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HeadlinesPortuguese police arrest 37 suspected ultra-right militants
FinanceTwo Lisbon policemen charged with torturing vagrants and migrants, and sharing images
HeadlinesItaly raids illegal tobacco factory, seizes 27 tonnes of cigarettes
HeadlinesGreece arrests five over cocaine trafficking on ship from Venezuela to Europe
Illegal migrants to face clothing and mouth searches for phones at UK ports
Date: December 2, 2025
LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Police in Britain will be able to require illegal migrants to remove their coats and allow mouth searches at British ports so officers can look for mobile phones or SIM cards...
Leader of Ecuador's Los Lobos drug trafficking gang arrested in Spain
Date: November 16, 2025
QUITO (Reuters) -Ecuador has arrested the leader of one of the country's biggest drug trafficking gangs, Los Lobos, in an operation with Spanish police, President Daniel Noboa said on Sunday. Wilmer...
Turks in northern Greece held pending trial for smuggling weapons
Date: October 9, 2025
ATHENS (Reuters) -A Greek court has ruled that 12 Turks arrested in northern Greece on accusations of participating in an international criminal group smuggling weapons into the country should be...
Italian police raid Dali exhibition, say works on display were fake
Date: October 1, 2025
ROME (Reuters) -Italy's art heritage police said on Wednesday they raided a Salvador Dali exhibition and seized 21 works attributed to the famous Spanish surrealist painter that are presumed to be...
Dutch police use tear gas against anti-immigration protesters, 30 arrested
Date: September 20, 2025
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch police used a water cannon to disperse anti-migration protesters in the Hague who began throwing rocks and bottles at police officers, a spokesperson for the Hague local...
UK threatens jail for people smugglers who advertise on social media
Date: August 3, 2025
LONDON (Reuters) -People smugglers who use social media to promote their services to migrants seeking to enter Britain illegally could face five years in prison under plans announced by the government...