direct flights from Dubai to Durban could be proving a boon to drug smugglers

introduction of direct flights from Dubai to Durban could be proving a boon to drug smugglers. This week at Durban International Airport police and custom officials seized pure heroin that, once "cut", would have had a street value of more than R2,5-million. A 20-year-old Cape Town woman was arrested and will appear in court next week.Police and airport officials said with Durban opening up to international air traffic, drug syndicates would increasingly target these flights.The 1kg of powder was covered with carbon paper - to make it more difficult...

Cape Town is as violent as New York was in the late 1950s.

Cape Town is as violent as New York was in the late 1950s."I see a lot of resemblance between the Cape Town gangs today and the ones we had in New York back then. The scale of violence, slick crime syndicates and everything else seems to have been adopted by troublesome youngsters here," he said while on a visit to the Cape Flats this week.Cruz, 71, who led the notorious New York Mau Mau gang in the 1950s, but later became an evangelist and wrote 15 books, was in Manenberg on Friday as part of his global crusade to change the lives of gangsters....

Versalko spent NZ $4 million on extravagance properties, NZ$3.3 million on prostitutes and NZ$300,000 on wine.

Cash drained from the customer’s investments was openly used for showcasing a luxurious lifestyle of having property, cash and prostitutes by an investment adviser at ASB. Almost NZ$17.8 million was stolen by the banker Stephen Gerard Versalko, 52. For this offence, the accused have been jailed for six years.This has come out to be the first and the biggest single employee case in New Zealand. This case was unveiled after one of the clients of Versalko observed a documentary with behavioral similarities on Bernard Madoff, an US impostor.People...

indicted Ahmed Muhammed Dhakane, 24, a Somalia citizen, on two counts of false statements under penalty of perjury to federal authorities concerning his association with global terrorist organizations.

indicted Ahmed Muhammed Dhakane, 24, a Somalia citizen, on two counts of false statements under penalty of perjury to federal authorities concerning his association with global terrorist organizations. United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced the indictment was returned Thursday and unsealed Friday afternoon. It alleges that on October 28, 2008, the Dhakane “falsely omitted on an application for asylum that from a time prior to September 11, 2001, until January 2003, he was a member of, or was associated with, al-Barakat and Al-Ittihad Al-Islami.”Both...

Gary Bellchambers (46) oversaw a network selling golfing accessories, clothing and passes for an airline lounge “on a scale that, it is believed, has never been seen before

Gary Bellchambers (46) oversaw a network selling golfing accessories, clothing and passes for an airline lounge “on a scale that, it is believed, has never been seen before”, a court in England was told. head of a global crime network that duped eBay customers into buying fake branded golf clubs has been sentenced to four years and three months in jail.Snaresbrook Crown Court heard that over four years the gang was “responsible for the sale and distribution of hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of pounds worth of counterfeit goods both in the...

VIDEO:Masked gunmen stormed an upmarket hotel in Berlin on Sunday and forced staff working at a poker tournament there to hand over millions.,

Hyatt hotel:a group of armed men stormed the hotel during a poker tournament Masked gunmen stormed an upmarket hotel in Berlin on Sunday (NZT) and forced staff working at a poker tournament there to hand over money, police said.There was "a little panic" among guests during the hold-up at the Grand Hyatt in the central Potsdamer Platz square, during which some were slightly injured, a police spokesperson said. He declined to confirm media reports said the gang got away with 800,000 euros ($NZ1.56 million)ackpot for the tournament stood at €1 million...

arrested Cody Bertelsen when he surrendered Friday and wrapped up an intense investigation into what police say was a notorious gang of organized thieves

arrested Cody Bertelsen when he surrendered Friday and wrapped up an intense investigation into what police say was a notorious gang of organized thieves. Bertelsen and others face racketeering charges that are normally used for prosecuting the Mafia or other crime syndicates. According to police, Bertelsen's group was an organized gang of thieves who terrorized businesses and individuals for at least a year.Bertelsen had amassed nearly $800,000 in arrest warrants. "Cody is the last piece of the puzzle, the last major player," Capt. T McLachlan...