Police arrest suspected crime boss in hideout in his home in southern Italy

October 6th, 2009 Brazil TV crime host hunted after arrest orderedBRASILIA, Brazil — Brazilian police say they are hunting for a TV crime show host and former state legislator who is accused of commissioning killings to boost ratings. Agents say they haven't yet been able to find Wallace Souza and they are staking out an airport in Manaus.

September 29th, 2009 PANAJI - Goa's Tourism Minister Mickky Pacheco was Tuesday arrested before being released on a personal bond after a casino dealer accused him of extortion, police said here. Pacheco was arrested under section 506 (ii) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for criminal intimidation and was immediately released on a Rs.5,000 bond and on furnishing a local surety.

September 21st, 2009 Italian man in PM's sex scandal gets house arrestROME — Italian news reports say a businessman involved in Premier Silvio Berlusconi's sex scandal has been placed under house arrest as part of a drug probe. The ANSA news agency said Monday that Gianpaolo Tarantini was granted house arrest in Rome after a judge said there was no risk he could flee Italy.

September 6th, 2009 Nepalese police arrest alleged militant leaderKATMANDU, Nepal — Police have arrested one of Nepal's most wanted men, the alleged leader of a shadowy militant group blamed in deadly attacks on a church and a mosque, the government said Monday. Ram Prasad Mainali, whom authorities believe is the leader of the underground Nepal Defense Army, was arrested in the southeastern town of Biratnagar on Saturday after months of investigation, Home Ministry spokesman Ramratna Pandey said.

August 30th, 2009 Police in Calif. expand probe to neighbor's houseANTIOCH, Calif.

July 24th, 2009 Suspected Wyo. car thief found sleeping in the carCASPER, Wyo.

July 24th, 2009 Spanish police arrest ex-Argentine police officialMADRID — Spanish police have arrested a former Argentine police official suspected of committing human rights abuses during the South American country's dirty war, the Interior Ministry said in a statement Friday. Jorge Alberto Soza was arrested July 7 in the eastern town of Ontinyent but details were not released immediately "for operational reasons," a police spokeswoman told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity in keeping with force rules.

July 10th, 2009 Man suspected of stealing duck calls arrestedMONROE, La. — Police arrested a man suspected of stealing duck calls from a vehicle.

July 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Five youths from Chandigarh involved with an inter-state auto lifting racket were arrested after a brief shootout in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district, police said Friday. "The five, who are in the 18-20 age group, were arrested Thursday night from a hideout in the Saklapuri town in Saharanpur," police inspector Hukum Singh told IANS over the telephone.

June 30th, 2009 Venezuela deports top Mafia suspect to ItalyCARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela deported a convicted European drug trafficker dubbed the "Mafia's foreign minister" to Italy on Tuesday, where he has been wanted on drug smuggling charges since 2001. Salvatore Miceli, 63, was led in handcuffs to a sport-utility vehicle to be taken to a plane, which departed for Italy.

June 24th, 2009 Venezuela to deport top Italian Mafia suspectCARACAS, Venezuela — A convicted European drug trafficker dubbed the "Mafia's foreign minister" will be deported to Italy after his capture in Caracas in a joint operation by Venezuelan and Italian police, authorities said Tuesday. Salvatore Miceli was caught at a Caracas hotel on Saturday, Venezuelan police said.

June 21st, 2009 Top Italian Mafia fugitive arrested in CaracasROME — Authorities arrested one of Italy's most dangerous Mafia fugitives as he left his apartment in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, Italian police said Sunday. Salvatore Miceli, suspected of being a key intermediary in the drug trafficking trade, had been under surveillance by Italian and Venezuelan police for three days before he was nabbed late Saturday, Carabinieri from the Sicilian city of Trapani said in a statement.

June 16th, 2009 Italian police arrest dozens in anti-Mafia raidROME — Italian police said Tuesday they had arrested 13 people suspected of helping a top Mafia fugitive hide, communicate with other mobsters and conduct his business. Investigators said that with Tuesday's arrests they are closing in on Matteo Messina Denaro, a fugitive who is among a handful of mobsters vying to take over the Sicilian Mafia.

June 11th, 2009 Italian police arrest 6 in anti-terror raidsROME — Italian police arrested six people Thursday in raids on a group of suspected radical leftists who were allegedly planning a terror attack, authorities said. The Interior Ministry said the group was preparing an attack in La Maddalena, an island off Sardinia that had originally been selected to host the Group of Eight summit next month.

June 11th, 2009 Italian police conduct anti-terror operationROME — Italian police say they are carrying out arrests in Rome, Milan and other cities as part of an investigation into the activities of suspected radical leftist terrorists. Police in Rome did not give details of its anti-terror operation Thursday, saying it was under way.