International Business News - Crime http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Cubans allegedly have stolen everything from gasoline and cement to rice and powdered milk--one person was even caught with 320 tubes of toothpaste--in the wake of three recent hurricanes that caused more than $10 billion in damages. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/cubans-nabbed-for-hurricane-related-crimes.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:14:02 EST Hispanic advocates claimed Tuesday that the Long Island police department that investigated the killing of an Ecuadorean immigrant fails to adequately investigate crimes committed by whites against Latinos. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/181932-ecuador-death.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/complaint-filed-over-long-island-police-policies.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081125/complaint-filed-over-long-island-police-policies.htm Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:25:57 EST A 17-year-old student was ordered held without bail Monday on hate crime charges in the stabbing of an Ecuadorean immigrant during a marauding spree with six high school friends. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081124/long-island-teen-arraigned-in-bias-stabbing-death.htm Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:14:26 EST The flowers have wilted and the candles are burned out at a makeshift memorial where an immigrant from Ecuador was stabbed to death in what police say was a hate crime carried out by marauding teenagers. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/180488-ecuador-death.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081122/immigrants-killing-shows-tensions-on-long-island.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081122/immigrants-killing-shows-tensions-on-long-island.htm Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:30:11 EST Californians defeated two of three crime measures on their ballot, including one of the few proposals to trim the state's bulging inmate population. The only crime-related measure to pass was Proposition 9, which writes crime victims' rights into the state Constitution. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081105/2-of-3-calif-crime-measures-fail-at-polls.htm Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:17:00 EST With layoffs a near-daily occurrence, there's at least one reason to take heart. A new report by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis found that unemployment and low wages do not have a significant effect on crime--at least in the short term. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/federal-report-analyzes-crime-in-28-cities.htm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:57:33 EDT Both presidential candidates are promising federal dollars to help local governments fight crime and a review panel to examine the nation's crime-fighting priorities. Democrat Barack Obama would increase federal spending on programs popular with local law enforcement to put more cops on the beat and hire additional officers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/mccain-obama-promise-federal-money-to-fight-crime.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:15:15 EDT Missouri Republican attorney general candidate Michael Gibbons wants to create a cyber-crimes task force. The unit would focus on combatting online sexual predators, identity theft and other Internet-based financial crimes. The unit would assist local law enforcement, offer specialized training and coordinate statewide efforts to combat those types of crimes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/gop-ag-candidate-calls-for-mo-cyber-crime-unit.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:10:14 EDT The Detroit police crime lab was shut down by the city's new mayor and police chief after an outside audit found errors in some evidence used to prosecute cases involving murder and other crimes, officials said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/error-prone-detroit-police-crime-lab-shut-down.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:29:56 EDT Companies including Walgreen Co. asked a U.S. House Committee on Monday to crack down on organized retail crime, but online retailers such as eBay Inc. said some of the measures proposed would unfairly hurt their business. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/retailers-ask-congress-to-tackle-organized-crime.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:01:00 EDT The FBI says violent crime is on the downswing. Data released Monday show violent crime dipped slightly nationwide in 2007. That ended two years of increases in murders, robberies, and other kinds of the worst crime in U.S. cities. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080915/fbi-violent-crime-decreasing.htm Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:56:05 EDT Retailers in Delaware will soon have to pay an additional $15 for their business licenses. The Division of Revenue is assessing the fee to fund the state Attorney General's Retail Crime Unit. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080912/new-fee-to-help-fund-del-retail-crime-unit.htm Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:54:56 EDT Crimes at convenience stores in New Mexico have dropped after the state imposed regulations in 2004 aimed at protecting workers in the stores. A state Environment Department study of convenience store crimes in six communities found slayings decreased by about 44 percent a year, while assaults and robberies were down by an annual average of about 92 percent and theft and larcenies dropped 89 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/nm-convenience-store-crime-drop-after-2004-rules.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:13:44 EDT Moving quickly to address mounting anger over crime, President Felipe Calderon promised Sunday to adopt several proposals from civic groups who led more than 100,000 Mexicans in marches against daily kidnappings and killings. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/119994-mexico-crime-march.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080901/mexican-leader-meets-anti-crime-march-organizers.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080901/mexican-leader-meets-anti-crime-march-organizers.htm Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:43:43 EDT Moving quickly to address mounting anger over crime, President Felipe Calderon promised Sunday to adopt several proposals from civic groups who led more than 100,000 Mexicans in marches against daily kidnappings and killings. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/119900-mexico-crime-march.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080831/hundreds-of-thousands-of-mexicans-protest-killings.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080831/hundreds-of-thousands-of-mexicans-protest-killings.htm Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:06:58 EDT Tens of thousands of frustrated Mexicans, many carrying pictures of kidnapped loved ones, marched across the country Saturday to demand authorities act to stop a relentless tide of killings, abductions and shootouts. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/119253-aptopix-mexico-crime-march.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080830/mexicans-to-hold-mass-anti-crime-protests.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080830/mexicans-to-hold-mass-anti-crime-protests.htm Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:19:48 EDT Armed robberies have surged to a record high in the Zimbabwe capital, state radio reported Monday, saying the spike was due to an amnesty that freed dozens of convicted criminals to make space for political prisoners. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/armed-robbery-surges-amid-zimbabwes-economic-woes.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:07:15 EDT A 31-year-old man killed his girlfriend on the Greek island of Santorini on Sunday, beheaded her, then fled in a patrol car, a local official said. During the ensuing chase, the suspect was shot five times by police and ran over two women doctors who were riding a motorcycle before he was caught, the official said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080803/man-beheads-girlfriend-is-caught-after-chase.htm Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:45:35 EDT Thirteen law enforcement agencies in the two-state Kansas City metropolitan area are teaming up for a project to share information about crimes and criminals more easily. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/kansas-area-police-start-crime-information-project.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:18:17 EDT Garry McCarthy had barely settled into his new job as Newark's police director in the fall of 2006 when he came face to face with the twin scourges of violence and apathy that plagued New Jersey's largest city. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/92769-newark-crime.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/new-jerseys-largest-city-sees-drop-in-homicides.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/new-jerseys-largest-city-sees-drop-in-homicides.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:05:02 EDT