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Organised crime

June 2026

  • Dr David Wilson wearing a navy blazer and blue shirt

    Author of Home Office report on China reveals attempts to compromise him

  • A man and boy sit on the porch f a simple concrete house in Nigeria.

    Gunshots at 9am. Then they rounded up the children: how Chibok-style school abductions are spreading in Nigeria

  • Mexican Army and Federal police patrol a crime scene in Navolato.

    Kidnappings, threats and ‘protection fees’: how can Mexico confront rise in deadly extortion?

  • Elvira Moral (centre) with her brothers Ramón (left) and Ricard (right) shortly after they were abandoned in 1984. Photograph: Jordi Matas / The Guardian / Family of Elvira Moral

    The Audio Long Read
    Three abandoned children, two missing parents and a 40-year mystery – podcast

    Podcast47:37

May 2026

  • A National Crime Agency photo of money found in suitcases at Heathrow.

    At least £325bn of ‘dirty money’ flows through UK each year, says report

  • The scene of a suspected arson attack on Bar Bambi, in Melbourne’s AC/DC lane on 15 May.

    Hospitality wars: who is recruiting children to firebomb Melbourne bars, nightclubs and restaurants?

  • Nishimura, naked, sits on a bed showing her arms and legs covered in colourful tattoos.

    The long read
    ‘The devil’s child’: the rise and fall of the only female yakuza

  • Two young Latino stand with their hands in the air as two armed soldiers in camouflage search them

    Rights and freedom
    Forced disappearances, killings and torture: why is Ecuador’s brutal drug war being backed by the west?

  • ‘This place is totally dead’: life after the crackdown on Manchester’s counterfeit capital

  • ‘Dodgy’ shops handling criminal cash targeted by new specialist unit

April 2026

  • Illegally deforested hillside in Sierra Tarahumara's Papigochic Protected Area showing sparse regrowth

    Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean
    Logging, murder and money: can Mexico’s ancient forests be saved from the cartels?

    In the Sierra Tarahumara, gangs ‘disappear’ those who resist their lucrative illegal tree-felling operations
  • Silhouette of someone pushing another in a wheelchair between two buildings

    NDIS infiltrated by organised crime gangs using intimidation and threats of violence against Australians

    Review recommends better use of NDIS data to identify repeat rorters and a requirement for providers to register with the government
  • George Monbiot

    double quotation markSay hello to the UK’s most successful growth industry: organised waste crime

    George Monbiot
    Thanks to a sustained ideological assault on regulation, our country has been turned into a literal dump, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

March 2026

  • Marie-Hélène Dini speaks to reporters

    Murder trial opens over alleged masonic lodge crime network in Paris

  • Bobby Cummines for obits DSC0248

    Bobby Cummines obituary

  • An aerial view of a huge mound of rubbish next to scrap yard with a village not far away in the background

    Environment Agency too weak to tackle illegal waste dumping, MPs say

  • Benedetto “Nitto” Santapaola in a prison cell

    Benedetto Santapaola, notorious Italian mafia boss, dies in prison aged 87

February 2026

  • People sit on the ground with suitcases watched over by an armed guard.

    Destitute survivors of south-east Asia’s cyberscam farms an ‘international crisis’

  • UK, London : The National Crime Agency NCA headquarters are pictured in Central London.

    Who would want to lead the ‘British FBI’?

January 2026

  • Starmer points as a man stands alongside speaking to him, with a Forbidden City building behind

    What agreements have been made during Starmer’s trip to China?

    Several deals have been struck so far but there does not appear to be a big bundle of investments worth billions
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