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In a radical overhaul of sentencing, the Justice Secretary Chris Grayling today announced that criminals convicted of rape or attempted rape of a child or terrorism offences will no longer be automatically released at the half-way point of their prison...
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Three UK prisoners detained in Peru explain why trafficking drugs wasn’t the easy money they were led to believe it would be.
Andrei-Catalan Mamaliga and Ovidou Mamaliga have their sentences increased after the Solicitor General's intervention.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Speech by Solicitor General Oliver Heald QC MP
From 3 December 2012 new offences of aggravated knife possession come into force.
Child rapists and terrorists will no longer be automatically released half-way through their sentence, as part of a range of tough new laws that have received Royal Assent today.
The final countdown begins in Spain for UK crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), as only ten most wanted individuals remain on their Operation Captura list following the arrest of the 53rd target.
Judges and prosecutors from the Western Balkans convened to build expertise on effective asset recovery and support the fight against corruption.
Crimestoppers, the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Spanish Ministry of Interior are once again on the hunt for Britain’s most wanted, with 13 new faces released to the public, thought to be evading capture in Spain.
The British Embassy launched a book and hosted a discussion on human trafficking
The British Embassy Montevideo co-organised the third edition of HackathonAGRO which took place in Expo Prado 2018 on 15-16 September.
Concurso cultural #TheGameisOn escolhe os vencedores de prêmios autografados por Mark Gatiss
Estudio de caso
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