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Organised crime is killing more British, citizens than war, terrorism and natural disasters combined according to a new report by the National Crime Agency (NCA).

 A study into Swedish organised gangs and extremist groups has revealed that a mere five per cent of criminal suspects are responsible for over a quarter of reported crimes with suspects commonly coming from foreign backgrounds.

The supposedly all-important ‘soft’ border between the Republic of Ireland and the British province of Northern Ireland is being exploited by dangerous criminals, gangsters, and illegal migrants, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA). 

Arab and Kurdish crime clans are “systematically recruiting” refugees and building parallel societies in Germany, an investigation has found.

British farmers are being advised to protect their land with “medieval” fortifications as a “new breed” of organised criminals with links to human trafficking drive up crime.

NANTERRE, France (AP) — French investigators believe a team of four or five loyal accomplices carried out the brazen prison helicopter escape of one of France’s most notorious criminals.

Thousands of foreign gangsters being monitored as organised crime syndicate members have been awarded British citizenship, figures suggest.

French police have arrested four individuals in connection with organised drug dealing and have also found a massive arsenal of weapons including fully automatic rifles and anti-tank rocket launchers. The four men were arrested in the regions of Eure-et-Loir, Eure and

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) have called for a special meeting of the Berlin government over allegations that organised Arab criminal gangs have infiltrated the police force.

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Fighting organized crime remains Albania’s biggest and most difficult challenge, the U.S. Ambassador to the country said Monday.

An investigation by Spain’s most-circulated newspaper has revealed “a tale of illegal immigration, money laundering, and arms and drug trafficking, as well as tobacco smuggling” which is overwhelming the Mediterranean country.

The Sinaloa Cartel, the world most powerful drug trafficking group, has formed an alliance with Romanian gangsters to flood the UK with illegal and highly addictive drugs.

Amidst a wave of bloody, gang-related murders in Stockholm, and police warnings that the situation is likely to get worse, a report has found 94.5 per cent of people identified as being involved in the Swedish capital’s violent, organised crime scene have a migration background.

The European Union’s (EU’s) open borders policy has invited European street gangs into the heart of Britain, where they act with impunity safe in the knowledge that they can just as easily return home if threatened with the force of

A Panamanian shell company may have helped hide millions of dollars from the Brink’s-Mat heist, a British gold bullion robbery that is etched in criminal folklore, leaked tax documents allege. Dubbed the “crime of the century” by British media, the

In just one week British police have seized up to £2.5 million worth of heroin and over 175,000 pints of beer being smuggled in to Britain during a police crackdown on organised crime. The operation also resulted in the interception of £500,000 police believe