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Eight-hundred arrests, 8 tons of cocaine seized and alleged murders were thwarted in a global operation enabled by criminal gangs discussing their actions on an app secretly run by FBI.

Trebizond was their starting-point, the late Roman and early medieval past of eastern Turkey was their quarry. James Howard-Johnston and Nigel Ryan first searched for three long-lost castles in remote country around the massive Bingol Dag, the Mountain of a Thousand Lakes, then ranged over the volcano-studded uplands near the Iranian and Soviet Borders where rival Armenian and Georgian princes once competed to outdo each other in the magnificence of their buildings. They observed the modern wor...

The New Zealand Police were aided with cooperation form the Australian Federal Police’s newly-formed Fugitive Action Strike Team (FAST) which tracked and located the male in the state of Victoria, Newman said. “These transnational syndicates work across borders and have relied previously on the difficulties of Law Enforcement from different countries working across different jurisdictions,” Newman said. NZ POLICE/SUPPLIED Police have also seized over $1million in cash during their inves...

Australian Federal Police fugitive squad arrest alleged Kiwi drug dealer in rural town to be extradited to face Operation Mystic charges 4 May, 2021 07:00 AM 5 minutes to read A cache of high-powered firearms was seized in Operation Mystic, as well as $1m cash. Photo / Supplied A cache of high-powered firearms was seized in Operation Mystic, as well as $1m cash. Photo / Supplied The first arrest made by a new Australian police squad set up to target international fugitives is a 31-year-old New ...