Today we tell about a wave of crime taking place in the warm waters off the east coast of Africa.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

Supporters say the law will help reduce crime by illegal immigrants who cross the border from Mexico into Arizona.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has named him as a goodwill ambassador to combat human trafficking.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

Officials often call this kind of grand jury together in cases of organized crime or suspected corruption by public officials.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

But Rodolfo Lopez-Negrete says there are still many areas untouched by the crime and violence of the drug trade.

VOA: special.2011.06.13

He believed that much of what was being said and done in Ohio was close to the crime of treason.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

have not committed any crime." The country's former president, Thabo Mbeki,was known for the unaggressive way his government dealt with AIDS.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

But social and religious conservatives expressed fears that they might now be accused of a hate crime if they denounced homosexuality.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

When crime scene investigators arrive at the place of a crime, they first try to make sure the area is secure.

VOA: special.2010.05.05

In June,the Supreme Court ruled five to four that analysts who prepare crime lab reports can be called to appear.

VOA: special.2009.10.03

Today,a fall guy is anyone who is tricked into taking the blame for the crime or wrongdoing of someone else.

VOA: special.2010.02.21

Eartha Kitt said the First Lady asked her why she thought there was so much youth crime in America.

VOA: special.2009.06.07

Also,the broken windows theory did not fully investigate the exact conditions of disorders that appeared to lead to crime.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

Or a newspaper might report that "defense lawyers were 'battening down the hatches' for testimony by someone who observed the crime."

VOA: special.2009.05.24