Record 8,500 foreign-born criminals who should have been kicked out of UK are back on the streets and still awaiting deportation, official data shows Findings review fears the Home Office is failing to tackle the problem More than 2,400 offenders were waiting 60 months or more to be deported for their crimes Conservative MP Philip … Read more
Although the Second World War ended nearly 75 years ago, the hunt for Nazi war criminals continues as a specialist unit battles to bring the last living perpetrators to justice. Jens Rommel heads up a small team at the Central Office for the Investigation of National Socialist [Nazi] Crimes dedicated to scouring the world for … Read more
The coronavirus lockdown is providing rich pickings for heartless criminals. So far they have cheated victims out of £2 million, using the fear of Covid-19 to launch a wave of scams that experts describe as ‘sick’. TOBY WALNE and RACHEL WAIT advise you on how to thwart the fraudsters. FINES FOR BREAKING FAKE LOCKDOWN RULES … Read more
Criminals are continuing to use coronavirus as a weapon against police as they spit, cough or sneeze on officers during lockdown. Four thugs have so far been jailed for separate assaults on police officers in Kent and Dorset. It comes as the latest figures reported 38,168 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the UK with the death … Read more
Criminals pose as health officials to trick coronavirus victims into handing over financial details Gangs will exploit the outbreak to commit fraud and steal financial information School closures will also leave children vulnerable to online predators Stretched police forces will prioritise crimes as they turn to 10,000 volunteers Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should … Read more
Thousands of criminals in England and Wales owe £1.2billion in unpaid fees and fines as critics accuse offenders of ‘laughing in the face of the courts’ Money owed by criminals in England and Wales soared to a record £1.2billion Total amount imposed by courts has more than doubled in the last five years It means … Read more
Unfixable flaw in nearly all Intel chips released in the last five years could allow cyber criminals to hijack computers and wreak ‘utter chaos’ The flaw causes a security feature protecting computer memory to load too late This creates a short window in which expert hackers can run malicious code The issue stems from uneditable … Read more