Crime

Malta: Police sergeant accused of rape after woman reported a burglary

A police sergeant was accused of raping a woman while investigating a theft report. The sergeant, who is a 40-year-old Mtarfa resident, and has served in the Malta Police Force…

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Malta: Authorities issue 1,137 fines to people for breaching COVID rules

A total of 1,137 fines were handed out over the last seven days to people who failed to follow COVID-19 mitigation measures, down from last week’s 1,261. According to figures released…

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Malta: Another man accused with romance fraud

Following the arraignment in Court last February of six persons in connection with alleged romance fraud, the Police resumed its investigations on this scheme. This led to the arrest of…

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Armed man fires shots in Hawaii hotel, barricades himself inside room – report

April 11 (Reuters) - A hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii was placed on lockdown after an armed man fired shots through the door of a guest room and barricaded himself inside,…

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Police arrest 100 gang members who smuggled drugs into Spain on speedboats

Spanish police said on Saturday they had arrested 100 members of a gang which ferried hashish and marijuana from Morocco to Spain in high powered speedboats. The gang filled their…

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Malta: Fines for flaunting COVID-19 restrictions hit 1,545 last week

1,545 persons were found flaunting COVID-19 regulation and fined by enforcement officials last week. The information was published on the Covid19 Malta Facebook page. Source MaltaToday Updated 1745

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Malta: Fresh bail request by Keith Schembri to be decided on Friday

Former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri has filed a fresh request for bail that will be decided on Friday. Lawyers representing Schembri have filed an application in the courts…

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UK police officer to go on trial in October over Sarah Everard murder

A serving British police officer is set to go on trial in October accused of the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard whose killing sparked anger and soul-searching about what police, government and society can do to stop male violence against women. Everard,…

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UK to criminalize sexual encounters by sport coaches with 16 and 17-year-olds

The United Kingdom has moved to transform into a criminal offence for sport coaches and priests to have sexual encounters by with 16 and 17-year-olds in their care. The new…

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Malta: The case of the two priests charged with abuse to be heard behind closed doors

The case against Dun Ġużepp Cini and Dun Ġużepp Sultana who are charged with sexual abuse will be heard behind closed doors. This was decided by Magistrate Bridgette Sultana this…

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Italian prosecutor seeks life sentences for American students accused of killing policeman

ROME (Reuters) - An Italian prosecutor on Saturday demanded life sentences for two young Americans being tried on murder charges after a policeman was killed following a botched drugs sale…

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Malta: Two men arrested in connection with armed robbery in Mosta

The Police from the Anti Violence Crimes Squad within the Major Crimes Unit have arrested two men in connection with an armed robbery which took place on 11 December of…

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Malta:Four year prison sentence for man caught robbing elderly couple’s apartment

Matthew Camilleri appeared in Court today charged with stealing jewellery and other items from the apartment of an elderly couple in Attard. Source: TVM Updated: 1745

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Malta: Suspected thief stole more than €70,000 from 21 construction sites

A former restauranteur stands accused of stealing around €70,000 worth of goods from 21 construction sites and half-finished houses over the past months. Joseph Polidano, a 49-year old Birżebbuġa resident…

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Malta: Gozo bishop describes ‘burden’ of knowing of priests’ alleged sex abuse

A former altar boy who claims he was sexually abused by two priests in Xagħra first mentioned his childhood trauma in September 2019 but only named the alleged perpetrators several…

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Malta: Man admits to slightly injuring two Police Officials

A 34-year-old man who works as a hairdresser is risking a prison sentence after admitting that earlier this month he slightly injured two Police Officials, a Sergeant and a Constable.…

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Malta: Woman and her 13-year-old son rob three elderly people in St Paul’s Bay

A 45-year-old woman was arrested on Sunday shortly after she and her 13-year-old son allegedly carried out a robbery on three people. Yesterday at around noon, the Police were called to…

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Maltese Editors’ Perspectives

Times of Malta says that a strategy team planning for life after Covid-19 must be brutally honest and publish its terms of reference The Independent says that the Police force…

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Malta: Man arrested in Malta for armed robbery and organised crime in Germany

Maltese Police officers from the International Relations Branch yesterday arrested a 25-year-old Cameroonian national on the strength of a European Arrest Warrant issued at the request of the German authorities.…

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Malta: ‘Now you wait and see’… Daphne murder suspects lash out in court

Commotion broke out in court on Thursday as two of the men charged with detonating the explosive device which killed Daphne Caruana Galizia claimed their rights were being breached. Brothers…

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Malta: An unauthorised person is collecting money on behalf of ‘Azzjoni Kattolika Maltija’

L-Azzjoni Kattolika Maltija (Malta’s Catholic Action organisation) has said in a statement that some people are knocking on people’s doors and collecting money on behalf of the organisation as well as…

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Malta: Watch: Abela did not recuse himself on hitman’s pardon

Prime Minister Robert Abela did not recuse himself when cabinet decided on a request for presidential pardon filed by one of the three alleged hitmen in the assassination of journalist…

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Malta: Hold up at Sliema shop – thief was allegedly armed with a knife

Last night at around. 7.30pm, the Police were informed that a hold up had taken place in Rudolph Street, Sliema. They went immediately on the scene and from initial investigations…

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China lowers age of criminal responsibility to 12 for ‘abominable’ crimes

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has lowered the age of criminal responsibility to 12 years old for “abominable” crimes such as murder or causing injury that leads to death or severe…

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Malta: Sack prison director, NGO Repubblika says

NGO Repubblika has called for the removal of Prisons Director Col. Alexander Dalli over a number of unexplained deaths at the Corradino Correctional Facility. This after Ihtisham Ihtisham, a 25 year-old…

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Rome’s mayor denounced organised crime plans to have her killed

Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi said on Monday organised crime groups planned to kill her and her family because she was taking them on in parts of the Italian capital where…

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Italian referee killer’s mum writes apology to murdered couple parents

"I apologise for what Antonio has done, even though I understand these words might not mean much next to the terrible pain that you must be going through". The mother…

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Malta: Elderly man who handed child loaded firearm arrested

A 62-year-old man from Birżebbuġa is being interrogated by the police in connection with a report of a young boy being handed a hunting firearm. On Saturday morning, a CABS…

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Malta: Three men arrested for petrol station thefts in Żurrieq and Marsa

Three men aged between 19 and 21 are being held in police custody after being arrested in connection to theft of fuel from a petrol station between March and June…

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Malta: Man remanded in custody after robbing Qormi lotto booth

Darren Brincat, a forty-year-old man from Qormi was remanded in custody after pleading not guilty of being involved in an armed robbery at a lotto booth. Brincat was also involved…

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Malta: Search for a man after a hold-up at lotto booth

Police are searching for a man, whose identity is still unknown, after a hold-up with a lotto booth in Qormi. Source: Net News Updated 1700pm

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Malta: Two Spanish women arrested for importing drugs

Two Spanish women have been arrested at the Malta International Airport last Monday, after being caught in possession of over nine kilos in cocaine upon their arrival from Madrid. Source:…

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Malta: Men arrested in connection with mafia revenge beating in Malta

An Italian businessman based in Malta was brutally beaten up in January, after three members of the ‘Ndrangheta who operate in a suburb of Milan, arrived in Malta to collect…

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Malta: Over 9kg of cocaine discovered during airport luggage screening

Customs officials discovered over 9.85 kilograms of cocaine during a routine operation at Malta International Airport. Source: Malta Today Updated 1700pm

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Malta: Man held in custody after allegedly stealing barn owls

Ronald Azzopardi, 32, from Żabbar, was arrested after being accused of stealing two barn owls from an FKNK aviary in Buskett on Thursday afternoon. Source: One News Updated 1600pm

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Malta: Man arrested in Fgura after being caught with drugs

A 29-year-old man from Birżebbuġa was arrested after being caught with synthetic drugs. Police arrested the man on Saturday evening when the Police from the Anti-Drug Squad were in Fgura…

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Malta: Sliema double murder – Daniel Muka was wearing Pandolfino’s chain when arrested, court hears

Daniel Muka was wearing a chain he allegedly stole from a man he had murdered when police arrested him in Floriana, a court heard on Thursday. Muka, an Albanian national,…

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Malta: As it happened: Sliema murder suspect Daniel Muka in the dock

The first of three suspects who police believe was behind a double murder in Sliema made a brief appearance in court on Monday, as court proceedings against him got under…

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Malta: “Take care of my children, Fenech wrote to family” – Insp Zahra

Police Inspector Kurt Zahra’s cross-examination will continue today during the compilation of evidence against Yorgen Fenech, who is being accused of complicity in the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.…

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Malta: Liam Debono accused of the attempted murder of Simon Schembri is due to stand trial in November

The trial by jury of Liam Debono who stands accused of the attempted murder of PC Simon Schembri in May two years ago, is expected to begin on November 16.…

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Malta: Muscat was given a warning; he knew that Theuma had recorded the conversations

During questioning, Yorgen Fenech had said former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat knew Melvin Theuma was recording conversations with his mobile phone. Source: Net News Updated 1545pm

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Malta: Police make arrests linked to Sliema double murder in Floriana raid

Police have made a number of arrests over the double murder which took place in Sliema last week. Source: Malta Today Updated 17:05pm

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Malta: Daniel Muka: Albanian arrested by the Police in Floriana

Albanian Daniel Muka, 29, was arrested in connection with the double murder in Sliema that left Chris Pandolfino and Ivor Maciejowski dead. Source: Net News Updated 17:25pm

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Malta: Police collect CCTV tapes in painstaking retracing of Sliema ‘vendetta’ hit-men

Police are combing dozens of recordings elevated from CCTV cameras installed across the Tigné streetscape, where Chris Pandolfino and Ivor Maciejowski were murdered in cold blood in their Locker Street…

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Free “Our Lady” from influence of Mafia – Pope Francis

Pope Francis is calling for authentic devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary to be freed from “superstructures, powers or conditioning that does not correspond to the Gospel criteria of justice,…

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Malta: Sliema murder victim’s sister, sons were staying at same house; were out at time of shooting

The sister of one of two men who were murdered in Sliema on Tuesday and her two sons were staying in the same house but luckily were still out when the shooting…

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Malta: Police are looking for three people who were seen fleeing the residence

Police are searching for three people who were seen fleeing the residence on Locker Street in Sliema and allegedly killed doctors Chris Pandolfino and Ivor Maciejowski. They fled in a…

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Malta: Government official accused of money laundering – €500,000 found at his home

A government official who served as consul-general at Malta's consulate in Shanghai, Aldo Cutajar, 55, has been kept behind bars after being arraigned in court on Sunday and accused of…

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Malta: Two youths injured in Valletta argument

Two youths were injured in an argument in Valletta on Friday night, police said. The police said in a statement that at around 11:30pm, two youths – who are 20…

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Malta: Undeclared cash intercepted by Customs on airport passenger

€11,140 of undeclared cash were elevated by the anti money laundering team at the Malta International airport’s departure lounge. Source: Newsbook Updated: 15:05pm

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Malta: Police are investigating how Melvin Theuma’s recordings came out

Police are investigating how and who released recordings of conversations between the middleman in the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and what was likely his business partner with Yorgen…

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Malta: Why Newsbook did not publish the Theuma ‘recordings’

On Sunday almost five minutes’ worth of audio from the Melvin Theuma tapes was made public. Some media houses chose to carry the story. We did not. Since you may…

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Carabinieri in Italy arrested over drug trafficking, extortion and torture

Seven Carabinieri were arrested Wednesday and a barracks belonging to the paramilitary police impounded in the northern city of Piacenza. Some of the Carabinieri were detained in prison and some…

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Knife crime in England and Wales highest in over nine years

Knife crime in England and Wales rose to its highest level since comparable statistics began to be gathered nine years ago, with London reporting a 28% annual rise in knife…

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Warning that Italian Mafia is seeing opportunity in coronavirus pandemic

The Italian Mafia is gaining new ground by exploiting the economic crisis created by the coronavirus pandemic. A report by Italy’s anti-mafia investigative department (DIA) showed how the Covid-19 social and…

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Italian police intercept cocaine trafficked hidden in coffee beans

Police in Italy have intercepted a package containing hundreds of coffee beans that were hiding illegal drugs inside them, Euronews reports. Around 500 beans had been cut open, stuffed with…

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Spike in gun violence in New York

New York City police officers investigate the scene of a shooting in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, USA. In recent weeks New York City has seen a dramatic…

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