Pavel Durov, founder of the messaging platform Telegram, was charged in France on Wednesday for allegedly enabling a wide variety of crimes from drug trafficking to the distribution of child sexual ...

A Syrian accused of war crimes during the Syrian civil war has gone on trial in France. The case is one of many in Europe, as Syrians have sought justice for war crimes committed during the 14-year ...

PARIS (AP) — They are France 's most dangerous drug kingpins, according to the country's justice minister — prison inmates so wealthy and powerful that even behind bars, they can continue to order ...

A Jaish al-Islam flag found in one of the group's alleged prisons in Eastern Ghouta — STRINGER A Syrian Islamist rebel ex-spokesman went on trial in France on Tuesday under the principle of universal ...

PARIS - French authorities launched a major manhunt on Tuesday after gunmen in balaclavas ambushed a prison van in northern France to free a drug dealer known as "The Fly," killing two prison guards ...

The good news, according to France’s official National Consultative Commission on Human Rights (CNCDH), was the number of racist and anti-Semitic acts in France dropped significantly in 2010—down 13.6 ...

When it comes to crime, Frenchmen take a back seat to no one—except in kidnaping, which French criminals apparently rate a U.S. specialty. The French do not even have a name for it, use the U.S. word, ...

BRUSSELS/PARIS - France's foreign minister on Thursday proposed the creation of a European Union sanctions regime to tackle cross-border organised drug crime that he said was sweeping across the bloc.