Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has arrested one of the country's most notorious cyber-fraud suspects Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world is witnessing an alarming erosion of respect for international law, with conflicts increasingly targeting civilians and heightening the risk of atrocity crimes, warns the United Nations’ newly appointed Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) deliberately killed civilians, took hostages, pillaged and destroyed mosques, schools, and health clinics during a large-scale attack in April on Zamzam, the largest camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in North Darfur State, human rights advocate, Amnesty International, said in a new report published on today Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - A 12-year-old boy and his grandmother cut the ribbon at UN Headquarters on Monday to inaugurate a flower-shaped memorial to the victims of the Srebrenica genocide – a permanent reminder of the 1995 massacre and the United Nation’s failure to stop it Full text...

Hanoi, Viet Nam (PANA) - Sixty-five nations on Saturday signed a landmark United Nations treaty in Hanoi aimed at tackling cybercrime – a move Secretary-General António Guterres hailed as a historic step toward a safer digital world Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Imagine this: you visit the familiar website of your local hardware store Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Monday adopted a decision authorising the European Commission and member states to sign a United Nations Convention against cybercrime Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A Johannesburg court on Thursday convicted seven Chinese nationals on charges of human trafficking Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Police Service (SAPS) anti-kidnapping task team has safely reunited an Indian businessman with his family following a shootout with an alleged mastermind behind the businessman’s kidnapping Full text...

 The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) has strongly rejected new sanctions announced by the United States on Wednesday against four more of its personnel in a renewed push surrounding investigations into US and Israeli officials Full text...

The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Two former leaders of the predominantly Christian Anti-Balaka militia in the Central African Republic (CAR) have been convicted of multiple war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC) Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Systematic rape and sexual violence are being used as weapons of war in Darfur, the International Criminal Court (ICC) warned on Thursday, as part of a widening investigation into what its Deputy Prosecutor said are escalating atrocities against civilians in the conflict-ridden region Full text...

Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The global drive for renewable energy technologies has sharply increased demand for so-called critical minerals, heightening the risk of crime, corruption, and instability across supply chains as organised crime groups infiltrate the mining industry Full text...

Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) called on Monday for renewed global commitment to combating emerging criminal threats and strengthening justice systems worldwide Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is in the process of establishing a judicial commission of inquiry to establish whether attempts were made to prevent the investigation or prosecution of apartheid-era crimes referred by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to the National Prosecuting Authority Full text...

Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) – Liberian President Joseph Boakai has been urged to follow through on his commitment to justice and human rights by renewing an executive order key to establishing a war crimes court to address accountability for civil war-era crimes in the country Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Thomas Chauke, a 54-year-old Zimbabwean national, has been sentenced to 110 years’ imprisonment by the Makhanda High Court in South Africa Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi on Thursday expressed her deep concern regarding the manner in which the case of Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso and his co-accused was handled by the prosecuting team Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Pretoria has welcomed the Malawian court ruling on Wednesday that self- proclaimed prophet Shepherd and his wife, Mary, be extradited to South Africa to face numerous charges including fraud and rape Full text...

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has concluded his second visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where his office is exploring measures to deal with war crimes and crimes against humanity Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland US (PANA) - Sudan is a flashpoint, with a growing risk of atrocity crimes and mass starvation deaths, the UN rights chief warned on Thursday, noting that some of the abuses described in his report could amount to "war crimes and other atrocity crimes" Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank Group has taken a major step forward in its fight against corruption and financial crime by signing a Letter of Intent with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) Full text...

Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - There is often a disproportionate concentration of violence and crime among young people in low-income urban areas compared to their high-income counterparts Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  The daughter of former President of South Africa Jacob Zuma will face charges of inciting terrorism that led to the deaths of 354 people in July 2021 after her father was jailed Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has called on the Libyan authorities to arrest the commander of the judicial police and director of the correction and rehabilitation institution in Tripoli, Osama Najim, and to start investigating the crimes he committed Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations General Assembly adopted Wednesday a new convention to prevent and combat cybercrime, concluding a five-year negotiation process, UN News reported Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Nelson Mandela’s grandson is expected to appear in a Johannesburg court on Friday after being arrested at the former world statesman’s upmarket home Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Billions of people worldwide are set to benefit from enhanced safety online and in the physical world following the adoption of a legally binding treaty on cybercrime by the UN General Assembly Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The General Assembly on Tuesday adopted the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, a landmark global treaty aimed at strengthening international cooperation to combat cybercrime and protecting societies from digital threats Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters and allied militias have raped scores of women and girls, including in the context of sexual slavery, in South Kordofan state since September 2023, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The mechanism to complete the work of UN war crimes tribunals continues to make progress in delivering justice for the most serious crimes in Rwanda and the States of the former Yugoslavia, top officials told the Security Council on Tuesday Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s Border Management Authority (BMA) on Tuesday said it had intercepted an unidentified German national who has been on Interpol’s most wanted list Full text...

Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Marking the inaugural International Day for the Prevention of and Fight against All Forms of Transnational Organised Crime on Friday, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has called for unified global efforts to counter these pervasive threats Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Police on Tuesday confirmed that a female South African drug trafficker was arrested in Addis Ababa following a joint operation between authorities in the two countries Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A large contingent of police officers has been deployed to the Eastern Cape province after six people were shot dead and four others injured at the Lugongozo High School, near Qumbu, on Sunday night Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –South African  Police have confirmed that 25 suspects are in custody following this weekend’s mass shooting in the Eastern Cape which left 18 people dead Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Member States have finalised a new treaty targeting cybercrime, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported on Friday Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African police have rescued a businessman and arrested eight kidnappers, including three Tanzanian nationals in Johannesburg Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The trial of seven Chinese nationals charged with human trafficking and child labour offences has been postponed because two defence witnesses failed to attend proceedings in the Gauteng Division of the High Court Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – At least 20 Portuguese butchery owners and staff have been kidnapped in South Africa’s Gauteng province over the past 18 months Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) –  A criminal complaint has been made against newly appointed Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie for “incitement of xenophobic violence, hate speech and intimidation” Full text...

El Fasher, Sudan (PANA) - The Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) launched a campaign on Tuesday to address the unfolding crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan, amid the going war between rival military forces that erupted last April Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Two passengers have been arrested for allegedly making a bomb threat on board a passenger airline at Cape Town International Airport on Thursday night Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced at the UN Security Council on Tuesday that the investigative stage of the legal proceedings into alleged war crimes in Libya is expected to conclude by the end of 2025, transitioning into the judicial stage Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Drug trafficking in the Sahel region – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and the Niger – continues to hinder security, economic development and the rule of law while jeopardizing public health, said a new report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - As the 30th commemoration begins this Sunday, 7 April of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, in which an estimated 800,000 people were killed, including Hutu and others who opposed the genocide and the extremist government that orchestrated it, Amnesty International is calling on the international community to urgently renew its commitment to ensure justice and accountability for the victims and the survivors Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The mastermind of South Africa’s biggest ever fraud case, former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste, committed suicide in Hermanus, outside Cape Town, on Thursday Full text...

The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Forced marriages, human trafficking, conscription of child soldiers and forced labour will form part of crimes to be prosecuted at the International Criminal Court, once policy reviews on these crimes are complete, The Hague-based court said on Tuesday Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African authorities have repatriated a two-year-old baby from a prison in Dakar, Senegal Full text...