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From October 1, 2026 Austria reclassifies many 25 km/h electric two wheelers as L1e-B mopeds, requiring registration, insurance, a driving licence and helmet use, and banning them from cycle lanes. Authorities and rider groups warn of enforcement and compliance challenges for couriers and older users.
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.
The trailer for Prahaar, a film about public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam and the legal aftermath of the 26/11 attacks, was launched at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus on September 30, 2026. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis attended and praised the movie for carrying a social message beyond entertainment.
Investigators say a transnational criminal network channelled more than one million used phones through the Netherlands, repackaging them as new and abusing the EU margin VAT scheme, in an operation that has prompted raids and arrests across 19 countries.
Dozens of AI produced posters and coordinated posts on Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok helped spread calls to blockade high schools across France this week, investigators and news reports say, complicating efforts to distinguish grassroots student demands from outside agitation.
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.
Japan’s National Police Agency has formalised and updated a nationwide public private framework to trace, freeze and recover money lost to special fraud, a move officials say is aimed at choking off the financial lifelines of increasingly sophisticated overseas and domestic scam networks.
An Assam Rifles patrol was ambushed on Tuesday morning near Nampong Nallah in Changlang district, killing one havildar and injuring four others. Security agencies have launched searches and are investigating suspected cross border insurgent involvement.
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.
Dhaka police on Monday arrested 15 activists of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League from the capital residence of fugitive former MP Showkat Hasanur Rahman Rimon, authorities said. Officials said the group had gathered at the house for a private event and legal action is underway.
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.
Three episodes of vandalism, looting and occupation across Dhaka over 48 hours have exposed gaps in police response and renewed concerns about politically linked mob violence, prompting a formal inquiry and pledges of action from authorities.