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March sees highest crime figures in two years

Cook Islands News 04 Apr 2025
Of the 42 traffic fines issued in March, the majority were recorded towards the end of the month. Juvenile crime was another major concern, with a small group of teenagers responsible for several break-ins.
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DPD releases, addresses body-worn camera footage for officer-involved shooting killing man

Fox31 Denver 04 Apr 2025
“The caller also indicated the individual had a knife in a holster and was possibly armed with a firearm,” DPD Major Crimes Division Commander Matt Clark said ... “While processing the crime scene, ...
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Trump administration axes more than $125M in LGBTQ health funding, upending research field

NBC Bay Area 04 Apr 2025
Ilan Meyer, a professor at the Williams Institute at UCLA’s School of Law, has sounded the alarm that LGBTQ people also face potential elimination from major, ongoing federal surveys regarding health and crime victimization, as well as the census.
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NYPD: Major crime in city down again, shootings at an all-time low

Newsday 03 Apr 2025
NYPD data shows the 11% major crime drop is also 11.5% under two years ago and down 74% from 32 years ago ... NYPD data shows the 11% major crime drop is also 11.5% under two years ago and down 74% from 32 years ago.
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Crime dropped in Brooklyn in March, despite spate of shootings, homicides

AM New York 03 Apr 2025
Brooklyn’s violent crime rate dropped in March, ... In Bushwick’s 83rd Precinct — which saw the largest decrease in crime — major felonies were down more than 35%, from 147 last year to 95 this year.
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Citywide crime plummets in early 2025, with Bronx seeing sharp drop in shootings and murders

Bronx Times 03 Apr 2025
“These historic declines in violence were accompanied by major crime reductions in every patrol borough with index crime down 10.9%,” Tisch said, referring to first-quarter citywide data.
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MOCA arrests two more in multimillion-dollar NCB phishing scam

Jamaica Star 03 Apr 2025
Two more persons connected to the ongoing investigation of a $47.5 million phishing scam at the National Commercial Bank (NCB) have been apprehended by The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) this morning.
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Japan yakuza membership hits record low amid rise of anonymous groups

Kyodo 03 Apr 2025
According to the data, 5,203 of the apprehended members were involved in five major crimes ... Outside the five major categories, another 4,902 individuals were involved in crimes such as selling bank ...
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Crimes by visiting foreign nationals on rise: Japan police

Xinhua 03 Apr 2025
Theft accounted for the majority of the crimes with 9,103 offenses, including 2,252 cases of shoplifting ... Police are strengthening their crackdown on crimes ... Crimes by visiting foreign nationals on rise.
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DSP Rohan Elliot is now the acting commanding officer in St Ann - Jamaica Observer

Jamaica Observer 03 Apr 2025
Both men started in the new roles on April 3rd 2025 ... \u201cI\u2019m grateful for the experience ... He said his time in St Ann resulted in a reduction\u00a0in major crime. \u201cSignificantly over the period we have seen a reduction in major crimes ... .
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Senior cop Dwight Powell promoted to assistant commissioner of police - Jamaica Observer

Jamaica Observer 03 Apr 2025
Powell reflected fondly on his four-year tenure as St Ann top cop, noting that he was particularly proud of having overseen a reduction in major crimes in the parish ... \u201cSignificantly over the period we have seen a reduction in major crimes ... .
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Two more arrested in NCB $47.5 million phishing scam — MOCA - Jamaica Observer

Jamaica Observer 03 Apr 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica \u2014 The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) has arrested two additional suspects in connection with the $47.5 million phishing scam targeting National Commercial Bank (NCB) customers.
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NYPD, Mayor Adams touts crime reduction as he prepares to seek reelection as an independent candidate

AM New York 03 Apr 2025
This is accompanied, they say, by the second-lowest number of murders in history amongst major falls in other crimes, including felonies in the transit system ... Index crime also went down 10.9%.
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Book review: Clever ‘Queens of Crime’ a meticulously researched novel about women mystery writers

Sun Sentinel 03 Apr 2025
The Queens of Crime’ by Marie Benedict ... Mystery fiction has changed drastically since 1930, the time frame for Marie Benedict’s clever and engaging “The Queens of Crime” set in England.
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Olympiacos soccer club leadership being referred to trial over deadly 2023 hooligan violence

Ekathimerini 03 Apr 2025
It’s certainly no coincidence that a majority consider the government to have violated the independence of the judiciary in one case after another, from the wiretapping to the crime at Tempi, and to ...
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