Philadelphia unveils crackdown on violent crime
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Philadelphia on Wednesday announced a crackdown on violent crime in an effort to curb one of the highest homicide rates among major U.S. cities.
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Police say they are treating an attack on two teenagers and a man in his 20s in west Belfast as sectarian.
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PHILADELPHIA -- The incoming mayor of this city is proposing a sweeping plan of aggressive police tactics, including limiting the movement of people in high crime neighborhoods and directing officers to increase searches of people on the street for illegal weapons, all in a desperate effort to cu...
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The raid on a Palestinian Authority building near Ramallah appears to be part of a growing crackdown.
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The violent city will be sealed off with a series of trenches and traffic checkpoints to control movement in and out.
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Legislation aimed at protecting people from anti-social behaviour in Northern Ireland comes into force.
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Iranian police stepped up a crackdown on Monday on women ignoring strict Islamic dress codes, including sending newly trained women officers to help "guide" violators, a police official said.
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BELFAST, Dec. 24 -- Police staged raids Friday in two Irish Republican Army strongholds of Belfast in search of the $42.5 million stolen this week from a bank's underground vault.
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A special operation to try to halt the rise in teenage murders is announced by the Head of the Metropolitan Police.
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By Dwight Ott, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Sep. 14--A Camden judge yesterday issued an injunction against a new law that would force many city eateries to shut down late at night in an effort to combat violence in the city.   Camden County Superior Court Judge Francis J.
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The Justice Department is set to announce a major crackdown on cyber-crime that will include arrests, subpoenas and property seizures of alleged e-mail spammers and online scam artists, according to law enforcement and industry sources. -The Washington Post
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More than 350 people who have committed crimes or are suspected of terrorist links have been arrested in a federal crackdown on foreigners with visa violations, part of a broader effort to prevent al-Qaida from disrupting U.S. elections.
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Tony Blair plans urgent measures to tackle gun crime and target gangs after a run of fatal shootings in UK cities.
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With tensions rising and the police department and municipal budget stretched thin, Hazleton is about to embark on one of the toughest crackdowns on illegal immigrants anywhere in the United States.
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Tighter security measures designed to stop suspected terrorists, sexual predators and other types of criminals at the nation's borders will begin next month, federal officials announced Thursday.
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Police have arrested scores of people in a crackdown on organized crime in southern Italy, including on clans that had a grip on the local tourist industry, authorities said Tuesday.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 5 -- A government-led crackdown against the news media and the political opposition intensified here Tuesday, with hundreds of party workers arrested and television stations bracing for raids.