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Fascinating piece by Will Coldwell on the rise of sophisticated theft of high-end food items. Tons of artisan cheddar cheese fraudulently obtained by industry insiders, sold abroad. The small businesses making these products face huge losses.

theguardian.com/food/2025/apr/

#WillColdwell #ArtisanFood #crime

Who stole all the cheese? The inside story of the boom in luxury food heistsThe Guardian

CROSS (PRIME)
This is an addictive series once you get several episodes in. The storylines get wilder but the excellent cast keep this watchable.

It is also macabre as it features a serial killer who has as much charisma as any Bond villain.

We had doubts halfway during the first episode as some scenes were excellent yet some had that average feel US network TV dramas have. But there was enough intrigue to keep us watching. We're glad we did.

Episodes one to four feel stylistically different to the rest, more grounded in gritty reality before the story goes in directions you don't expect.

Recommended if you like crime fiction. #television #crime

NSW tradies granted licences without a criminal history check
By Amy Greenbank and Lia Harris

The state building commission has failed to secure a memorandum of understanding with NSW Police since 2023 to run criminal history checks on tradies before granting licences.

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-13/nsw

#ConstructionandRealEstateIndustry #LawCrimeandJustice #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #Crime #Industry #Police #AmyGreenbank #LiaHarris

Building Commission NSW handed out tradie licences without running criminal history checksABC News

Add genocidal israeli Brig Gen Yehuda Vach to the ICC Warrants list for crimes against humanity..

"Golani soldiers have previously been accused of war crimes in the conflict, including killing civilians, degrading treatment of bodies, needless destruction of civilian infrastructure, and incitement to genocide."

theguardian.com/world/2025/apr

#Genocide #ICC #Crime #Murder #Israel #Palestine #GAZA #News #HumanRights #Paramedics

IDF unit involved in Gaza paramedics’ killing was under command of brigade led by notorious Israeli generalThe Guardian

Wow, I know this guy. Dan Carpenter was very active in the #sfba #cars community. Pretty shocking to learn that he’s charged with leading a group of people to scam insurance companies for commissions. I guess that’s how he afforded all those cars.

#crime #fraud

“Five defendants charged in multi-million-dollar life insurance fraud case”

insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/010

Five defendants charged in multi-million-dollar life insurance fraud casewww.insurance.ca.gov