POLICE

Several injured after intentional running over at German airport

Published on: March 24, 2023
13:54

Berlin, Mar 24 (Prensa Latina) Several people were injured when a man intentionally ran over them at the parking lot of Cologne Airport, in western Germany on Friday.

Haitian police break up extortion network

Published on: March 20, 2023
16:44

Port-au-Prince, Mar 20 (Prensa Latina) Haiti´s Police on Monday announced that it had dismantled a network in the Artibonite department extorting money from people intending to travel to the United States.

Vietnam busts drug trafficking network from Laos

Published on: March 11, 2023
10:31

Hanoi, Mar 11 (Prensa Latina) Customs authorities in the central province of Quang Tri coordinated with other forces to break a drug trafficking ring from Laos to Vietnam, VNA reported on Saturday.

Panamanian authorities seize drugs bound for Europe

Published on: February 21, 2023
00:30

Panama, Feb 21 (Prensa Latina) Panamanian National Police on Monday confirmed the seizure of 1,298 packages of drugs in a container coming from the United States and abound for Europe.

Crime on the rise in South Africa

Published on: February 18, 2023
00:15

Pretoria, Feb 18 (Prensa Latina) If you live or visit South Africa, you'd better hide your wallet, a piece of advice that comes from the latest crime statistics revealed by Police Minister Bheki Cele on Friday.

Chilean police seize 125 kg of cocaine

Published on: February 15, 2023
15:51

Santiago de Chile, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) Chilean police have managed to seize about 125 kg of cocaine (worth over million) and arrested four people deeply involved in the illegal operation, as informed by Manuel Monsalve, Undersecretary of Interior.

Ukraine announces purges among security and police personnel

Published on: February 12, 2023
09:43

Kyiv, Feb 12 (Prensa Latina) Ukraine's Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Aleksei Danilov, said on Sunday that decisions will be made on Monday regarding the removal of high-ranking officers in his area of responsibility from their posts.

Police forces in Brazil under investigation for coup events

Published on: February 3, 2023
08:11

Brasilia, Feb 3 (Prensa Latina) The Secretary of Public Security of the Federal District (DF), Sandro Avelar, affirmed that the police forces deployed to contain the coup attempt last January 8th are being investigated to determine failures and possible omissions.

U.S. Vice President to attend funeral of Tyre Nichols

Published on: February 1, 2023
10:53

Washington, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) Vice President Kamala Harris will attend today in the city of Memphis, Tennessee, the funeral of Tyre Nichols, 29, the latest victim of police brutality in the United States.

8 teen girls charged with murder in Toronto stabbing death

Published on: December 21, 2022
17:37

Ottawa, Dec 21 (Prensa Latina) Canada is nowadays shocked after police reported that eight teenage girls -who apparently met on social media- have been charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a 59-year-old man in Toronto.

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