Organised Crime

Britain suspends $2.5 mn investor visa programme for 'super-rich' to tackle money laundering, organised crime

Britain will suspend its top-tier investor visas, which require $2.55 million in investment, as part of a drive to crack down on organised crime and money laundering

'Top Dawood aide' Jabir Moti denied bail by UK court; Pakistan government vouches for his good character

The letter from Pakistan High Commissioner, Sahebzada Ahmed Khan, was submitted to the judge during Moti's ongoing extradition case hearing.

Thugs of Hindustan: How the lines between the organs of the State and organised crime blurred in India

Over the decades, the Indian state has been imitating its intimate enemy — the underworld — and has become much like it.

Uttar Pradesh’s Organised Crime Control Bill gives Yogi Adityanath government a tool for state terror and police excess

The Uttar Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Bill proposed by Yogi Adityanath government contains provisions which flagrantly contravene essential guarantees against the application of criminal law as laid down in the Constitution, and if passed could send the state closer to a reign of lawlessness and terror

UP govt introduces UPCOCA in Assembly; bill gives police more powers to combat organised crime in state

UP government on Wednesday introduced in the state Assembly a bill to enact a stringent law on the the lines of the MCOCA to combat organised crimes in the state.

Yogi Adityanath govt approves UPCOCA: Stringent new law against organised crime modelled on Maharashtra law

UPCOCA has been modelled on the the lines of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act to combat land mafia, mining mafia and organised crimes.

Rajnath Singh leaves for Moscow on three-day visit; India, Russia to sign two key pacts on terrorism and narcotics

Rajnath Singh is on a three-day visit to Moscow where India and Russia will sign two key pacts for cooperation in tackling all forms of terrorism and jointly fighting smuggling of narcotics

AAP in Punjab opposes proposed law against organised crime, fears it could be 'tyrannical'

Opposition AAP on Saturday asked the Congress-led Punjab government not to enact the "tyrannical" Punjab Control of Organised Crime Act (PCOCA) as they claimed it is bound to be "misused."

Organised crime including money laundering costs about $28.43 billion every year in Australia

Organised crime is costing Australia A$36 billion ($28.43 billion) a year, the criminal intelligence authority said on Thursday.

28 killed in Mexico's Las Cruces prison riot triggered by feud between rival groups

Rioting inmates at a Mexican prison slit their rivals' throats and beat them to death, leaving 28 dead and three wounded