Tag: Police

Categories EU

Police dogs & water cannons: Anti-lockdown protest meets heavy police response in The Hague (VIDEOS)

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Anti-lockdown protests have continued in the Netherlands, with scores of people taking to the streets of The Hague to condemn the government’s coronavirus policies. The protest has been met with a forceful police response. … Read More >Police dogs & water cannons: Anti-lockdown protest meets heavy police response in The Hague (VIDEOS)

Categories EU

Islamists in Germany fraudulently received €1 MILLION in Covid-19 aid, some funds used to ‘direct terrorism financing’ – media

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Around €1 million in Covid-19 relief funds aimed at businesses might have ended up in the pockets of hardline Islamists, German media reported, citing sources in the Berlin police who opened more than 100 probes into the fraud. … Read More >Islamists in Germany fraudulently received €1 MILLION in Covid-19 aid, some funds used to ‘direct terrorism financing’ – media

Categories Middle East

Riot police fire tear gas at protesters as Lebanon’s currency falls to new record low (PHOTOS)

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Violent protests erupted across Lebanon on Saturday after the country’s currency plummeted to a new record low, amid an economic crisis that poses the biggest threat to its stability since the 1975-1990 civil war. … Read More >Riot police fire tear gas at protesters as Lebanon’s currency falls to new record low (PHOTOS)

Categories USA

Is that you, Rodrigo? California driver caught using fake license with photo of Philippines president

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Police in Los Angeles say they have seized a fake driving license bearing the photo of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. The police department praised the officers involved for being “up to speed” with world leaders. … Read More >Is that you, Rodrigo? California driver caught using fake license with photo of Philippines president

Categories EU

Narco-busting nan: Italian grandmother helps police bust mafia cocaine ring after grandson’s drug addiction

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A grandmother’s tip-off over fears for her drug-addicted grandson has led anti-mafia police in Italy to arrest 33 people for alleged drug trafficking and for possession of illegal weapons in the southern region of Calabria. … Read More >Narco-busting nan: Italian grandmother helps police bust mafia cocaine ring after grandson’s drug addiction

Categories Asia & Pacific

Philippines probes police shooting death of mayor & bodyguards in alleged ‘mistaken encounter’

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The national crimes investigation agency is to investigate the controversial death of a mayor at the hands of the police service, which claims the official and his associates were killed in a shootout that started by mistake. … Read More >Philippines probes police shooting death of mayor & bodyguards in alleged ‘mistaken encounter’