How a high-profile digital arrest probe led Gujarat cops to write book on cybercrime

IANS | June 22, 2026 5:11 PM

Ahmedabad, June 22 (IANS) When the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch dismantled one of India's largest alleged "digital arrest" fraud networks in 2024, arresting 17 accused, including four Taiwanese nationals, the investigation not only exposed the growing sophistication of transnational cybercrime but also laid the foundation for a book on modern cybercrime investigations.

Rising crimes under Taliban rule in Afghanistan challenge claims of restored security: Report

IANS | June 20, 2026 4:51 PM

Kabul, June 20 (IANS) The rise in criminal incidents across Afghanistan is not a peripheral issue but a stark reflection of the Taliban's governance failures. Having returned to power pledging to restore order and end chaos, the Taliban has instead presided over a reality marked by diminished freedoms, weakened justice, limited accountability, and persistent insecurity, a report has highlighted.

At least 250,000 girls in UK gang raped overwhelmingly by Pakistanis linked to grooming gangs

IANS | June 19, 2026 9:26 PM

London, June 19 (IANS) At least 250,000 girls and likely more were subjected to gang rape, trafficking, torture, and coerced pregnancy over several decades, with the perpetrators overwhelmingly being of Pakistani Muslim heritage and the enabling institutions overwhelmingly of the British state, according to a 219-page report released by a privately funded parliamentary inquiry into organised child sexual exploitation in the United Kingdom (UK).