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Scores arrested in gang violence raids

15.10.09
Almost 140 people have been arrested in a week-long series of raids aimed at tackling youth and gang-related violence... more

Scores arrested in Met crack down on gang violence

15.10.09
Almost 140 people have been arrested in a week-long series of raids aimed at tackling youth and gang-related violence... more

900 children victims of sex attacks in schools

29.06.09
Almost 900 young boys and girls have been subjected to sex assaults including rape in London's primary and secondary schools in the past five years, according to new Met figures... more

Met snares 200 violent gang suspects in raids

11.06.09
More than 200 of London's most violent teenagers and suspected gang members were seized in dawn raids... more

Disarray within Plumstead CID left black cab rapist on streets

06.04.09
The Met was warned nine months before it freed black-cab rapist John Worboys that the key local units which handled his case were in chaos... more

Met holds 224 hate criminals

26.11.08
Met officers are questioning 224 people who were rounded up during yesterday's Operation Athena... more

300 arrested in dawn raids on violent crime

25.11.08
Police launched mass raids across London in a crackdown on domestic and hate crimes... more

The day I learned how to confront street crime

23.09.08
Marchers against knife crime rallying in Hyde Park this past weekend jeered a video message from the Prime Minister in which he said stronger penalties sent “a clear message to every young person carrying a knife that there will be no excuses and no exceptions”. ... more

Police seize 2,000 blades in just four months

01.09.08
Police have seized nearly 2,000 knives from the streets of London in only four months in the battle to stem the number of stabbings... more

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