A senior Swiss executive at UBS was indicted in the Justice Department’s widening criminal investigation of the bank and its offshore private-banking services for wealthy American clients.

A senior Swiss executive at UBS was indicted in the Justice Department’s widening criminal investigation of the bank and its offshore private-banking services for wealthy American clients.

Charles Emmanuel, a son of Charles Taylor who spent most of his life in Orlando, Fla., was convicted of torturing opponents of his father’s government.

Five officials in the attorney general’s elite organized crime unit, receiving as much as $450,000 a month to feed secrets to a major cartel, were arrested.

As Mexico grapples with an increase in drug-related violence, sales are steadily on the rise at an exclusive boutique, where all the garments are bulletproof.

As Mexico grapples with an increase in drug-related violence, sales are steadily on the rise at an exclusive boutique, where all the garments are bulletproof.

The International Criminal Court in The Hague ordered two Congolese warlords to stand trial on charges that include murder, rape and the use of child soldiers.

Opposition lawmakers leapt on the episodes as showing that the government?s stance on crime and illegal immigration had been little more than window dressing.

Opposition lawmakers leapt on the episodes as showing that the government?s stance on crime and illegal immigration had been little more than window dressing.

President Felipe Calderón used a national meeting on security to call for an overhaul of policing and to urge citizens to put their fear aside and report lawbreakers.