Keywords: Criminal Trial


Finnish man on trial over alleged online abuse of 361 children

A man in Finland is facing trial over allegations that he sexually abused hundreds of children online, in a case that prosecutors describe as involving a large number of young victims. The investigation began after police discovered images and videos of unidentified children on the suspect’s mobile......

Paris court acquits school activity leader of child sexual assault charges, convicts him of workplace sexual harassment

A Paris court has acquitted a former extracurricular activities supervisor of allegations that he sexually assaulted children at a nursery school, ruling that the evidence did not establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt. However, the defendant was found guilty of sexually harassing two female colleagues......

France to try 14 people over deadly 2021 channel migrant shipwreck

Fourteen people will stand trial in France over their alleged involvement in the deadly 2021 Channel migrant shipwreck that killed 31 people, according to information confirmed by the National Anti-Organized Crime Prosecutor’s Office. The defendants are suspected of being linked to human smuggling......

France: after a civil partnership, a man allegedly embezzled and confined a nonagenarian in Morocco for several years

A criminal trial opened in Pau, in southwestern France, involving a 46-year-old French man accused of systematically exploiting, financially stripping, and allegedly confining an elderly woman in Morocco after entering into a civil partnership with her. The accused, who has been in pre-trial detention......

Prosecutors seek 30 years in France stabbing case

Prosecutors in France have requested a 30-year prison sentence for a 32-year-old Moroccan national accused of stabbing his former partner multiple times in a violent attack that nearly cost her life. The trial is taking place before the criminal court of Finistère in western France. The prosecution......

France: Moroccan man on trial after violent attack on former partner

A criminal court in western France has opened the trial of a 32-year-old Moroccan man accused of attempting to kill his former partner during a violent attack that took place in 2023. The defendant told the court that he had no intention of killing the young woman, insisting that his actions were driven......

French drug kingpin Firat Cinko sent to trial over international cocaine network

French judicial authorities have ordered the trial of Firat Cinko, widely regarded as one of the country’s most significant cocaine traffickers, marking a major step in a long-running investigation into international drug routes supplying France. According to judicial sources, investigating judges......