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05/05/2012 - France

Police find priceless paintings in Corsican carpark

Three renaissance Italian paintings and another by French old master Nicolas Poussin were found in a car park in Corsica Friday after a tip-off to magistrates investigating their theft last year ...

25/04/2012 - France

Burglar found through DNA on stone - one year after

French police have found a man who committed nearly 30 burglaries a year ago thanks to traces of DNA left on a stone he used to break in to a house.

17/04/2012 - France

Motorists queue to steal 3,000 litres of petrol

Motorists filled up with 3,000 litres of free petrol at a French supermarket service station on Saturday night.

12/04/2012 - France

Prison wardens blockade France's overcrowded jails

A woman prison warden was hospitalised in clashes with police outside a prison in eastern France on Thursday, trade unionists said.

07/04/2012 - France - Morocco

French man serves five months in Moroccan jail for having the wrong name

A Frenchman has been freed after spending nearly five months in a Moroccan jail for having the wrong name.

New York sets up all-crimes DNA database
04/04/2012 - International report

New York sets up all-crimes DNA database

New York’s Governor has signed into law a bill that makes the state the first to create an all-crimes DNA database. What will it mean to New Yorkers' lives.
 

28/03/2012 - France - United States

Strauss-Kahn called women 'equipment', leaked police transcript reveals

Former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn called women “equipment” when organising sex sessions between his friends and prostitutes, according to an alleged French police transcript.

The fight against illegal logging
22/03/2012 - World news explained

The fight against illegal logging

A new paper from the World Bank called Justice for Forests aims to help member countries - mostly in the developing world - to combat illegal logging through more efficient crime enforcement.

12/03/2012

African press review 12 March 2012

The bomb attacks in Nigeria and Kenya dominate this morning's African front pages.

09/03/2012

African press review 9 March 2012

African papers are buzzing with reaction to the Stop Kony 2012 video which has grabbed the attention of editors after huge numbers of hits on the internet.

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