Crime

The leader of the biggest, most feared cartel in Mexico was killed, with CIA help, in Guadalajara. This is what happened

The government doesn’t need to legislate for every possible crime. Why? Because most people know the difference between right and wrong – as I discovered

Her memoir, A Hymn to Life, details unimaginable abuse at the hands of the man she loved – and still manages to leave you with hope

Sorry, but leaving the universe to right itself is just misguided wishful thinking

Some Germans revel in a state of emergency during the new year’s celebrations. Should their lawlessness restrict responsible fireworks enthusiasts’ fun?

The shocking Danish show that revealed a criminal network’s white collar connections was watched by half a nation and brought change

Organised crime gangs have started recruiting teenagers online to carry out hits on their rivals. There are a worrying number of willing assassins

El Salvador has become an absolutist police state. Part prison camp, part Bitcoin Beach, it’s the perfect place for Trump to send all the people he doesn’t want in America

In Sinaloa, the threat of death and chaos hangs in the air as the brutal cartel war shows little sign of abating

A new proposal to restrict the use of trial by jury could fundamentally undermine the justice system

The media often describes terrorists as manifestations of evil, or as zombie-like products of indoctrination, but we urgently need a better account than that

For philosophers Andy Clark and David Chalmers, phone crime is ‘more akin to assault’

The prime minister needs to crack down on crime, set and meet a fair migration target and bring in a UK ID card

Gino Cecchettin, whose daughter Giulia was murdered by her ex-boyfriend, is leading the fight to end violence against women

Shoplifting is the one British industry that is thriving – and whoever is to blame, it is heaping even more pressure on our troubled high streets

A social media rumour about Keir Starmer has attracted millions of views – aided by far right figures who amplify conspiracy theories online

Peter Hummelgaard, Danish minister for justice, has blamed the emergence of ‘child soldiers’ on years of failed integration policies in Sweden

A high-profile breakout is indicative of the pressures authorities currently face in trying to keep pace with the trade in drugs and arms

Daniela Klette, a former militant of the Baader-Meinhof terrorist group, was finally arrested last month after decades on the run

Chronic underfunding has crushed both the courts and the police

Toxic masculinity, not the asylum system, is to blame for a rise in crimes using corrosive substances

Conspiracy theory surrounds the 1978 kidnap and killing of the former Italian prime minister in the centre of Rome

Britain’s political class is locked in a cycle of consensus on law and order that costs a lot and delivers little

Psychologically, absences felt in particular places matter to us. The gap left on Hadrian’s Wall will be felt by anyone who had visited the remarkable tree in situ

The hostage crisis that gave rise to the idea of a strong bond between captive and captor took place 50 years ago this week. But does the condition really exist?

The UK's determination to lock people up has already created an overflowing prison system. The prime minister's plans will only make matters worse

In his rush to participate in geopolitics, has the president forgotten about strife-torn France itself?

The California city is now for too many like a plague-ridden medieval Florence, once glorious, now inglorious

The city's role in the drugs trade has brought narco-state violence to the peaceful heart of Europe

A notorious mafia killer is now behind bars – but why did it take so long to catch him?

Ten years after four people were gunned down on a forest track in the French Alps, the murders remain a mystery. But six detectives are still working on the case