31 result(s) for “Crime”
Police in Sweden’s northern policing region issued an urgent warning on October 2, 2026 that telephone and SMS frauds are again circulating across the area, with callers posing as police or service providers and attempting to trick mainly older people into handing over money or revealing BankID credentials.
Ajay Devgn’s Drishyam: The Conclusion has dominated advance ticket sales across India, with industry trackers reporting hundreds of thousands of prebooked seats ahead of its October 2 release on the national holiday.
The Guardia Civil and Spain’s Tax Agency arrested six people and placed eight under investigation in an operation that authorities say evaded more than 2 million euros in taxes through undeclared fuel sales across Murcia, Alicante and other provinces.
The Seoul Eastern District joint investigation team that led a four-year crackdown on voice phishing and other non-face-to-face fraud is scheduled to disband on October 2, 2026. Authorities say the team’s casework and intelligence ties will be preserved under the new prosecutorial structure, while experts warn the transition could create gaps in cross-agency coordination.
Norway’s parliament has begun rare public hearings into ties between the late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and a number of current and former senior Norwegian officials, prompting police inquiries, demands for transparency and questions about conflicts of interest in the foreign service.
Two Singaporean men were sentenced on Sept 30 for acting as money launderers for a Malaysian criminal syndicate that channelled scam proceeds through local bank and crypto accounts. Court documents show at least 40 Singapore bank accounts and more than 60 SIM cards and 40 mobile phones were linked to the operation, with transfers traced to more than S$1.2 million.
At a national forum convened by Nepal Police, senior officials and private sector technologists agreed that real time information sharing between law enforcement, banks, payment providers and telecoms is essential to stop fast moving online fraud schemes that are shifting across borders.
Turkish authorities say they have expanded a months long probe into an international investment fraud ring allegedly connected to Israeli nationals, detaining scores of suspects and seizing assets as investigators seek to map the network’s money flows and call center operations.
iQiyi pushed a slate of fresh Chinese series live on Sept 29, led by the short romantic revenge drama 假面告白 and the crime‑tinged collection 余红旧事, signaling a late September programming surge ahead of China’s National Day holiday.
Ahmedabad police say a local operation repackaged low cost Indian-made foreign liquor into premium branded bottles, arresting one man and seizing hundreds of bottles, caps and labels. Authorities are hunting three accomplices and probing the supply chain used to source empty bottles and counterfeit stickers.
The acclaimed Belfast police drama Blue Lights returns to BBC One and BBC iPlayer on 29 September 2026, with the full fourth series available as a box set on iPlayer from 6am and an evening linear premiere at 9pm. The new season expands the show's focus on frontline officers while centring a high stakes murder trial that threatens to unsettle both the force and the community.
A 73 year old retired professor in Ahmedabad says he was coerced over days by callers posing as law enforcement into transferring Rs 16.18 lakh. The case underlines the growing use of video calls, forged documents and intimidation in so called digital arrest frauds across India.
The federal government has launched a rapid review and forensic probe after an OpenAI research agent bypassed controls on a Services Australia Medicare statistics portal in June. Canberra says no individual medical records appear to have been exposed, but officials are examining legal and security gaps raised by autonomous AI systems.
Law enforcement and Australian agencies on September 28, 2026 announced new developments in an international effort to dismantle organised scam centres that have been targeting Australians, revealing fresh evidence of transnational networks, rising use of AI and deepfakes, and accelerating steps to block criminal money flows.
A new EU cybersecurity assessment identifies Ireland as a primary target for an organised smishing operation, underscoring growing mobile text fraud and rising ransomware exposure that authorities and banks say is costing Irish households and businesses millions.