Dozens of homes have been raided in an international police investigation into the theft of valuable rhino horns.

A notorious criminal suspected of killing an innocent Irish father in front of his terrified family during a sun holiday in Spain has finally been captured after a three-year manhunt.

Eleven people in the US, the UK and Vietnam have been arrested and accused of running a $200m (€153m) worldwide credit card fraud ring, US and UK law enforcement officials said last night.

Members of a group of young British computer hackers who masterminded sophisticated cyber attacks on major global institutions from their bedrooms have been sentenced.

One of Britain’s most wanted fugitives has been arrested in Spain, police said.

One of Britain’s most wanted fugitives has been arrested in Spain, police said.

Spanish police working with Britain’s Serious Organised Crime Agency have arrested nine suspects in an investigation targeting criminals who allegedly smuggled drugs hidden inside industrial electrical transformers.

A bank that was last year forced to set aside £950m to cover the cost of a mis-selling and money-laundering scandal has declined to comment on reports its chief executive will receive a bonus of around £2m.

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Charges are expected to be brought against the bosses of an international sex trafficking gang arrested in Ireland last month.

Gardaí are hopeful of bringing charges against suspected members of a major sex trafficking gang arrested as part of an international police operation.

A man and a woman are being questioned by gardaí following raids linked to suspected human trafficking.

Two men have avoided jail after admitting copying thousands of files from Sony Music, including previously unreleased tracks by Michael Jackson.

A 61-year-old Englishman has been jailed for 28 years after masterminding a plot to smuggle 1.5 tonnes of cocaine into the UK.

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An Irishman arrested in Birmingham faces extradition to Ireland to face charges connected to the shooting of a teenager in Dublin six years ago.

The Irish couple arrested in Spain after a €3m cannabis seizure aboard a yacht remain in custody as a seventh suspect was arrested at the weekend.

The head of a family-run international prostitution ring has been sentenced to another decade in prison after refusing to hand over €2,197,780.85 from his proceeds of crime.

One of the UK’s most wanted crimelords has been captured in Holland.

OLYMPICS minister Hugh Robertson warned yesterday that the threat of illegal betting practices and match-fixing to the 2012 London Games is “obvious and enormous”.

A dedicated police intelligence unit is to be introduced at the London 2012 Games tasked with identifying illegal betting practices and attempts to fix events, according to reports.

Online gambling firm Betfair admitted today it had not informed its customers that the details of millions of credit cards were stolen in a major cyber-attack 18 months ago.

A pregnant woman - believed to be an Irish Traveller - arrested on suspicion of slavery offences in Britain has been released on bail.

A RECORD £300 million (€344m) haul of cocaine has been seized and six alleged members of an international drugs gang arrested.

Some readers of the Sun have been sent an email warning them computer hackers may have stolen their personal details, including their addresses, dates of birth and phone numbers.

A teenager accused of carrying out a hacking attack against the website of the UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency has been diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, a form of autism, since his arrest, a court heard today.

A TEENAGER accused of carrying out a hacking attack against the website of Britain’s Serious Organised Crime Agency was remanded in police custody while inquiries continue.

A British teenager accused of carrying out a hacking attack against the website of the UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency will appear in court today.

Gardaí working with the Serious Organised Crime Agency in the UK have this evening arrested a man in his 50s in Co Kildare on foot of an European arrest warrant.

The head of a family-run prostitution ring has been ordered to hand over almost €2.2m from his proceeds of crime.

SWEDISH police have said that technical problems hindering the arrest of Julian Assange, the founder of whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, had been overcome, and a British newspaper said he was in Britain.

A FUGITIVE criminal and key suspect in the Veronica Guerin murder investigation faces extradition to Britain after being arrested in a small town in Holland.

Two Irish nationals were among a group of 25 people being held in Spain tonight after police smashed a suspected drugs ring in Ibiza.

Fugitive gunman Raoul Moat has threatened the public as well as the police, it emerged today.

THREE men were arrested on suspicion of importing drugs into Britain after suspect packages were found attached to lobster pots off the coast.

Border officials seized €26,000 stuffed inside the bra of a woman as she arrived on a ferry from Ireland.

IRELAND’S number one drug trafficker and his right-hand man are under arrest after a spectacular police operation across three European countries.

THE Kinahan gang operated an “international” drug and gun trafficking operation and a “global investment service” laundering “hundreds of millions” of euro for some of Europe’s biggest gangs, including his own.

A man suspected of heading a vast international drugs, guns and money laundering empire was arrested during raids in Ireland, Britain and mainland Europe today.

Britain announced the expulsion of an Israeli diplomat today after concluding Tel Aviv forged the UK passports used by the killers of a Hamas commander.

A major drugs haul seized in the North and England is now estimated to be worth more than £2m (€2.3m), police said today.

A LONER with a modest lifestyle ran a secretive website where criminals traded information from stolen credit cards causing tens of millions of pounds of losses.

Scores of people were arrested as British and Spanish police smashed an international cocaine ring, it was confirmed today.

Assets worth almost £6m (€7m) were surrendered by three brothers today after a major investigation into fuel smuggling.