US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the Trump administration is designating two of Ecuador’s most feared gangs, Los Lobos and Los Choneros, as foreign terrorist organisations. The move follows last week’s US strike against Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua cartel, which killed 11 people and rattled leaders across the region. “These vicious animals, these terrorists,”…
A private investigation led by a British lawmaker has identified “gang-based child sexual exploitation” in at least 85 areas across the UK, amid an ongoing national inquiry into grooming gangs. The investigation, set up by Independent MP Rupert Lowe, found that “rape gangs”, predominantly comprising men of Pakistani heritage, have been active for decades and…
KURUKSHETRA: Congress member of parliament Deepender Singh Hooda launched an attack on the Haryana government on Sunday, alleging a complete breakdown of law and order in the state. Participating in several social programmes in Kurukshetra district, Hooda said the ruling dispensation has lost all control over governance, while criminals continue to operate fearlessly.“The law-and-order situation…
The UK on Sunday unveiled plans for a new law that will crack down on criminal gangs behind social media advertisements promoting dangerous small boat crossings and other forms of illegal immigration into the country. Under a new amendment to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill currently going through the Parliament, a UK-wide offence…
After months of mounting criticism over inaction, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has finally launched a national enquiry into grooming gang crimes, marking a major policy U-turn for the Labour government. The move comes in response to widespread public outrage, a damning institutional review, and escalating pressure from campaigners, opposition politicians, and prominent figures, including…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday said he would back a national inquiry into grooming gangs that sexually abused thousands of girls across the country, marking a significant shift in the government’s stance on the issue. Starmer’s announcement comes after Louise Casey, a former senior government official, conducted a “rapid audit” of the current…
A powerful alliance of armed gangs that has plunged Haiti into violence and launched attacks against state institutions was designated on Friday as a terrorist group by the Trump administration. The move is likely to worsen an already dire humanitarian crisis in Haiti, experts said, since gangs control much of the country’s economy and infrastructure,…
A 16-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder in Sweden, the authorities said on Wednesday, after three people were fatally shot the day before, in the latest blow to a country grappling with high levels of gun violence compared to its European peers. The three victims were found in a hair salon in the…
The city of Machala is dotted with posters of Ecuador’s two presidential candidates, their smiling faces looking out over shuttered businesses and streets that empty out after 6 p.m. because of rival gangs that torment the city. Machala, a port city south of Guayaquil, is a microcosm of the challenges facing the South American country…
Soon after he took up his post in El Salvador, U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson forged an unusually close relationship with the country’s president. President Trump had nominated Mr. Johnson in 2019 as his ambassador to the country shortly after the White House declared war on El Salvador’s notoriously violent gangs, including MS-13. The relationship between…