‘These kids are violent, drunk on power’: can mafia children be saved from a life of crime?
Meet the judge taking mini mafiosi away from their families to see if he can break the cycle
German prosecutors announce country’s biggest ever seizure of cocaine
Tip-off from Colombian authorities led to haul of 35.5 tonnes worth £2.2bn hidden among fruit and vegatables
Bloodlines
Revealed: drug cartels force migrant children to work as foot soldiers in Europe’s booming cocaine trade
Exclusive: Guardian investigation shows white powder trail linking hundreds of vulnerable African minors with ruthless gangs
May 2024
‘Polycriminal age’ harming lives of millions, says Interpol candidate
Stephen Kavanagh urges law enforcement agencies to work with academia and tech firms to tackle ‘new era of crime’
India, gangs … or both? Who is behind assassinations of Canadian Sikhs?
Arrests in killing of Canadian Sikh activist offer glimpse of the nexus of underworld crime and alleged Indian hit squads
How can parents protect their children from sextortion?
Consequences of sharing nude images and subsequent threat of blackmail can be devastating. Talk to your child, say experts
March 2024
Olive oil becomes most wanted item for shoplifters in Spain
Gangs steal ‘liquid gold’ amid shortages and surging prices after extreme weather damages harvests
February 2024
Rotterdam mayor calls for end to lax stance on middle-class drug use
‘People are scared’: Sweden’s freedom of information laws lead to wave of deadly bombings
Co-op supermarkets given AI tech and 200 secure tills after 44% rise in crime
The age of extinction
Smoked monkey and whole sharks: the suitcase smugglers feeding Europe’s hunger for bushmeat
January 2024
Organised crime may be profiting from student loan fraud worth £60m – report
Gaps in regulation over franchise university providers leaving funding unprotected, according to National Audit Office
Ecuador is copying El Salvador’s war on gangs – but it will only add to the spiral of violence
Jordana Timerman
Latin Americans besieged by organised crime may be willing to overlook a turn towards authoritarianism, but at what cost, asks Buenos Aires-based journalist Jordana Timerman
The Guardian view on Ecuador’s gang violence: a domestic crisis with transnational roots
‘Meloni’s response left me stunned’: the Italian priest taking on the mafia
‘A bandage on a gunshot wound’: why Sweden is failing on gang violence
December 2023
Netherlands begins trial to make cannabis fully legal
Clash between criminal gang and villagers leaves 14 dead in central Mexico
Police still victim blaming in grooming gang cases, watchdog finds
