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British and Swiss police break up a crime ring
A sting operation at a London hotel helped authorities recover a 15th-century Chinese vase worth about 2 million pounds ($2.5 million) and break up the criminal ring believed to have stolen the artifact from a Swiss museum, British police said Saturday.
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Rights groups accuse French police of brutality in pension protests
Criticism from human rights watchdogs mounted on Friday over the alleged brutality of French police in handling protests opposed to President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform.
French authorities arrested more than 450 people on Thursday in the most violent day of demonstrations since the start of the year against the bill to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.
London police investigate Downing Street lockdown parties
The "partygate" scandal that threatens to derail U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's administration deepened Tuesday as police opened an investigation into gatherings at government offices that allegedly violated COVID-19 lockdown rules.
Over 150 Arrested in London Amid Anti-Lockdown Protests
More than 150 people were arrested on Saturday (local time) in London during an anti-lockdown protest, The Hill reported citing Metropolitan Police.
Exarchia around the world – there’s one in every city (pics)
There’s a place in almost every city that tourists usually don’t visit. It’s usually the place that gives seed to uprising where there were murders and where political extremism reigns supreme.
Exarchia, Athens, Greece
Police officer may face dismissal for shooting dog in western Turkey
A deputy police commissioner may face dismissal over two separate investigations into his shooting of a dog with a firearm on June 19 outside a police station in the Aegean province of ?zmir. The investigations are ongoing, while the injured dog has been reported to be in good condition in an animal hospital.
Prisoner, 24, commits suicide in cell
A 24-year-old man who was being detained at a police station in Karditsa, central Greece, was believed to have committed suicide after being found hanging in his cell late on Friday.
Early reports suggested the victim, who was awaiting trial, used his shoelaces to hang himself.
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