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#art-theft
fromEntrepreneur
3 days ago
Paris food

It Took Thieves 3 Minutes to Steal $10 Million in Art. Here's Why Museum Heists Are Becoming More Common.

France news
fromAxios
22 hours ago

Priceless items are easy to steal. They're increasingly harder to sell.

Thieves stole three valuable paintings from a small Italian museum in a quick smash-and-grab operation.
Paris food
fromEntrepreneur
3 days ago

It Took Thieves 3 Minutes to Steal $10 Million in Art. Here's Why Museum Heists Are Becoming More Common.

A well-planned heist resulted in the theft of three valuable paintings worth $10 million from the Magnani-Rocca Foundation in Italy.
Chicago
fromTruthout
1 hour ago

ICE Presence Persists in Chicago as Raids Shift to Quieter Tactics

Federal immigration agents continue to operate in Chicago, impacting communities despite a reduction in visible presence since last fall.
#county-lines
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
10 hours ago

Rise in number of girls being identified as victims in county lines exploitation, data shows

An increasing number of girls are identified as victims of county lines exploitation, rising from 15% to 22% of cases in one year.
London politics
fromIndependent
1 day ago

Woman brutally attacked by gang in latest hijacking spree as gardai warn of nationwide surge

There is deep concern regarding gang violence following a controversial court ruling in Dublin.
#drug-trafficking
#ice
fromSilicon Canals
2 days ago
US politics

ICE confirms it deployed Paragon spyware inside the United States for drug trafficking cases - Silicon Canals

ICE is using commercial spyware domestically, raising constitutional concerns about warrantless surveillance and lack of oversight.
fromTechCrunch
2 days ago
US politics

ICE says it bought Paragon's spyware to use in drug trafficking cases | TechCrunch

ICE has utilized spyware from Paragon Solutions to combat drug trafficking and foreign terrorist organizations' use of encrypted communications.
US politics
fromSilicon Canals
2 days ago

ICE confirms it deployed Paragon spyware inside the United States for drug trafficking cases - Silicon Canals

ICE is using commercial spyware domestically, raising constitutional concerns about warrantless surveillance and lack of oversight.
US politics
fromTechCrunch
2 days ago

ICE says it bought Paragon's spyware to use in drug trafficking cases | TechCrunch

ICE has utilized spyware from Paragon Solutions to combat drug trafficking and foreign terrorist organizations' use of encrypted communications.
California
fromCalifornia Post
2 days ago

'Hotel California' cocaine found stashed in secret compartment during $1M bust

Police found $1 million worth of cocaine hidden in a car during a traffic stop in Merced after the driver and passenger consented to a search.
Environment
fromLos Angeles Times
1 day ago

$500,000 in stolen catalytic converters seized in L.A. County theft ring bust

Baldwin Park police dismantled a catalytic converter theft ring, arresting four suspects and seizing 1,800 converters valued at $500,000.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 day ago

Iceland boss: Security guards should carry truncheons to fight retail crime

The Independent emphasizes the importance of accessible journalism and the need for on-ground reporting in critical societal issues.
New York City
fromHoodline
1 day ago

Queens police seek two in Jamaica Ave robbery

A 25-year-old man was robbed and assaulted in Queens, with two suspects still at large as police seek public assistance.
DC food
fromBoston.com
2 days ago

Mass. man sentenced for illegally trafficking dozens of endangered animal parts

A man was sentenced for trafficking over 100 endangered animal parts, highlighting serious wildlife crime and conservation issues.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 days ago

Easter egg thief who was found by police cowering inside base of divan bed' jailed

Daniel Jones admitted to 33 thefts and breached a two-year criminal behaviour order 31 times, which banned him from all Essex Co-op stores.
London food
NYC parents
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 days ago

Feds Storm NYC Councilmember's Home, Seize Devices in Pre-Dawn Raid

Federal agents raided the homes of Councilmember Farah Louis and her sister as part of a corruption investigation into migrant shelter contracts.
#illegal-gambling
Pets
fromHoodline
3 days ago

Bronx Driver Threatened With Gun During Attempted Cat Theft

A Bronx driver confronted suspected cat thieves, leading to a gun being drawn, highlighting rising concerns over pet thefts.
US news
fromLos Angeles Times
3 days ago

Unsealed warrants reveal $200-million trust was on the line when SoCal farmer's wife was killed

Michael Abatti fatally shot his estranged wife amid a contentious divorce involving a $200 million trust.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
4 days ago

FBI Sting Operation Exposes Crypto Price Rigging Network as 10 Foreign Nationals Charged, Over $1M Seized

Federal crackdown reveals a network of alleged crypto price manipulation, highlighting increased enforcement risks for digital asset firms.
fromBrooklyn, NY Patch
4 days ago

Man Shot Dead On NYC Street, Suspect Still At Large: NYPD

Edwin Guevarez Jr., 40, was shot in the chest and right leg near 410 Wortman Ave., close to Jerome Playground in East New York, at about 9:10 a.m.
Brooklyn
fromNBC New York
4 days ago

Driver carjacked at gunpoint in East Village: NYPD

The four unknown individuals asked to be driven to a location but the driver denied the request. It was allegedly at this point that one of the individuals in the group showed a firearm, forced the driver out of the car and the group stole it.
Upper West Side
#cargo-theft
Information security
fromFortune
5 days ago

Cargo theft costs U.S. trucking $18 million a day and is 'unlike anything our industry has faced before,' logistics exec warns | Fortune

Cargo theft has become a significant threat to the U.S. supply chain, costing the industry billions annually.
New York City
fromGothamist
3 weeks ago

Cops need help finding $50K worth of walnuts that disappeared near the Bronx

Approximately 60,000 pounds of shelled walnuts worth $50,000 were stolen from two trailers in the Bronx, and New York State Police are seeking public assistance to locate the stolen goods.
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
3 weeks ago

Oh, nuts! State police searching for thieves who stole 60K pounds of walnuts from Bronx trailers | amNewYork

New York State Police investigate the theft of 60,000 pounds of walnuts valued at $50,000 from commercial trailers in the Bronx on March 2.
Information security
fromFortune
5 days ago

Cargo theft costs U.S. trucking $18 million a day and is 'unlike anything our industry has faced before,' logistics exec warns | Fortune

Cargo theft has become a significant threat to the U.S. supply chain, costing the industry billions annually.
New York City
fromGothamist
3 weeks ago

Cops need help finding $50K worth of walnuts that disappeared near the Bronx

Approximately 60,000 pounds of shelled walnuts worth $50,000 were stolen from two trailers in the Bronx, and New York State Police are seeking public assistance to locate the stolen goods.
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
3 weeks ago

Oh, nuts! State police searching for thieves who stole 60K pounds of walnuts from Bronx trailers | amNewYork

New York State Police investigate the theft of 60,000 pounds of walnuts valued at $50,000 from commercial trailers in the Bronx on March 2.
fromwww.independent.ie
5 days ago

Two men in court over alleged 6,400 drone drug delivery to Cloverhill Prison

Craig Doyle, 25, of The Paddocks Way, Adamstown, Lucan, and 30-year-old Adam Aspel, with an address at Corkagh Grange Way, Clondalkin, were arrested by gardai carrying out surveillance of drone activity on March 28.
Law
fromABC7 San Francisco
5 days ago

Police stop attempted Bay Bridge takeover by 85 unruly cyclists, seizing their bikes

Police and California Highway Patrol officers stopped a planned takeover of the Bay Bridge by dozens of cyclists Saturday afternoon, authorities said.
San Francisco
fromwww.bbc.com
2 days ago

Prison guard and gang jailed over contraband plot

Jason Thompson, a guard at HMP Isis, was suspended as the Metropolitan Police investigated his involvement in smuggling drugs and contraband into the prison. He was sentenced to four years and six months for conspiracy and misconduct.
UK news
London politics
fromwww.standard.co.uk
2 days ago

Moment brazen thieves calmly go through pub-goers' bags during 15,000 crime spree

Two thieves were jailed for stealing laptops from pub-goers in London's Square Mile, showcasing their audacity and professionalism in committing theft.
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
1 week ago

Traffic Violation! License Plate Reader Mission Creep Is Already Here

In December 2025, Georgia State Patrol ticketed a motorcyclist for holding a cell phone in his hand, captured on Flock Camera, raising concerns about ALPR misuse.
Privacy technologies
#illegal-immigration
California
fromCalifornia Post
4 days ago

Fugitive illegal migrant with long rap sheet smashes into ICE agent with vehicle

Xa Lee, an illegal migrant with a criminal record, struck an ICE agent with his vehicle during a traffic stop in Sacramento.
California
fromCalifornia Post
1 week ago

Border agents bust migrant sneaking into California in most unlikely of places

US Customs and Border Protection agents discovered an illegal immigrant hidden inside a gas tank of a vehicle at the San Ysidro port of entry.
California
fromCalifornia Post
4 days ago

Fugitive illegal migrant with long rap sheet smashes into ICE agent with vehicle

Xa Lee, an illegal migrant with a criminal record, struck an ICE agent with his vehicle during a traffic stop in Sacramento.
California
fromCalifornia Post
1 week ago

Border agents bust migrant sneaking into California in most unlikely of places

US Customs and Border Protection agents discovered an illegal immigrant hidden inside a gas tank of a vehicle at the San Ysidro port of entry.
US news
fromCbsnews
4 days ago

Major ghost gun trafficker busted in Brooklyn, prosecutors say

Martin Streich, a ghost gun trafficker, was arrested for creating and selling firearms linked to shootings in New Jersey.
Brooklyn
fromNew York Daily News
6 days ago

Video shows MDC Brooklyn inmates 'fishing' for contraband through window

Inmates at MDC Brooklyn attempted a contraband smuggling scheme using a rope and cellphone instructions from convicted killer Taxstone.
#human-trafficking
London politics
fromIndependent
6 days ago

Dublin armed robber reveals secret life and remorse after 20 years on the run

A man who committed 13 hotel robberies received a suspended sentence after nearly 20 years on the run and significant personal rehabilitation.
US news
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 week ago

The cockfighting business on the border: Illegal breeding farms in the US and birds sold for thousands of dollars to cartels in Mexico

Cockfighting links organized crime in the U.S. and Mexico, involving drug trafficking, illegal gambling, and violence.
NYC parents
fromFuturism
1 week ago

Quadcopter Drone Caught Trying to Deliver Hunting Knives to Inmates in Prison

Drones are increasingly used to smuggle contraband into prisons, posing a significant security threat.
#smash-and-grab
US politics
fromFlowingData
1 week ago

Cities with most ICE arrests

Arrest rates vary significantly across regions, with some areas seeing increases while others, especially those with sanctuary policies, remain stable or decline.
Miscellaneous
fromHoodline
3 weeks ago

NYPD Hunts Four In Brooklyn-Queens Burglary Pattern

NYPD released surveillance images of four suspects linked to a citywide burglary pattern across Brooklyn and Queens precincts, offering up to $3,500 rewards for tips leading to arrests.
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

35,000 pints of stolen Guinness, 950 wheels of pilfered cheese: can the UK's cargo theft crisis be stopped?

Dawber noticed 17 pallets of golfing equipment, stolen three weeks prior, worth about 1 million. He also found 18 pallets of Asics trainers stolen three years earlier.
UK news
Cannabis
fromIndependent
4 weeks ago

Cannabis grow houses were illegally hooked up to ESB supply to avoid paying massive bills

Cannabis grow operations illegally tapped into electricity supplies 24 times in two years, stealing approximately €540,000 worth of power to avoid bills.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Tonne of cocaine shipped from Panama valued at 80m seized by UK Border Force

This was a fantastic seizure by our colleagues at Border Force, and taking this amount of cocaine out of circulation will have deprived the organised criminals involved of millions in profits.
UK news
#vehicle-theft
Brooklyn
fromGothamist
2 weeks ago

Gowanus in 60 seconds: 5 luxury cars boosted from Brooklyn garage in overnight heist

Five luxury vehicles were stolen from an unstaffed Brooklyn parking garage in a coordinated early morning heist, with thieves leaving behind a Hyundai.
Brooklyn
fromGothamist
2 weeks ago

Gowanus in 60 seconds: 5 luxury cars boosted from Brooklyn garage in overnight heist

Five luxury vehicles were stolen from an unstaffed Brooklyn parking garage in a coordinated early morning heist, with thieves leaving behind a Hyundai.
London politics
fromwww.standard.co.uk
2 weeks ago

Racing team's 8,000 bike robbed by masked men with big machete' in Putney

Balaclava-clad robbers on a moped stole an £8,000 carbon bike from a British cycling team in Putney using a machete threat, damaging the vehicle and destroying a second bike in the process.
Law
fromQNS
4 weeks ago

Flushing man accused of running criminal enterprise that flooded Oklahoma's black market with $1.5 billion worth of medical marijuana - QNS

A Flushing man was extradited to Oklahoma to face 18 felony counts for leading a fraudulent medical marijuana licensing scheme that distributed approximately 1 million pounds of marijuana worth $1.5 billion from 2021 to 2025.
DC food
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

How infiltrating the mafia actually works, according to a former FBI agent

FBI agent Joaquin Garcia spent 24 of 26 years undercover, infiltrating the Gambino crime family as 'Jack Falcone' and successfully indicting 32 mobsters.
#smash-and-grab-raids
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 weeks ago
London politics

Luxury smash-and-grab gang jailed after string of raids across London

Seven men received 22 years total imprisonment after pleading guilty to smash-and-grab raids targeting luxury stores across London, stealing over £100,000 in designer goods from seven businesses over four months in 2025.
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago
London politics

Seven jailed over luxury smashandgrab raids

Seven men were sentenced for orchestrating smash-and-grab raids on London luxury retailers, stealing over £146,000 in goods across five successful burglaries between May and July 2025.
London politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 weeks ago

Luxury smash-and-grab gang jailed after string of raids across London

Seven men received 22 years total imprisonment after pleading guilty to smash-and-grab raids targeting luxury stores across London, stealing over £100,000 in designer goods from seven businesses over four months in 2025.
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Seven jailed over luxury smashandgrab raids

Seven men were sentenced for orchestrating smash-and-grab raids on London luxury retailers, stealing over £146,000 in goods across five successful burglaries between May and July 2025.
#license-plate-readers
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago
Privacy professionals

He saw an abandoned trailer. Then, he uncovered a surveillance network on California's border

California permitted federal agencies to install hidden license plate readers on border roads, creating a surveillance network that tracks all drivers despite privacy concerns and potential conflicts with state law.
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago
California

He saw an abandoned trailer. Then, he uncovered a surveillance network on California's border

California permitted federal agencies to install hidden license plate readers on border roads, creating a surveillance network that tracks all drivers despite privacy concerns and potential conflicts with state law.
California
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

He saw an abandoned trailer. Then, he uncovered a surveillance network on California's border

California permitted federal agencies to install hidden license plate readers on border roads, creating a surveillance network that tracks all drivers despite privacy concerns and potential conflicts with state law.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Man got caught in Oakland undercover pimp sting while out of jail in pending gun case, feds say

In the undercover sting, the undercover officer told Raybon, her previous pimp had beaten her and not paid her properly, to which (Raybon) explained he would treat her well, pay her well, set up photo shoots and help her build a regular clientele, and ensure she could make about $2000.00 a night, Assistant U.S. Attorney Ivana Djak said in court filings.
US news
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Suspected Peeping Tom sought by Oakland police

Oakland police seek a suspected Peeping Tom linked to six confirmed incidents in Maxwell Park since December 13, with similar cases possibly dating to March 2025.
London politics
fromwww.standard.co.uk
3 weeks ago

Moment undercover police swoop on bag thieves preying on City pub drinkers in Leadenhall Market

Undercover police arrested two men for stealing a backpack worth £1,335 from a pub customer in London's Square Mile using coordinated surveillance and CCTV evidence.
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

More than a ton of methamphetamine uncovered in Northern California drug busts

More than 100 law enforcement agents conducted high-risk search warrants across three locations. The first was an active methamphetamine lab in the 8000 block of Center Drive in Valley Springs. A second site was located in the 2000 block of Golf Road in Turlock, which contained all the equipment necessary to operate as a lab but was shut down before production began. The third site, located in the 900 block of Reno Avenue in Modesto, was used by the drug trafficking organization to store and distribute illicit narcotics.
California
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 weeks ago

Police seize gold bars, teeth and guns in unusual' drug gang crackdown

We did have an unusual seizure, we had a gold bar seized. I think it might be just indicative of the type of criminal lifestyle some of these drug dealers want to lead, the sort of bragging rights and things.
London politics
#prison-security
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Gang jailed for drone smuggling scheme likened to Uber Eats for prisoners'

A gang orchestrated drone deliveries of drugs, weapons, and phones into UK prisons, operating like a delivery service for inmates between December 2024 and February 2025.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Gang which used drones for prison drops jailed

A seven-member gang was jailed for using drones to smuggle drugs, weapons, and mobile phones into prisons across London, accounting for approximately 75% of all drone drops in the region.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Gang jailed for drone smuggling scheme likened to Uber Eats for prisoners'

A gang orchestrated drone deliveries of drugs, weapons, and phones into UK prisons, operating like a delivery service for inmates between December 2024 and February 2025.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Gang which used drones for prison drops jailed

A seven-member gang was jailed for using drones to smuggle drugs, weapons, and mobile phones into prisons across London, accounting for approximately 75% of all drone drops in the region.
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Activists arrested over 'mass shoplifting plans'

Fifteen activists from Take Back Power were arrested for allegedly planning mass shoplifting from London supermarkets to redistribute goods.
fromFortune
1 month ago

At least 20 communities with large warehouses are stealth targets for massive ICE detention centers. 'There was absolutely no warning' | Fortune

In a Texas town at the edge of the Rio Grande and a tall metal border wall, rumors swirled that federal immigrationofficials wanted to purchase three hulking warehouses to transform into a detention center. As local officials scrambled to find out what was happening, a deed was filed showing the Department of Homeland Security had already inked a $122.8 million deal for the 826,000-square-foot (76,738-square-meter) warehouses in Socorro, a bedroom community of 40,000 people outside El Paso.
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

Suspected L.A. copper wire thief goes into a manhole and refuses to come out

At 1:44 a.m., the Los Angeles Police Department responded to the 20400 block of West Germain Street, a residential neighborhood that's adjacent to Mason Park, after receiving a call of a possible wire theft in progress. The alleged thieves were targeting an underground vault owned by AT&T through a manhole, ABC7 News reported. The Times did not receive a comment from the telecommunications company before publication. Manholes can provide access to underground electric utility and telecommunications cables and wires.
Los Angeles
Miscellaneous
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

WATCH: Gang of Armed Robbers Blow Open Armored Truck in Brazen Highway Heist

Masked gang used explosives and rifles to attack and loot an armored cash-in-transit van on SS 613 highway in Puglia; police engaged, two arrests.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago

Who are the Toronto police officers accused of assisting organized crime? Here's what we know so far | CBC News

Seven active Toronto police officers and one retired officer were arrested in a York Region corruption probe, accused of assisting organized crime.
US news
fromWIRED
1 month ago

An FBI 'Asset' Helped Run a Dark Web Site That Sold Fentanyl-Laced Drugs for Years

An FBI-controlled informant ran a staff role on the Incognito dark web market while allegedly approving fentanyl-tainted pill sales linked to at least one death.
Environment
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

Border inspector finds protected birds in man's pants. Here's how he tried to explain it

A Tijuana resident smuggled two orange-fronted parakeets in his underwear and another smuggler hid 14 keel-billed toucans in a car dashboard.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Armed burglars raid jewellers in daytime break-in

Two masked burglars smashed Gregory & Co jewellers' front window in Richmond with a hammer and stole items while staff attempted to stop them.
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

Armed With Guns And Hammers, Thieves Steal $116K In Pokemon Cards

They blocked the door, kind of pointed some guns at some of the customers in the front, told everyone to stay back,
New York City
California
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

FBI raids East Oakland lot where thieves allegedly sold stolen gas for cheap

FBI and police raided an East Oakland property suspected as a chop shop selling stolen gasoline and storing stolen vehicles, seizing multiple vehicles and equipment.
US politics
from24/7 Wall St.
2 months ago

The Hidden Role States Play in America's Gun Trafficking Crisis

State-level disparities in U.S. gun laws create an interstate trafficking market: many crime-linked firearms originate in other states, correlating with law strength.
fromsfist.com
2 months ago

Wednesday FBI Raids Hit Alleged Chop Shops Across East Bay, Related to Suspected Diesel Fuel Theft Ring

Both NBC Bay Area and KTVU were covering the story that FBI agents raided four East Bay locations Wednesday morning, in what is apparently an investigation into a stolen diesel fuel ring. Both reports are short on details, but the Bay Area News Groups seems way ahead on this one, noting that the raids come "amid reports that a group of thieves had set up a station to sell stolen gasoline at an East Oakland chop shop."
US news
New York City
fromwww.amny.com
2 months ago

Members of auto theft crew stole their first car in Flushing during ten-week crime spree: NYPD amNewYork

An auto-theft crew stole several Hondas across multiple Queens precincts and conducted related commercial burglaries, including a Popeyes break-in and cash register theft.
US news
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Suspected illegal marijuana cultivation and sales operation busted at San Leandro home

Police seized about 300 pounds of processed marijuana, hashish, cash, and related materials during a raid on a suspected illegal cultivation and sales operation.
fromABC7 San Francisco
2 months ago

Massive law enforcement operation busts statewide fuel theft ring believed to be based in Oakland

The Greenfield Police Department in Monterey County is leading the operation. The department said it is part of a statewide theft ring in which people stole fuel from gas stations. Greenfield's police chief said two of his officers first discovered what was going on by chance. "We were lucky enough to have some officers that were on point and made an arrest during one of the several fuel thefts here in Greenfield, and that opened the box to this larger investigation,"
California
US news
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

Transnational jewelry theft ring busted after monthlong investigation, LAPD says

An organized theft ring operating since at least 2016 targeted jewelry and retail businesses across multiple U.S. states and abroad; two arrested, six suspects sought.
UK news
fromwww.standard.co.uk
2 months ago

Police swoop on prolific bag thieves targeting hotels in City of London

Undercover plain-clothed City of London officers arrested four suspects accused of serial hotel bag thefts and recovered stolen possessions.
fromNews 12 - Default
2 months ago

Police search for three people tied to iPad robberies across Brooklyn

According to investigators, the robberies happened over several weeks in December and followed a similar pattern. In one of the earliest cases, police say a man walking out of an Apple store on Flatbush Avenue on Dec. 5 had an iPad taken directly from his hand. No injuries were reported. Later in the month, on Dec. 22, police say a woman walking along State Street in Downtown Brooklyn had a bag containing an iPad taken from her. No serious injuries were reported.
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