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Mexico City (AFP) - Mexico is the "champion" of production of synthetic drugs including fentanyl, the head of the country's criminal investigation agency acknowledged Tuesday, at international talks aimed at fighting the problem. The blunt admission came as visiting US officials called for a "more agile" joint approach to combating drug trafficking by powerful Mexican cartels. "Mexico has been the champion of the production of methamphetamine, and now fentanyl," Felipe de Jesus Gallo said. That had been "the source of the greatest wealth and power" for Mexican criminal organizations, he added....
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A Russian deputy defence minister has been detained on suspicion of taking bribes, a top law-enforcement body said on Tuesday. Timur Ivanov, who has held the post since 2016, was taken into custody, Russia's Investigative Committee said without offering any further details. The TASS news agency reported he is suspected of taking a bribe worth at least 1 million roubles ($10,000) and could face 15 years behind bars if found guilty. Ivanov is primarily responsible for construction projects overseen by the Defence Ministry, including in areas of Ukraine that were destroyed and occupied by Russia....
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The police in Iran intend to stick to their recently tightened checks to make sure women are complying with Islamic dress codes, the country's chief of police has said. Police units will continue the large-scale operation with "vigour, precision and intellect," said police chief Ahmad-Reza Radan, according to a report by state media on Tuesday. For more than a week, Iran's notorious morality police have been stepping up their crackdown on offences related to the wearing of a headscarf, which is meant to cover all of a woman's hair. Videos shared on social media in recent days are said to show ...
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Greek police arrested more than 50 people on Monday suspected of being involved in organized hooligan gangs linked to the death of a police officer during riots at a volleyball game in December. The 31-year-old officer was on duty when he was hit by a flare at the top game between Olympiakos Piraeus and Panathinaikos Athens when hundreds of violent fans rioted. He died 20 days later. An 18-year-old was arrested for allegedly throwing the flare but Monday's major raid was a bid to clamp down on organized hooliganism at volleyball, football and basketball games in Greece. The death was the final...
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Sydney (AFP) - Plusieurs centaines de personnes se sont rassemblées dimanche avec des bougies sur la plage emblématique de Bondi, à Sydney, pour rendre hommage aux six victimes qui ont succombé aux coups de couteau d'un assaillant dans un centre commercial voisin. Ces meurtres du 13 avril ont causé la stupeur chez de nombreux Australiens, dans un pays où les crimes d'une telle violence restent rares. Le public s'est assis sur l'herbe dans un parc du bord de mer pour pleurer les cinq femmes et l'agent de sécurité pakistanais qui ont trouvé la mort lors de l'attaque dans le centre commercial Wes...
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A man carrying a dummy explosive belt has forced his way into the Iranian diplomatic mission in Paris, triggering a major police operation. A special police unit initially cordoned off the area on Friday due to fears of a threat, according to the Paris Prefecture of Police. The 60-year-old Iranian finally left the consular section of the embassy of his own accord and was detained, the public prosecutor's office announced. He had threatened to commit an act of violence in the building, but ultimately had no weapons with him. The man was taken into police custody on the charge of making a death ...
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has threatened harsh consequences following the arrest of Polish citizens suspected of collaborating with Russian intelligence services. He wrote on the short messaging service X, formerly Twitter, on Friday: "There will be no leniency for collaborators with the Russian secret services. We will burn out every betrayal and every attempt at destabilization with a red-hot iron." Commenting on the current status of the investigation into two specific conspiracies, he said that a Pole responsible for a thwarted assassination attempt on Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has threatened harsh consequences following the arrest of Polish citizens suspected of collaborating with Russian intelligence services. He wrote on the short messaging service X, formerly Twitter, on Friday: "There will be no leniency for collaborators with the Russian secret services. We will burn out every betrayal and every attempt at destabilization with a red-hot iron." Commenting on the current status of the investigation into two specific conspiracies, he said that a Pole responsible for a thwarted assassination attempt on Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has threatened harsh consequences following the arrest of Polish citizens suspected of collaborating with Russian intelligence services. He wrote on the short messaging service X, formerly Twitter, on Friday: "There will be no leniency for collaborators with the Russian secret services. We will burn out every betrayal and every attempt at destabilization with a red-hot iron." Commenting on the current status of the investigation into two specific conspiracies, he said that a Pole responsible for a thwarted assassination attempt on Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
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Amid a spike in youth violence, France is weighing sending young people seen as vulnerable to crime to boarding school, as a preventive measure and to provide educational support, as well as allow for swifter and more severe punishments. "We need a boost in authority," said Prime Minister Gabriel Attal on Thursday in Viry-Châtillon. France has been shaken by several incidences of youth violence, often occurring in lower-income suburban areas with a higher proportion of residents of foreign origin, marked by unemployment and struggling with crime. Some have been fatal, such as the 15-year-old w...
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