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The International Law Enforcement topic provides American law enforcement with police news from around the world, focusing on the latest developments in criminal syndicates, drug cartels, organized crime, and international terrorism. It also follows significant developments and events in other countries and explores how cops in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America enforce their laws.

An off-duty SAS Marine enjoying a coffee saved 100 lives during the Kenya attack that killed upwards of 70 people
The US has friends and allies around the world who accept as true that killing innocent men, women, and children over an ideology is immoral
One off-duty officer was the first to arrive on scene after Anders Breivik perpetrated the first of two phases of an attack that was the worst attack in Norway since World War II
Officers attempted to arrest the suspect as he threatened them with a 10-inch blade
Path to Skid Row was marked by mistakes and miscommunication by three governments on three continents over nearly 20 years
Mexican police and soldiers on Wednesday arrested the man widely considered to be the most important leader of the Zetas drug cartel
Danish police say gang members with Muslim backgrounds are being radicalized both in prison and outside
Female officer’s head was repeatedly slammed into the ground during the vicious assault
Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein was killed in firefight with police Sunday after a shooting spree that may have been inspired by the terror attacks in Paris
57-year-old Sureshbhai Patel was hurt in a confrontation with Madison police while visiting relatives
Suspected gunman killed by police after shooting attacks had a background in criminal gangs
Officer Eric Parker was arrested and is being fired after man from India was slammed to the ground and injured while visiting relatives in Alabama
Rodney Constantine made good on his promise after he commented on the department’s Facebook post regarding his warrants
An Irish police officer on vacation in New Orleans was shot by an armed robber, one of the latest victims in a string of shootings that have put the city on edge
Six packets of the drug, weighing more than six pounds, were taped to the six-propeller remote-controlled aircraft
The new security measures include increased intelligence-gathering on jihadis and other radicals, in part by making it easier to tap phones
Security forces killed two terror suspects in a fierce shootout Thursday and arrested another, foiling a major attack against police buildings
Department sent an honor unit to Paris Tuesday in solidarity with French police
Prime Minister Manuel Valls said the manhunt is urgent because “the threat is still present” after the attacks that began Wednesday
France’s government urged the nation to remain vigilant Saturday as they continue to hunt for an accomplice to the rampages linked to al Qaida
Terrorists linked to each other seized hostages at two locations around Paris on Friday, facing off against police
SWAT teams backed by helicopters tracked two heavily armed brothers with al-Qaida sympathies suspected in the newsroom massacre of a satirical French weekly
Police said they don’t know how many suspects are involved and don’t have a motive for the shootings
A man with a lengthy criminal record killed six adults and two young children before taking his own life
In a letter sent to the White House Friday, Christie pressed for the return of Joanne Chesimard, who was convicted of killing an NJ state trooper in 1973
Leaders demanded to know how a man with a violent criminal history slipped through the cracks and ended up in a cafe where he took 17 hostages
New studies have challenged several decades of thinking that psychological problems are only a minor factor in the making of terrorists
Swarm of heavily armed police stormed a cafe in the heart of Sydney early Tuesday, ending a siege by an Iranian-born gunman
Unlikely alliance involved a group of pacifist Mexican Mennonites growing tons of pot and working with a notoriously vicious cartel to ship it across border
Global crackdown on so-called Darknet sites that sell illegal drugs is one of the largest stings against the virtual organized crime world