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Pier Antonio Panzeri, jailed for corruption, decides to tell the truth

An alleged boss of a criminal organization, Pier Antonio Panzeri, linked to an EU corruption scandal has consented to divulge the nations and methods...

Wrongfully jailed teacher released after serving 6 out of 20-year jail term

A teacher who was wrongfully handed a 20-year jail term has been acquitted and discharged of any wrongdoing after spending 6 years in custody. Maxwell...

Crime check shares sad story of a man who was sentenced to 2 years in jail for stealing 8 fowls

Crime Check has rescued a man who was ‘unjustly’ sent to jail for two years after he stole 8 fowls. Through the intervention of the...

Woman jailed 25 years after watching her boyfriend kill six of his family members

A woman who witnessed her boyfriend kill six members of his own family in February 2016 has been given a 25-year prison term, sources...

Michael Avenatti charged with wire fraud; court pronounces 14-year prison sentence on him

Disbarred attorney Michael Avenatti, has been sentenced to a 14-year jail term after he was found guilty of defrauding his clients. The Associated Press reports Avenatti was...

5 rearrested after attempting to break out from police cells at Awutu Bereku

Five suspects made up of three Nigerian nationals and 2 Ghanaians have been re-arrested after attempting to escape police custody. The escapees were in detention...

Authorities launch investigation after video shows deputies beating Black detainee

A Georgia sheriff’s office has come under fire over the brutal beating of a Black detainee. The incident reportedly took place on Sept. 3 in Camden...

Old man wrongfully jailed has been released after 33 years in prison; weeps in sad video

After 33 years in jail, a Ghanaian man named Tetteh has been released after a killer falsely named him and one other person as...

24-year-old driver remanded for alleged murder of 70-year-old farmer

The Agona Swedru Magistrate Court has remanded a 24-year-old driver for allegedly killing Opanyin Kweku Oppong Abdulai, a 70-year-old cocoa farmer at Agona Abodom...

Ecuador fears Galapagos tortoises were hunted and eaten

Ecuador has launched an investigation into the killing of four Giant Galapagos islands tortoises, which prosecutors fear were hunted and eaten. Remains of the reptiles...

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