International Crime News

Here's crime news taking place in foreign countries that I thought you may find interesting. I've separated the international news into geographical regions to make locating articles a bit easier. Check back often for updates. Also, you locate an interesting news article please contact me and maybe I'll add it to my site.

Caribbean

Crime: the uninvited guest in the Turks and Caicos
2 Missing Brown Students Found Safe In Trinidad
Crime and the Caribbean
Tourism crime underscores Caribbean weaknesses
Murders overshadow dropping crime rate
Focus on the Causes of Crime

Latin America

Baja, Land of Drug Wars, Tries to Draw Tourists
Students Robbed but Unharmed in Ecuador
Crime stats keep on climbing
Rio embarrassed by surge in Carnival crime against tourists
Cancún violence overshadows spring break
American Man Stabbed 18 Times In Ecuador
Ecuador: Everything old is new again in Quito
Alleged tourist bandits arrested, set free
Violent crime wave sweeps Mexico

Europe

Paralysed tourist 'happy to be back'
Crime targets: US tourists have 113 passports stolen in a year
Prague cops set up special unit for tourists
Violence rise 'due to downturn'
Attacks on Foreign Tourists Stir Crime Debate in Italy
British tourists take five million trips to unsafe countries
Tourists risk card theft
Czechs refute U.S. tourism report

Africa

Madibeng condemns burglary at Oberon
US Captain Held Hostage By Somali Pirates
Troops rescue Egypt tourists
French commandos rescue tourists from Somali pirates
Uganda: S. Western Files 243 Murders in 7 Months
Fashola: Crime Rate’s Reducing in Lagos

Asia

200 kidnapped in Mindanao since 2003
U.S. Embassay Warns American Tourists Of Spiked Drinks In Tokyo Bars
Crime rate may rise this year: Police
Night of Horror and Carnage in Mumbai, India Terrorist Attack
Security alert in Delhi-bound trains
BA suspends all flights to Pakistan
Spurt in shootouts in Delhi, commissioner says situation under control
Jump in number of offenders, even from well-off families

Middle East

Crime drops by one-fifth
Deputy police chief says force will strive to keep Dubai crime-free

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