Arrest News

Rome - An Italian judge warned Tuesday that a "new type" of mafia organisation has taken root in Italy, after police discovered a money-laundering operation headed up by a mobster nicknamed the "Bank of Italy".Giuseppe Pensabene, a member of the powerful 'Ndr...

Brazzaville - The self-styled political leader of a militia sowing terror in the Central African Republic (CAR) denied a police report that he had been arrested in north Congo and transferred to Brazzaville."Contrary to what has been said on foreign channels and in ...

Caracas - Venezuelan authorities said Wednesday they had arrested five intelligence agents for suspected ties to killings during protests against President Nicolas Maduro's government.On Monday, nine people were arrested in the same case including three SEBIN in...

New York Knicks guard Raymond Felton was arrested on gun possession charges on Tuesday after his wife's divorce attorney took a weapon that was allegedly his to a local police station, authorities said.

London - Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg is among four people arrested in Britain on Tuesday on suspicion of Syria-related terror offences, police said.Begg, 45, was arrested on suspicion of "attending a terrorist training camp and facilitating terr...

Mexico - The world's most wanted drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was captured by Mexican marines and publicly hauled away in handcuffs, ending his blood-stained reign after a 13-year manhunt.Stemming from US-Mexican coordination, the arrest deals a blow t...

Mexico - The reign of the world's most notorious drug trafficker came to an abrupt end Saturday when Mexican marines swooped on Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, a US security official told AFP.After 13 years on the run, Guzman was captured at ar...

Bangkok - Thai police arrested dozens of opposition protesters during an operation Tuesday to seize back besieged government buildings in the capital Bangkok, a senior official said.About 100 demonstrators were detained at an energy ministry complex on charges o...

Two of the Waterkloof Four have been re-arrested following a video they recorded in prison. In the video it appears they have smuggled alcohol into their cell, are partying, and looking hot for the camera.

The Hague - A global police operation by Interpol and Europol has seized more than a thousand tonnes of fake food and drink worth millions of euros, Europol announced on Friday."More than 1,200 tonnes of fake and substandard food and nearly 430,000 litres of count...