Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 17, 2004 at 12:18:00 PM CEST
Israel a Human Trafficking Haven
Human trafficking, is turning into a real problem in Israel, where law enforcement officials say women are bought and sold into the indentured servitude of the sex industry.
The women in question are usually from the former Soviet Union and are traded by the Russian mob. The same Bedouins who smuggle weapons into Israel bring the women up through the Egyptian desert, oftentimes with a load of weapons.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 17, 2004 at 12:00:00 PM CEST
Hong Kong police probe insect-fight gambling ring
Hong Kong's obsession with gambling reached unusual extremes with the arrest of 115 people for betting on insect fights, police said. The city is well known as a haven for China's horse racing and soccer gamblers, but raids on a club in the seedy Mongkok district of Kowloon broke a betting syndicate gambled on battles between huge crickets.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 15, 2004 at 11:24:00 AM CEST
4 in crash 'very, very lucky' to survive
The plane crash less than a mile from his camper didn't rouse Lynn Clark Friday morning, but the knock at his door about 10 or 15 minutes later sure did. Outside was a man Clark quickly realized should have been dead or badly wounded, not hiking through the Shingle Mill area of Diamond Fork Canyon to find help for the other three passengers involved in a plane crash.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 15, 2004 at 11:20:00 AM CEST
Policemen suspended over porn report
Two policemen have been suspended from duty after a newspaper reported they had been filmed enjoying the attentions of porn stars while they were supposed to be on patrol.
The News of the World reported on Sunday that the two policemen, aged 30 and 34, had been called to calm down a crowd who spotted a pornographic movie being filmed in a street in London's Soho district.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 15, 2004 at 11:12:00 AM CEST
Man Drives Into Lake, Tries to Smoke Crack
A police chase ended when a Long Island motorist drove into a backyard pond and tried to smoke a crack pipe just before his car sank, police said.
Officers tried to stop Yasyn Abdul-Mattin, 32, after seeing him driving erratically at about 12:16 a.m. Friday, Suffolk County Police said.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 14, 2004 at 1:19:00 PM CEST
A bridge too far for Polish robbers
Polish police said on Thursday they had found the remnants of a 200-metre-long, 360 ton bridge which had been stolen and then sold to a scrap metal yard.
Danuta Wolk-Karaczewska, a police spokesperson in the coastal city of Gdansk, said the 1,8-million-zloty (R3,1-million) metal bridge had been packed up in pieces waiting to be taken to be placed when it disappeared earlier this month.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 13, 2004 at 11:27:00 AM CEST
Moose breaks into grocery store
Arne Halberg thought his store was being robbed when its security alarm started howling early Thursday. The prowler turned out to be a moose, who apparently was hungry or confused, or both.
The moose, who may also have been somewhat mentally disturbed, first crashed through the main window of the grocery story in Elverum, just east of Hamar.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 10, 2004 at 11:34:00 AM CEST
Woman hit by golf ball in parking lot sues Sox
Inside a ballpark, there are often signs to watch for flying balls.
But outside the ballpark, there are no such warnings -- and certainly none for golf balls.
After a Chicago White Sox baseball game last year, Roxann Smith was struck by a golf ball while in a U.S. Cellular Field parking lot.
It was teed up by a drunken fan.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 10, 2004 at 11:23:00 AM CEST
Drunk Driver Asks Police to Arrest Him
It's not too often that the police get pulled over by a drunk driver. But that's what happened recently to Police Chief Ian McCollin.
McCollin was heading south on Route 142 when he noticed a driver at the Broad Brook Road stop sign, slowly edging forward into the intersection. As he passed the car, McCollin saw a confused look on the motorist's face.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 10, 2004 at 11:10:00 AM CEST
Clown Not Laughing Over Stolen Truck
A clown isn't finding much to smile about after someone stole his clown car. Delmer Jefferson, drove the miniature, bright yellow tow truck in parades. But on July 5, someone stole the truck from a parking lot.
"I'm heartbroken," said Jefferson, whose been a clown for the Shriners for more than 30 years. "I can't replace it. And it's not worth anything to anyone else. It's a clown car."
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 9, 2004 at 2:11:00 PM CEST
Thai policeman mistakenly tackles actor playing purse snatcher
A Thai actor playing a purse snatcher was injured while being tackled by a well-intentioned policeman who stumbled into a Bangkok street performance, media reported. Thep Pho-ngam was grappled and knocked down by a police bodyguard of the Thai justice minister after the officer mistook the cries for help of a woman playing alongside the man for the real thing, said the Bangkok Post.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on August 7, 2004 at 11:23:00 AM CEST
New arrest for Fredrikstad's comic criminal
A habitual law-breaker best known for some remarkably inept crimes has struck - and been arrested again. This time he managed to sneak away from a home in Bydalen in downtown Fredrikstad with a wheelbarrow full of stolen goods. Twelve hours later he was arrested, a few hundred meters from the scene, newspaper Fredriksstad Blad reports.
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