4 charged over China timber smuggling - policeFour Russians have been charged with smuggling timber valued at 100 million rubles ($3 million) a month into neighboring China, police said Wednesday.12:55 21.08.2013
Romanian princess arrested over US cockfighting ringA Romanian princess was arrested in Oregon Thursday in connection with an alleged cockfighting ring.12:18 16.08.2013
Russian police bust ring of timber smugglers to ChinaRussian police have busted an international group suspected of costing the state over 2 billion rubles ($60 million) through the illegal purchase and sale to China of timber, Russia’s Interior Ministry reported on Wednesday.14:48 14.08.2013
Two Russians charged in India with Ponzi scheme fraud released on bailTwo of the three Russians who were detained in India and charged with creating a Ponzi scheme, have been released on bail, the Russian Consulate General in New Delhi told RIA Novosti on Wednesday. The third Russian was released on bail earlier.10:54 14.08.2013
Russian surgeon stole heroin from drug mule's stomach – policeA surgeon who operated on a drugs mule in an East Siberian town stole heroin from his stomach and was detained while high, regional police said Tuesday.16:10 13.08.2013
Police round up illegal migrants across RussiaPolice said they have detained hundreds of illegal immigrants in weekend raids in at least eight of Russia’s 83 regions, following similar operations in the country’s two largest cities, Moscow and St. Petersburg.16:34 12.08.2013
Police kill four assailants in North CaucasusTraffic police officers have killed four unknown assailants who attacked them in Nalchik, the capital of the Russian North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, the Interior Ministry reported Wednesday.16:53 07.08.2013
Police hold hundreds more in new Russian market raidsMoscow police carried out yet more raids targeting migrants and marketplaces Wednesday, detaining hundreds of people.11:47 07.08.2013
Russian police smash 20-year old drug and murder gangRussian investigators said Tuesday they have charged the members a St. Petersburg crime gang suspected of carrying out a string of murders and smuggling drugs during the country’s turbulent 1990s.14:28 06.08.2013
Police bust Russian $1.5 mln per day gambling chainRussian police have broken up an illegal gambling operation that brought in daily earnings of 50 million rubles ($1.5 million), the Interior Ministry said Wednesday.14:41 31.07.2013
Moscow police detain hundreds in sweep checks of marketsMoscow police had rounded up almost five hundred suspects in the city’s market places by Tuesday morning following an attack on the weekend on a police officer trying to detain a suspected sex offender at a food market.11:13 30.07.2013
Moscow police find prayers for protection amidst massive cocaine shipmentThe Moscow police have reported that among boxes containing upwards of 120 kilos of cocaine, each one contained sheets of paper with special prayers for protection on them.16:10 26.07.2013
Russian police thwart Georgian mobster's weddingA crime boss of Georgian origin has been detained in central Russia about a week before he planned to get married, the local Interior Ministry said Monday.11:02 22.07.2013
Turkish police files 15 Gezi Park riot cases with courtCases concerning 15 protesters detained during a police raid of the protest in Gezi Park have been forwarded to the Izmir court.17:46 15.07.2013
Police find ostriches, immigrants in underground Russian factoryRussian police have discovered an underground clothing factory in Moscow Region where dozens of immigrants from Vietnam were being held, together with a bear, ostriches and wild boars.14:52 15.07.2013
Montenegro police arrest local aluminum plant's Russian bossMontenegrin police have arrested the Russian financial director of the Balkan country’s biggest enterprise, co-owned by Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska's En+ group.18:36 11.07.2013
Russian citizen detained in Thailand on suspicion of forging credit cardsA Russian national has been detained in the Thai capital on suspicion of fraud, the local police said on Thursday.11:28 11.07.2013
Police dogs help uncover 1,500 crimes in Moscow in 2013Police dogs have helped uncover about 1,500 crimes in Moscow this year, according to Nikolai Zotov, the head of the Moscow Interior Department's canine handler service.16:04 21.06.2013
Georgian police uncover former officials' caches of weapons and drugsThe state security service of the Georgian Interior Ministry has found secret caches of weapons, drugs and videotaped tortures hidden in Samegrelo, western Georgia, by high-ranking ministry officials under the previous government.15:33 17.06.2013
German police break up international art forgery ringThe German police have exposed an international criminal group, whose members forged renowned paintings by Russian avant-garde artists, and arrested the two alleged ring leaders.17:40 13.06.2013