July 20, 2011
Armed robbers have invaded a luxury Rio de Janeiro hotel, robbing guests of money and phones, Brazilian police say. Four men scaled the wall to enter the Santa Teresa Hotel in central Rio early in the morning, officers said.
Rio authorities have been occupying several shantytowns to root out drug gangs and tackle violent crime.
But security is an issue for Rio as it prepares to hold World Cup matches in 2014 and host the 2016 Olympics.
The Santa Teresa hotel, located in the neighbourhood of the same name, offers "peace of mind and safety" to guests, according to its website.
But security cameras showed four men getting over the perimeter wall in the early hours of Monday.
The attackers stole from at least 10 guests, among them foreign tourists, Brazilian media reported.
The robbers escaped and there were no reports of any injuries to the guests.
Preparations
Rio de Janeiro has long suffered a reputation for robberies and violence.
Last August gunmen took a group of some 30 people hostage at the Hotel Intercontinental, in Rio's Sao Conrado area, after a gun battle with police in a nearby street.
The authorities have stepped up efforts to tackle violent crime, with police units deployed in recent months in several favelas.
The city is currently hosting the World Military Games, bringing together some 6,000 athletes from 113 countries.
The event is being seen as part of preparations for the World Cup and the Olympics.
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July 18, 2011
Two people were killed and two more were critically hurt early Sunday in a drive-by shooting in Little HaitiTwo people were killed and two more were critically hurt early Sunday in a drive-by shooting in Little Haiti, hours after a similar incident in Liberty City.
 For a second day in a row, Miami police found themselves investigating a drive-by shooting with at least one teenage victim.
Early Sunday, police responded to a drive-by attack in Little Haiti that left two men dead and two others in... Continue reading...
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July 18, 2011
Latin Kings leader was convicted Thursday of ordering a hit on a Lodi woman so she couldn't testify about a gang-related shooting. After 2 1/2 days of deliberations, jurors found Juan "King Black Rose" Rosario guilty of the attempted murder of Monica Penalba of Lodi in February 2005.
The jurors also convicted him of aggravated assault and conspiracy to commit murder, but they acquitted him of two weapons charges.
Rosario faces up to 20 years in prison on the attempted murder conviction when he i... Continue reading...
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July 6, 2011
7 of the Largest Drug Busts in HistoryThe war on drugs has been going on for sometime now, but it’s nowhere near eradicating the whole drug problem. Sure, governments have scored major drug busts over the years, but drug cartels continue operating with relative impunity, as if the seizures listed below were no more than just operational hiccups. 
In fairness to law enforcers, the drug busts they’ve done are quite impressive as far as the amount of drugs confiscated and its estimated street ... Continue reading...
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July 6, 2011
DEALERS behind a drugs den where police found more than £30,000 of cocaine are today behind bars.  A huge stash of the class A drug was found, along with cash and Rolex watches, when officers raided two homes in Gateshead after residents complained the pushers were making life a misery for the community.
But now two men responsible for storing the drugs at the houses on Moorcroft Gardens in Lobley Hill have been jailed.
George Kelly, 39, will spend two-and-a-half years inside, while Brian Hall...
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July 6, 2011
Customs Make £5.8m Drug Haul In Frozen ChipsA man has been accused of smuggling £5.8 million-worth of heroin, cocaine and cannabis in bags of frozen chips.
Otto Landman, from Eesveen in the Netherlands, appeared at Dover Magistrates' Court today.
He denied attempting to smuggle the drugs into the UK and was remanded in custody.
Officers stopped a Dutch registered lorry on June 30 at the inward freight controls of Dover's Eastern Docks.
When they searched the vehicle and its load of frozen chips... Continue reading...
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July 6, 2011
£130k cannabis haul 'smuggled from China
26-year-old man has been in court in Belfast charged in connection with what a magistrate described as a "sophisticated and organised" drug smuggling operation between China and Northern Ireland.
Jianren Yu from Castlereagh Street in the east of the city was charged with having £130,000 worth of cannabis with intent to supply five days ago.
A detective said the drugs were found in a package which had been delivered to Yu's address where he lived with hi... Continue reading...
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July 6, 2011
Armed police have stormed the Mongrel Mob's Wairoa headquarters, arresting nine gang members and charging two over a shooting in the northern Hawke's Bay town last year.
A 17-year-old man was shot in the chest with a shotgun in an "altercation" with Black Power members outside the headquarters in October.Detective inspector Ross Pinkham said of the nine arrested, several were senior mob members. They will be charged with offences including participating in a criminal group and offering to ... Continue reading...
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July 6, 2011
Steroid use led to my stepson's murder,Former gangster Dave Courtney said. Former gangster Dave Courtney told today he feared his stepson's steroid use may have prompted a row that led to him being shot dead in his car.
Cage fighter Genson Courtney was gunned down in a gangland-style assassination as he got into a VW Golf outside the home of his girlfriend Ginny in Greenwich.
His stepfather, who was jailed in the Eighties for attacking five men with a meat cleaver, paid tribute to the 23-year-ol... Continue reading...
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July 5, 2011
Florida murders: teenager accused of killing two Britons linked with feared street gang The teenage gunman charged with murdering two British tourists in Florida is linked to a notorious street gang that terrorised the Sarasota neighbourhood for two years.
The nickname Young Savage tattooed across the chest of Shawn Tyson ties him to leaders of the Second Line gang that operated in the district of Sarasota where the Britons were shot dead, according to a local crime investigator.
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