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Even the Food Standards Agency Could Access UK Surveillance Data Under New Bill

The UK’s proposed mass surveillance powers, if made law, will force internet service providers to store every citizen’s web browsing history for up to a year. From there, police forces and security agencies will be able apply for a warrant to access the data.

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In pics: Police find Hatton Gardens heist jewels hidden in grave, court hears

The Hatton Garden raiders buried some of their swag in a cemetery. The robbers bragging they had pulled off the ‘biggest cash robbery in history’, court was told.

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Move over Ocean’s 11, here are 8 of the most creative cons India has witnessed

There are only two kinds of criminals. The ones that receive appropriate punishment for their crimes, and the ones that get away.

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£30,000 worth of jewellery stolen in Cornwall smash-and-grab

Police are on the hunt for thieves who stole some £30,000 worth of goods from a jewellers in Cornwall.
The incident, which took place at Little Jems Jewellers in Treganna Place shortly after 3:50am on Saturday, 21 November, saw the offenders enter the shop by smashing the front glass door before stealing the contents of two window displays and other items of jewellery…..

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Hatton Garden heist trial set to begin

The trial of four men charged in connection with the Hatton Garden jewellery raid is set to begin today.
The trial sees Carl Wood, 58; William Lincoln, 60; and Jon Harbinson, 42, charged with conspiracy to commit burglary. Meanwhile, Hugh Doyle, 48, is charged with conspiracy to conceal, convert or transfer criminal property…..

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Trio grab 75 mil Yen in jewelry in Harry Winston store heist

TOKYO — Three men stole rings and necklaces valued at about 75 million yen from high-end jewelry Harry Winston’s store in Tokyo’s Omotesando Hills on Friday night…..

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VIDEO: Gang raid East Grinstead jewellery store in 60 seconds

Sussex Police have released a video showing a gang of thieves who raided a jewellery store in East Grinstead in less than one minute.
The incident, which took place on Monday, 26 October, saw a gang of four break through the front door of retailer Decorus where they smashed glass displays and removed jewellery, leaving the shop in less than 60 seconds…..

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Car used by axe-wielding jewellery store raiders recovered

A car used by a masked gang who threatened staff with axes at a jewellery store in Leicester has been recovered by police.
The incident took place on Saturday, 14 November, when three masked men entered G Naran, in Melton Road, Belgrave, and threatened staff with axes…..

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Gang convicted for ‘violent’ jewellery raids in Manchester and London

Three men have been convicted following a string of commercial robberies on jewellery stores and money transfer shops.
Over the course of a year the gang targeted seven stores, using rubber blocks and hammers to smash shop windows and steal jewellery from window displays…..

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French police in meltdown after four-tonne cheese heist

Some thieves in France have made off with a rather odd prize recently – four tonnes of cheese. Police were called to a break-in on Monday in which the owner of the Napier dairy in the town of Goux-les-Usiers discovered some crooks had stolen roughly 100 wheels of comté, a luxury cheese which can only be made in the Franche-Comté region using unpasteurised cow’s milk.

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