Crime News

10:50 AM EST
2/10/2012 'Violent' Madonna stalker escapes from Los Angeles mental hospitalPolice are looking for Robert Dewey Hoskins, the man convicted of threatening to kill singer Madonna, who walked out of Astascadero State Hospital on Feb. 3.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Entertainment, Crime, Law And Justice, Crime

11:51 AM EST
2/9/2012 Remark by Indian border guard chief outrages BangladeshThe Bangladesh government and rights groups are outraged after the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) chief said that it was not possible to stop border firing completely.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Crime, Drug Trafficking, Unrest, Conflicts And War, Conflict, Politics, Government, Ministers (government)

10:19 AM EST
2/9/2012 Insurers, guards earn more from piracy than gangsSomali pirates did not have a good year in 2011, seizing fewer vessels and hostages than in 2010, but the world still paid a heavy price for their activity.

Source:TML Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Crime, Kidnapping, Unrest, Conflicts And War, Conflict, Economy, Business And Finance, Financial And Business Service, Insurance

12:39 PM EST
2/8/2012 U.S. expands faster airport screening process to busiest airportsThe United States is expanding its new pre-screening initiative to additional airports across the country after the program was successfully tested at seven pilot locations, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Government, Safety Of Citizens, Crime, Law And Justice, Crime, Terrorism, Economy, Business And Finance, Transport, Air Transport

11:44 AM EST
2/8/2012 Mogadishu suicide attack claims at least 12 peopleTwelve people were killed and another wounded Wednesday in a suicide bomb attack near the presidential palace in Mogadishu.

Source:AHN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Act Of Terror, Crime, Law And Justice, Crime, Terrorism, Human Interest, People, Human Mishap

8:59 AM EST
2/7/2012 Chicago cab driver admits supporting Al-QaedaPakistani-born Chicago taxi driver Raja Lahrasib Khan on Monday pleaded guilty to attempting to provide financial aid to terrorist group Al-Qaeda, an admission that could send him to jail for up to 15 years. Khan told the court that he gave between $200 to $250 to Kashmiri with the aim that the funds be used in attacks against on India.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Trials, Crime, Terrorism

8:21 AM EST
2/6/2012 Johns face jail under proposed Israeli lawEnjoying the services of a prostitute in Israel may cost you more than money. It may get you time in jail, under a proposed law that would criminalize buying sexual services.

Source:TML Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Crime, Social Issue, Prostitution, Human Interest, Society

2:31 PM EST
2/3/2012 Hackers claim to have intercepted call between FBI and Scotland YardA sensitive conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard was recorded and released online by hackers.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Crime, Computer Crime

12:05 PM EST
2/3/2012 Two kidnapped Americans released in EgyptTwo American women who were kidnapped in the southern part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula were released Friday, a security official reported.

Source:AHN Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Civil Unrest, Rebellions, Crime, Law And Justice, Crime, Kidnapping, Human Interest, Good

8:48 AM EST
2/2/2012 Clinton finds nothing new in controversial leaked NATO reportThe United States' top diplomat on Wednesday tiptoed around a controversial NATO report on the Taliban, leaked portions of which accuse Islamabad of having links with the organization harboring Al Qaeda.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Diplomacy, International Relations, Unrest, Conflicts And War, War, International Military Intervention, Crime, Law And Justice, Crime, Terrorism