Crime
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How drugs became ‘endemic’ in UK prisons
The Explainer Buzzing drones drop drugs into prisons ‘like a pack of wasps’ as drug-related deaths spike behind bars
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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How safe is London?
The Explainer Murder rates are down but rape figures are up
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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What really happens to all the UK’s stolen cars and phones
The Explainer Cars are ‘soaked’ and taken to ‘chop shops’
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Why are so many prisoners being released by mistake?
The Explainer Overcrowding and bad computer systems have been blamed for 128% rise in unauthorised releases
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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France makes first arrests in Louvre jewels heist
Speed Read Two suspects were arrested in connection with the daytime theft of royal jewels from the museum
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Why is the grooming gangs inquiry falling apart?
Today's Big Question Survivors have quit the panel during a week of ‘turmoil’ and ‘disarray’
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Thieves nab French crown jewels from Louvre
Speed Read A gang of thieves stole 19th century royal jewels from the Paris museum’s Galerie d’Apollon
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Manchester synagogue attack: what do we know?
Today’s Big Question Two dead after car and stabbing attack on holiest day in Jewish year
By Hollie Clemence, The Week UK Published
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Christian Brückner: why prime suspect in Madeleine McCann case can refuse Met interview
The Explainer International letter of request rejected by 49-year-old convicted rapist as he prepares to walk free
By The Week UK Published
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Mexico’s forced disappearances
Under the Radar 130,000 people missing as 20-year war on drugs leaves ‘the country’s landscape ever more blood-soaked’
By The Week UK Published
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Tom Phillips: the manhunt for forest fugitive and his abducted children
In the Spotlight Three children recovered safely after four-year manhunt ends in police shootout
By The Week UK Published
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The trial of Jair Bolsonaro, the 'Trump of the tropics'
The Explainer Brazil's former president will likely be found guilty of attempting military coup, despite US pressure and Trump allegiance
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Dash: the UK's 'flawed' domestic violence tool
The Explainer Risk-assessment checklist relied on by police and social services deemed unfit for frontline use
By The Week UK Published
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Aimee Betro: the Wisconsin woman who came to Birmingham to kill
In the Spotlight US hitwoman wore a niqab in online lover's revenge plot
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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