Author of Home Office report on China reveals attempts to compromise him
Dr David Wilson is the West Midlands regional coordinator for the national Organised Immigration Crime Domestic Taskforce. Photograph: Fabio de…
Criminal Record: From Peter Murrell’s Portugal villa to gangland bosses hunt
Every day on Criminal Record we will be bringing you a round-up of the biggest crime stories of the day.…
Manchester Airport check-in worker convicted in £30m Dubai cash smuggling ring
A criminal network and their accomplices exploited a bent check-in worker to ferry £30million in illicit cash out of Britain…
Gangster who sparked Scotland’s crime war looting from fellow hoods while on run in Dubai
The man who sparked Scotland’s gang war is robbing fellow hoods while on the run in Dubai. The 19-year-old, who…
Kidnappings, threats and ‘protection fees’: how can Mexico confront rise in deadly extortion?
Members of the Mexican army and federal police at a crime scene after an organised crime shooting in Villa Juárez,…
Eddie Lyons Jnr survived two assassination attempts before Costa del Sol execution
Eddie Lyons Jnr spent decades at the heart of Glasgow’s underworld before he was gunned down in the Costa del…
‘The devil’s child’: the rise and fall of the only female yakuza
Mako Nishimura, in Gifu, Japan, in 2025. Photograph: Shoko Takayasu/The GuardianMako Nishimura fought her way into the Japanese underworld, but…
‘Dodgy’ shops handling criminal cash targeted by new specialist unit
Up to a third of US candy stores in some areas are suspected of being a front for criminal activity.…