Hiding in plain sight: how Sicily’s mafia godfather eluded capture for 30 years
‘Heads in the sand’: code of silence in Sicilian town that sheltered mafia boss
Italian police find suspected ‘secret bunker’ of captured mafia boss
Captured mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro was living in modest apartment
Matteo Messina Denaro: how fast-living mafioso evaded police for 30 years
Tipoff about medical care led to arrest of mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro
Andrew Tate appeals against detention in Romania during investigation
December 2022
The age of extinction
Animal CSI: using simulated crime scenes to help catch poachers – a photo essay
South Africa’s Wildlife Forensic Academy uses a stuffed rhino, lion and giraffe to equip students and rangers with the skills needed to convict wildlife criminals
As Mexico’s epidemic of violence rages on, authorities seem powerless to stop it
With more than 26,000 murders this year, it is clear the president’s strategy of using the military to control the crime gangs has failed
Cracking apps: are crimefighters going too far to bring down cartels?
Deciphering encryption is said to have upended a vast drug network, but some say the method should worry us all
November 2022
Six men charged over international drug ring after Sydney dawn raids seize cash, cocaine and crypto
NSW police say several transnational organised criminal networks were collaborating on drug imports
October 2022
‘There’s only one way to deal with a rat – put it down’: the undercover officer who infiltrated Liverpool’s gangs
‘Everyone struggled’: life in UK’s unregulated supported housing
UK crime gangs rake in millions through supported housing, say police
Two brothers jailed after admitting murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia
September 2022
Gun crime rising in two-thirds of police force areas in England and Wales
Exclusive: analysis reveals firearms offences have increased in 29 out of 43 forces over past decade
August 2022
Rise in Albanian asylum seekers may be down to criminal gangs
Graeme Biggar appointed director general of National Crime Agency
July 2022
Calls for crackdown on gangs in South Africa after spate of gun attacks
Spanish police seize underwater drug-smuggling drones – video