Prisoners thank Burnham as first early releases begin
About 5,000 are due out in stages over the next year, down from 6,000 after ministers excluded rapists and the most serious child-sex offenders.
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EU halts millions in budget support to Sierra Leone over fugitive Dutch drug lord
The Netherlands hopes a further €20.5 million in 2027 can also be blocked; talks among member states on that sum are still open.
Drug clan leader says she was asked to ‘eliminate’ judge who investigated Sánchez’s brother
Guardia Civil officers travelled in secret to Badajoz to question two members of drug clans approached by Leire Díez's network.
Dutch police arrest alleged ShinyHunters leader suspected of plotting murders abroad
The 24-year-old was seized in Amsterdam six days before the hacking group claimed to have broken into an FBI recruitment site.
19 months prison for Turkish comedian who ‘insulted’ Erdogan
He was acquitted of praising crime and criminals, a charge added later over a joke about an organised-crime family known as the Daltons.
Brussels prosecutor says regional MP asked him to free a prisoner
Under the criminal code, using an elected position to pressure a magistrate constitutes trading in influence, an offense that escalates to obstruction of justice…
French charity accused of ‘trafficking’ after children carried to Channel boats
Footage from a beach near Boulogne-sur-Mer shows volunteers in charity tabards leading migrant children towards dinghies bound for Britain.
Belgian law opens prison door for Bataclan attacks logistician
Bakkali, a 39-year-old Belgian-Moroccan from Verviers, eastern Belgium, helped with the logistics of several terrorist attacks.
Călin Georgescu arrested in early hours with huge police force
Officers of the organised-crime and terrorism directorate and the national police executed five home-search warrants in Bucharest, Mogoșoaia, Ciolpani and Buftea.
Berlin crime boss appears at Die Linke election party after party’s city-wide win
Issa Remmo was “pleased about Die Linke,” that he felt supported by a German party for the first time.
European Parliament calls for front-line anti-drug police to be classed as ‘high-risk’
Parliament wants more money, vessels and legal cover for the officers confronting trafficking networks in European Union waters.
Dutch man in centre of alleged police brutality turns out to have had drugs on him
Prosecutors say he ran when an officer tried to search him, was caught, resisted and then collapsed. He died at the scene.
Two women die in Brussels after knife incident
Officers found one woman seriously wounded inside the house and a second woman holding a knife. Back-up was requested.
Latvia sacks welfare minister caught driving at six times the alcohol limit
Driving with more than 1.5 per mille has been a criminal offence in Latvia since November 2022, not merely an administrative one.
Foreign nationals make up vast majority of theft suspects on Paris region transport
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Romanian prosecutors indict Andrew Tate and brother for trafficking a minor and money laundering
According to the indictment, the main trafficking allegations concern a girl who was 15 when she was recruited.
Gunmen in deadly Dutch village raid set off from Brussels
A security guard was shot dead and two police officers seriously wounded in Overasselt, in violence the Dutch justice minister has called unprecedented.
Maltese jury clears businessman of ordering Caruana Galizia murder
The acquittal has triggered street protests in Valletta and opposition calls to recall parliament, almost nine years after the investigative journalist was killed…
Swedish court convicts activist who named sex offenders on Facebook
Aggravated defamation carries a maximum of two years in prison. The court said the posts had spread so widely that they could not be regarded as justifiable.
‘Back to the Middle Ages’: Antwerp court ends email filing in criminal cases as budget runs short
Until now the Antwerp court had accepted electronic submissions and printed them so that the official paper file could be compiled.
Turkish comic who mocked Erdoğan rearrested on separate charges just after being released
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UK forced marriage unit takes 100 referrals for children aged 12 or under
The Home Office declined to give the age of the youngest child referred over the period, saying disclosure could deter others from coming forward.
Bronze Age gold vanishes in four-minute Spanish museum raid
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Crépol suspects shared Snapchat thread laced with anti-France abuse
Fourteen people of the attacking group remain under formal investigation for murder and attempted murder.
National emergency: Gun violence in Brussels outpaces the institutions meant to contain it
Federal and regional authorities agreed on 40 extra police officers, 20 mobile cameras and an additional infantry platoon at a security council.
Muslims make up nearly one in five prisoners in England and Wales, almost three times their population share
Shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy has published the figures alongside a demand for an inquiry into alleged forced conversions behind bars.
Jerusalem court acquits settler over attack on French nun, orders psychiatric detention
Prosecutors said he recognised the woman by her habit, ran at her, pushed her to the ground and kicked her.
German police union deputy chairman resigns over past accusations
Hüber said he had informed GdP federal chairman Jochen Kopelke, the executive federal board and the federal control committee after intensive discussions.
German police union deputy faces sworn claims over East German border past
The same witness states that Hüber then kicked the prisoner three times in the face as a Stasi transporter arrived to take him away.
Mohammed VI pardons 634 as Moroccan offender numbers increase in Europe
The King used a religious holiday to release extremism convicts by decree, days after tens of thousands crossed into Ceuta