Consumer property rights worth more than 2.17 billion tenge were restored in Kazakhstan in the first nine months of 2026. Retail trade accounted for the largest share of complaints.
Astana police have urged motorists to replace summer tyres with winter ones ahead of expected worsening weather. From December 1 to February 28, cars and light trucks must not be driven without winter tyres.
A 56-year-old Gold Coast man has been charged over an alleged threat to kill a federal parliamentarian. He is due to appear in court on 18 January 2027.
Indonesia has reported wildfires, drought and severe weather across several regions. One person was killed, several were injured and thousands of residents faced water shortages.
A drone helped police identify an Audi A6 driver who crossed into the oncoming lane in Tolebi District. More than 80 traffic violations were recorded during drone-assisted patrols there.
German customs investigators seized nearly 4.7 tonnes of coffee on which taxes had not been paid at a warehouse in Frankfurt. They also searched eight residential and business premises.
Luke Fortune has been jailed for 13 years and eight months in the UK for making a 3D-printed submachine gun and sending it through the post. He converted firearms at home and sold them to other criminals.
Bulog and police in Indonesia’s West Nusa Tenggara province will strengthen oversight of rice distributed under a government food supply and price stabilisation programme. The decision follows suspected misuse in two regencies.
A former maths teacher in the UK has been sentenced to 13 years for new sexual offences against 12 teenage girls. He is already serving a 20-year prison term for earlier offences.
Customs officers found about 30 kilograms of amphetamine hidden in a suitcase’s false bottom during a check on the A28 near Delmenhorst. A 21-year-old Spanish national was detained and remanded in custody.
U.S. prosecutors say Lil Durk is under investigation for allegedly bringing contraband into the jail where he is held. A judge postponed a decision on the rapper’s bond request.
A 68-year-old man who went missing in Abai Region was found after a search lasting nearly nine hours. A drone was used to survey the open steppe from the air.
A UK crime group that tried to recover 500kg of cocaine from the sea and bring it ashore has been sentenced to more than 100 years in prison. The National Crime Agency investigated the case.
Dutch customs found 30.6 kg of cocaine concealed inside an excavator attachment at Schiphol Airport. The case has been handed to the Cargo HARC team for further investigation.
A 41-year-old Gold Coast man has been charged with making child exploitation material. Police say a forensic examination of his phone found thousands of files.
Transport police seized 10 kg of the psychotropic substance alpha-PVP during a special operation in Aktobe. The suspects face up to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.
A court in Kazakhstan’s Kyzylorda Region sentenced people who ran an illegal crypto exchange and laundered proceeds from drug sales. Four pieces of special equipment and criminal proceeds exceeding 1 billion tenge were confiscated.
The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on four people and 41 companies supporting the business network of transnational criminal organization Prince Group. A Malaysian citizen accused of leading a scam network in Madagascar was also designated.
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