operation in which one of the leaders of the Gulf Cartel was killed, ... Read more...
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Peruvian teen admits he murdered 10 people
September 17th, 2010 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Lima, Sep 17 (IANS/EFE) A 15-year-old boy in Peru has confessed to killing 10 people, including a pregnant woman, in the past three years, local media reported.
The boy, nicknamed Gringacho, surrendered before ... Read more...
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Arms seized from Mexican gangs come from US: Report
September 13th, 2010 - 9:24 am ICT by IANS
San Diego, Sep 13 (IANS/EFE) A vast majority of firearms seized from criminal organisations in Mexico come from the US, a study has claimed.
The study by the University of San Diego's Trans-Border ... Read more...
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Mexican mayor shot dead
August 30th, 2010 - 11:05 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Aug 30 (IANS) A mayor in a Mexican town was shot dead by gunmen, authorities said.
Marco Antonio Leal Garcia, mayor of Hidalgo town, was attacked when he was travelling ... Read more...
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Eight killed in Colombia shooting
July 3rd, 2010 - 9:09 am ICT by IANS
Bogota, July 3 (IANS) At least eight people were killed and nine seriously injured when a group of armed men opened fire at a bar in Colombia, officials said.
The armed men arrived ... Read more...
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Feds Arrest Dozens Of The Biker Gang
June 16th, 2010 - 7:38 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 16, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The federal authorities have arrested more than two dozen of the American Outlaws Association motorcycle gang on Tuesday. One of the bikers’ gang ... Read more...
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New Academy In California For Preventing Gang Violence
June 5th, 2010 - 7:49 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 5, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The organized crime in the California city has increased manifold as more than 400 criminal groups are operating in Los Angeles itself. To fight with ... Read more...
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6,000 kg chemicals, 4.5 tonnes cocaine seized in Venezuela
April 24th, 2010 - 12:25 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, April 24 (IANS/EFE) At least 6,000 kg of drug-making chemicals and 4.5 tonnes of cocaine have been seized from eight laboratories near the Venezuela-Colombia border, officials said.
"This has been one of ... Read more...
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‘Islamist extremists can destabilise Bangladesh’
March 23rd, 2010 - 10:26 am ICT by IANS
By Prashant Sood
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Most of the Muslim population in Bangladesh supports the secular state and abjures violence but Islamist extremists have the potential to destabilise that country, say ... Read more...
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U.S. State Department issues travel alert for those traveling to Malaysia
January 17th, 2010 - 1:35 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) – The U.S. State Department issued a travel alert Saturday for those traveling to Malaysia.The State Department alerts U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to eastern Sabah, ... Read more...
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India, US can do much more on counter-terrorism cooperation: PM
November 24th, 2009 - 9:43 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov.24 (ANI): Expressing his appreciation for the cooperation that India has received from the United States in the area of counter-terrorism in the recent past, particularly in the context of ... Read more...
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Problems remain for Swat people as Taliban turn common criminal
September 24th, 2009 - 5:44 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sep.24 (ANI): Problems for people in Swat and Malakand Divisions are far from over as the crime rate in the valley has witnessed a sudden rise in the recent past.With ... Read more...
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Nepal home ministry report says only 12 out of 110 armed groups political
September 7th, 2009 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Sep 7 (ANI): According to a report prepared by the Nepal home ministry, only 12 out of 109 armed groups active in the country are political, while 70 of them are ... Read more...
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Taliban using ‘organized crime’ in Karachi to fund their ‘terror business’: NYT
August 29th, 2009 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Aug.29 (ANI): Taliban insurgents have resorted to 'organized crime' to generate funds for their militant activities being carried out in the lawless northwestern Pakistan, and the banned outfit has ... Read more...
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Pruning VIP security: a tough call for government
July 12th, 2009 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Murali Krishnan
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) The government has been quick to decide on not upgrading Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi's security cover to the Z plus category, ... Read more...
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Five killed, 17 wounded in Kandahar suicide bomb attack
April 9th, 2009 - 9:29 pm ICT by ANI
Kandahar (Afghanistan), Apr.9 (ANI): At least five people were killed and 17 wounded when a suicide bomber attacked a police drug eradication unit in southern Afghanistan on Thursday.The Taliban claimed responsibility ... Read more...
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Afghan football coach, players disappear in Germany
March 4th, 2009 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, March 3 (DPA) A trainer and three members of an Afghan youth football team who were training for an upcoming regional competition have disappeared from their hotel in Germany, officials said ... Read more...
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Rise in heroin smuggling from Pakistan to India: US report
February 28th, 2009 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 28 (IANS) Heroin smuggling into India from Afghanistan and Pakistan has increased over the last two years with West Africans often arrested as carriers, says a new State Department report.
"This ... Read more...
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Seven prisoners injured in Jharkhand
February 8th, 2009 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Feb 8 (IANS) At least seven undertrial prisoners were injured in a clash between two criminal groups in Dhanbad jail Sunday, police said.
Prisoners Sanjay Mahto and Diwakar Mahto, who were ... Read more...
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Online crooks stealing Facebook profiles for just 89p!
December 16th, 2008 - 6:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, December 16 (ANI): A probe by security experts has revealed that cyber criminals tend to work up a fortune by selling stolen Facebook profiles for an amount as low as ... Read more...
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Ex-ISI chief Gul is on US wanted list for links with Taliban, al-Qaeda
December 7th, 2008 - 10:27 am ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Dec.7 (ANI): Former Inter-Services Intelligence chief Lt. General (retired) Hamid Gul is said on the United States most wanted list for his alleged links to the Taliban and al-Qaeda networks, ... Read more...
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192 militants killed in Russia’s North Caucasus in 2007
April 10th, 2008 - 11:27 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Grozny (Russia), April 10 (RIA Novosti) A total of 192 militants and armed gang members were killed and more than 700 arrested in anti-terrorist operations in Russia's North Caucasus last year, ... Read more...
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Online drug trafficking from India on rise, says top official
March 5th, 2008 - 8:23 pm ICT by admin
By Sahil Makkar
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Narcotics traffickers in Europe and Africa are increasingly procuring online from India pharmaceutical drugs with psychotropic substances, officials here say. Websites offering such pharmaceutical products ... Read more...
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Oz police struggling to spy on “innovative” Muslim extremists
November 14th, 2007 - 8:29 am ICT by admin
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Early polls for Constituent Assembly will benefit Nepal, says Saran
November 14th, 2007 - 2:08 am ICT by admin
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