Mumbai Police launched an inquiry after a viral video allegedly showed police driver Pawan Sangle threatening student protesters with fabricated drug cases and jail if they continued agitating. Sangle has been removed from his posting at Sion police station pending inquiry.
A US judge set a June 1, 2027, trial date for ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores on drug-trafficking charges in Manhattan federal court. Their defense lawyer plans to seek dismissal based on immunity as a head of state.
The ACLU of Massachusetts is releasing an online toolkit for criminal defense attorneys to uncover police use of surveillance technologies like facial recognition and license plate readers. The toolkit provides legal motions to compel prosecutors to disclose such evidence, addressing the lag between tech adoption and legal oversight.
Russia's financial monitoring agency, Rosfinmonitoring, reported conducting over 4,300 investigations in 2025, involving more than 100,000 entities. This led to 1,400 criminal cases and 139 guilty verdicts. Suspicious crypto transactions and signs of bankruptcy in key companies also saw significant changes.
Russia's FSB and National Guard arrested eight suspected terrorists in Kabardino-Balkaria. They allegedly planned armed attacks on law enforcement to seize weapons and swore allegiance to an international terrorist organization.
Ahmedabad police uncovered an organized child begging network, identifying 276 trafficked children. Sarpanches in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh allegedly acted as brokers, recruiting children from poor families for monetary gain, with plans for rehabilitation and criminal charges against exploiters.
A watchdog has found the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) must urgently improve its investigations to prevent miscarriages of justice, citing failings in the Andrew Malkinson case. Recommendations focus on quality assurance, case strategy, and progress monitoring.
South Korea plans to lower the age threshold for minors in violent criminal cases from 14 to 13 amid rising early teen crime rates, with a conditional approach for serious offenses.
Russia's Investigative Committee has opened over 10,000 criminal cases against nearly 2,500 Ukrainian officials and foreign mercenaries since 2014, according to Alexander Fyodorov. Investigations into war crimes, genocide, and Nazism rehabilitation are ongoing, with over 1,000 cases completed against military personnel and mercenaries fighting for Ukraine.
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) detained a Mariupol resident in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) for allegedly planning a terrorist attack on a district court building, acting on instructions from a Ukrainian intelligence officer via Telegram.
The Supreme Court will review whether states can use six-person juries in criminal cases, a practice challenged by Hamed Kian, a Florida man convicted with a smaller jury. The case questions the constitutional interpretation of jury size.
A UK police officer is under criminal investigation for allegedly using AI to create false evidence and pervert the course of justice, marking the first known case of its kind. The officer has been removed from frontline duties as Derbyshire police work with the Crown Prosecution Service.
Hong Kong officials stated that new legislation allowing certain criminal cases to be handled under national security procedures will be used rarely. The regulation empowers the chief executive to classify offenses as endangering national security, leading to stricter procedures like longer detention and tougher bail conditions.
Criminal cases have been initiated against a bus driver and the director of a transport company following a fatal accident in Yekaterinburg where four people died. The driver faces up to seven years in prison.
Four Bangladeshi men were arrested in Gurgaon for a house robbery and hostage situation where a family was held at gunpoint and valuables worth Rs 9 lakh were stolen. The accused, with multiple prior criminal cases, sustained injuries while attempting to flee arrest.
Arizona Supreme Court rules that a case against 18 Republicans, accused of attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election results through forgery and conspiracy, must return to a grand jury, dealing a setback to Attorney General Kris Mayes' prosecution.
The US Justice Department is removing news releases about Jan 6 prosecutions, labeling them 'partisan propaganda.' This follows a journalist's observation, with the department confirming the action. A $1.776 billion fund for 'unjustly investigated' Trump allies has also been announced.
The Department of Justice is removing news releases about January 6th riot prosecutions, labeling them 'partisan propaganda.' This move by the Trump administration aims to rewrite the history of the Capitol assault. A new fund is also being established to compensate Trump allies.
The Department of Justice is removing news releases about Jan. 6 Capitol riot prosecutions, labeling them 'partisan propaganda.' This move by the Trump administration aims to rewrite the history of the assault, with Trump vowing to pardon those charged.
The US has indicted former Cuban leader Raul Castro over the 1996 downing of two civilian planes, killing four, in a move set to escalate tensions between the two countries.
Scotland Yard is seeking criminal charges against 77 individuals and companies over the Grenfell Tower fire. However, trials are not expected to begin until 2028 or later, a decade after the 2017 disaster that killed 72 people, sparking frustration among survivors and bereaved families.
A report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) reveals that 50% of Tamil Nadu's newly sworn-in ministers have criminal cases against them, while 20% have assets exceeding ₹100 crore, with the Chief Minister being the richest at ₹648.85 crore.
While 19 out of 107 winning candidates from TVK have serious criminal cases against them, 14 candidates each from DMK and AIADMK parties have serious cases.
Venezuela has released 314 prisoners since the amnesty law took effect on February 20, with legal restrictions removed from 8,302 people and criminal cases terminated. The commission received 12,187 applications for exemption in the first two months. The law, covering events from 1999 to present, excludes those convicted of serious crimes against humanity, premeditated murders, corruption, and drug trafficking.
