Tag Archives: Metropolitan Police Service

UK development fund implicated in Nigerian governor £50million fraud

April 17, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

A private equity fund backed by Britain’s Department for International Development (DfID) is under criminal investigation by the European Union and Nigerian anti-corruption authorities for its alleged involvement in fraud and the laundering of millions of dollars looted by James … read more »

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London police appeal for calm after riots leave 26 officers injured

August 7, 2011 by benim

LONDON – Police deployed extra officers on London’s streets and monitored social network sites Sunday to prevent a repeat of the rioting, looting and multiple fires in a deprived area amid community anger over a fatal police shooting. A peaceful … read more »

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DR Congo: Lubumbashi Police Tackle Sexual Violence

January 28, 2011 by benim

A new police unit in Lubumbashi, in the southeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, appears to have made significant progress in tackling crimes of sexual violence, but the scale of the problem it faces is daunting. The police unit, … read more »

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UK Christmas bomb plot: nine remanded in custody over terror charges

December 27, 2010 by benim

Nine men were remanded in custody today charged with conspiracy to cause explosions in the UK and other terrorism offences. Gurukanth Desai, 28, Omar Sharif Latif, 26, and Abdul Malik Miah, 24, from Cardiff, and Mohammed Moksudur Rahman Chowdhury, 20, … read more »

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