A shooting at a popular resort in Mexico killed two female foreigners and three others injured on Oct. 20 evening, according to Tulum Mayor Marciano Dzul. The District Attorney’s Office in the Quintana Roo state said in a statement that …
A court in western Japan sentenced the leader of an organized crime syndicate to death on Aug. 24 for his involvement in four violent incidents, in which one died and others were injured. The Fukuoka District Court handed down the …
Police reported that at least three people had been wounded after a shooting incident Swedish city of Kristianstad. Local media, however, reported that no suspects had been detained. According to Swedish police, multiple loud explosions were reported in one of …
Bandits in Nigeria shot down a fighter plane on July 18, howver the pilot survived by ejecting from the aircraft, the country’s air force said. The Nigerian Air Force said on July 19 that one of its planes “came under …
Gunmen have kidnapped 140 students from their boarding school in northwestern Nigeria, according to local officials on July 5. Armed men stormed into the Bethel Baptist High School in Kaduna state and abducted most of the 165 students boarding in …
A bloody series of shootings, arson, and other gang-related violence has engulfed Port-Au-Prince in Haiti since June 1 forcing an estimated 13,600 people to flee their homes. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said criminal …
Escalating gang violence in Haiti’s capital has displaced thousands without access to basic necessities in just two weeks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said. UNICEF reported on June 14 that a surge of gang violence …
Australian federal agencies speculated that organized crime members have infiltrated the ranks of Qantas to bring drugs into the country. The results of the Australian intelligence-led Project Brunello claimed that up to 150 staff are linked to criminal activity that …
A gang shootout between gang members and police left 25 people dead including one police officer in Rio De Janeiro. The firefight reportedly started after police launched an operation at a favela in the Jacarezinho area of the city. According …
Gunmen ambushed a police convoy on patrol and killed at least 13 prosecutors and police officers in one of the most deadly attacks against law enforcement in over a year, said officials on Thursday. The ambush happened at Coatepec Harinas, …