Crime

A policeman removes crime scene tape from the entrance to the underground car park at the Adat Yeshurun Sephardic Congregation where two Jewish men were shot and injured, in Los Angeles on October 29, 2009. The Two men were wounded at the Los Angeles synagogue in what police said was being investigated as a possible hate crime. Michel Moore, the deputy chief of Los Angeles police, said the two men were shot in their legs after arriving separately in an underground car park at the Adat Yeshurun Sephardic Congregation in North Hollywood.

A policeman removes crime scene tape from the entrance to the underground car park at the Adat Yeshurun Sephardic Congregation where two Jewish men were shot and injured, in Los Angeles on October 29, 2009. The Two men were wounded at the Los Angeles synagogue in what police said was being investigated as a possible hate crime. Michel Moore, the deputy chief of Los Angeles police, said the two men were shot in their legs after arriving separately in an underground car park at the Adat Yeshurun Sephardic Congregation in North Hollywood.

An ambulance leaves the crime scene where a gangster shot and wounded three people before killing himself in Yokohama in Kanagawa prefecture, suburban Tokyo on November 6, 2009. The man entered a real estate agency and said he was a member of a crime syndicate before he opened fire around 2:30 pm (0530 GMT), wounding the three people, one of them seriously, police said.

A policeman removes crime scene tape from the entrance to the underground car park at the Adat Yeshurun Sephardic Congregation where two Jewish men were shot and injured, in Los Angeles on October 29, 2009. The Two men were wounded at the Los Angeles synagogue in what police said was being investigated as a possible hate crime. Michel Moore, the deputy chief of Los Angeles police, said the two men were shot in their legs after arriving separately in an underground car park at the Adat Yeshurun Sephardic Congregation in North Hollywood.

A policeman removes crime scene tape from the entrance to the underground car park at the Adat Yeshurun Sephardic Congregation where two Jewish men were shot and injured, in Los Angeles on October 29, 2009. The Two men were wounded at the Los Angeles synagogue in what police said was being investigated as a possible hate crime. Michel Moore, the deputy chief of Los Angeles police, said the two men were shot in their legs after arriving separately in an underground car park at the Adat Yeshurun Sephardic Congregation in North Hollywood.

A policeman removes crime scene tape from the entrance to the underground car park at the Adat Yeshurun Sephardic Congregation where two Jewish men were shot and injured, in Los Angeles on October 29, 2009. The Two men were wounded at the Los Angeles synagogue in what police said was being investigated as a possible hate crime. Michel Moore, the deputy chief of Los Angeles police, said the two men were shot in their legs after arriving separately in an underground car park at the Adat Yeshurun Sephardic Congregation in North Hollywood.

Police officers inspect the crime scene where a gangster shot and wounded three people before killing himself in Yokohama in Kanagawa prefecture, suburban Tokyo on November 6, 2009. The man entered a real estate agency and said he was a member of a crime syndicate before he opened fire around 2:30 pm (0530 GMT), wounding the three people, one of them seriously, police said.

Jockey Corey Brown (R) powers to victory in the Melbourne Cup on his horse Shocking ahead of Kerrin McEvoy (L) on Crime Scene on November 3, 2009. Shocking denied international contenders Crime Scene and Mourilyan to win the 5.5 million Australian dollar (five million USD) Melbourne Cup run over 3200 metres (two miles) at Flemington here.

Jockey Corey Brown (R) powers to victory in the Melbourne Cup on his horse Shocking ahead of Kerrin McEvoy (L) on Crime Scene on November 3, 2009. Shocking denied international contenders Crime Scene and Mourilyan to win the 5.5 million Australian dollar (five million USD) Melbourne Cup run over 3200 metres (two miles) at Flemington here.

Police and press people gather at the crime scene where a gangster shot and wounded three people before killing himself in Yokohama in Kanagawa prefecture, suburban Tokyo on November 6, 2009. The man entered a real estate agency and said he was a member of a crime syndicate before he opened fire around 2:30 pm (0530 GMT), wounding the three people, one of them seriously, police said.

Horses from the Emirati stables Godolphin, Crime Scene ridden by jockey Niall Callum (R) and Kirkless ridden by Gary Mitchell (L), stroll at early morning trackwork at the Sandown Race Course in Melbourne on November 2, 2009. Crime Scene from the Godolphin stables, owned by Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, is one of 24 horses competing in the 5.5 million Australian dollar (4.95 million US) race to be run over 3200 metres on November 3, 2009.

US Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL) testifies before the House Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security subcommittee hearing on organized retail crime and constrictor snakes of the species Python genera on November 6, 2009 at George Washington University in Washington, DC. On the witness table lies a dead Burmese python captured in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

US Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL) testifies before the House Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security subcommittee hearing on organized retail crime and constrictor snakes of the species Python genera on November 6, 2009 at George Washington University in Washington, DC. On the witness table lies a dead Burmese python captured in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

US Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL) looks on as a dead Burmese python captured in Miami-Dade County, Florida is unrolled during his testimony before the House Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security subcommittee hearing on organized retail crime and constrictor snakes of the species Python genera on November 6, 2009 at George Washington University in Washington, DC.

US Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL) looks on as a dead Burmese python captured in Miami-Dade County, Florida is unrolled during his testimony before the House Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security subcommittee hearing on organized retail crime and constrictor snakes of the species Python genera on November 6, 2009 at George Washington University in Washington, DC.

Horses from the Emirati stables Godolphin, Crime Scene ridden by jockey Niall Callum (L) and Kirkless ridden by Gary Mitchell (R), stroll at early morning trackwork at the Sandown Race Course in Melbourne on November 2, 2009. Crime Scene from the Godolphin stables, owned by Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, is one of 24 horses competing in the 5.5 million Australian dollar (4.95 million US) race to be run over 3200 metres on November 3, 2009.

Jockey Corey Brown (R) powers to victory in the Melbourne Cup on his horse Shocking ahead of Kerrin McEvoy (L) on Crime Scene on November 3, 2009. Shocking denied international contenders Crime Scene and Mourilyan to win the 5.5 million Australian dollar (five million USD) Melbourne Cup run over 3200 metres (two miles) at Flemington here.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: Karen Dixon (R) and her spouse Nan Schaffer attend a White House reception where U.S. President Barack Obama delivered remarks on the enactment of the 'Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act' in the East Room of the White House October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Matthew Shepard was tortured and murdered in 1998 and was targeted for being gay, according to witnesses. In a racially motivated crime, James Byrd was dragged to his death in Texas in 1998.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) greets pop music artist Cyndi Lauper (C) after delivering remarks following the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in the East Room of the White House October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama earlier signed the $681 billion U.S. defense budget bill which included a provision that makes it a federal hate crime to assault people based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. Matthew Shepard was tortured and murdered in 1998 in Wyoming. Witnesses say he was targeted for being gay. Also in 1998, three white men in Texas chained James Byrd, a black man, to a pickup truck and dragged him to his death.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: Pop music artist Cyndi Lauper (C) applauds with other human rights advocates during a ceremony marking the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in the East Room of the White House October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama earlier signed the $681 billion U.S. defense budget bill which included a provision that makes it a federal hate crime to assault people based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. Matthew Shepard was tortured and murdered in 1998 in Wyoming. Witnesses say he was targeted for being gay. Also in 1998, three white men in Texas chained James Byrd, a black man, to a pickup truck and dragged him to his death.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks marking the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in the East Room of the White House October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama earlier signed the $681 billion U.S. defense budget bill which included a provision that makes it a federal hate crime to assault people based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. Matthew Shepard was tortured and murdered in 1998 in Wyoming. Witnesses say he was targeted for being gay. Also in 1998, three white men in Texas chained James Byrd, a black man, to a pickup truck and dragged him to his death.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: Surrounded by human rights supporters, U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks marking the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in the East Room of the White House October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama earlier signed the $681 billion U.S. defense budget bill which included a provision that makes it a federal hate crime to assault people based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. Matthew Shepard was tortured and murdered in 1998 in Wyoming. Witnesses say he was targeted for being gay. Also in 1998, three white men in Texas chained James Byrd, a black man, to a pickup truck and dragged him to his death.

LAPD officers and investigators at a command post set up near the Adat Yeshurun Sephardic Congregation where two Jewish men were shot and injured, in Los Angeles on October 29, 2009. The two men were wounded at the Los Angeles synagogue in what police said was being investigated as a possible hate crime. Michel Moore, the deputy chief of Los Angeles police, said the two men were shot in their legs after arriving separately in an underground car park at the Adat Yeshurun Sephardic Congregation in North Hollywood.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (R) consoles Rabbi Amram Gabay (C) of the Adat Yeshurun Valley Sephardic Congregation as Rabbi Abraham Cooper (L) from the Wiesenthal Center, looks on during a news conference after a gunman shot and injured two Jewish men, in Los Angeles on October 29, 2009. The two men were wounded at the Los Angeles synagogue in what police said was being investigated as a possible hate crime. Michel Moore, the deputy chief of Los Angeles police, said the two men were shot in their legs after arriving separately in an underground car park at the Adat Yeshurun Sephardic Congregation in North Hollywood.

Oscar Orlando Nava Valencia (C), a.k.a 'El Lobo', and other alleged members of the drug trafficking gang 'Cartel de Los Valencia' are presented in a press conference at the Attorney General�s office in Mexico City, on October 30, 2009. The Mexican government has deployed some 50,000 troops across the country in the past three years in a clampdown on organized crime linked to powerful drug gangs. More than 14,000 people have died in suspected drug violence in the same period, according to official figures.

Angel Bejar Chavez, a.k.a 'El Chino' (C), is presented to the press along with other alleged members of the drug trafficking gang 'Cartel de Los Valencia' at the Attorney General�s office in Mexico City, on October 30, 2009. The Mexican government has deployed some 50,000 troops across the country in the past three years in a clampdown on organized crime linked to powerful drug gangs. More than 14,000 people have died in suspected drug violence in the same period, according to official figures.

Jockey Corey Brown (L) and trainer Mark Kavanagh (R) celebrate their victory in the Melbourne Cup on their horse Shocking on November 3, 2009. Shocking denied international contenders Crime Scene and Mourilyan to win the 5.5 million Australian dollar (five million USD) Melbourne Cup run over 3200 metres (two miles) at Flemington here.

WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 06: George Horne, Deputy Executive Director of Operations & Maintenance Resources, rolls out a preserved Burmese Python which was captured in Miami-Dade County, Florida, during a hearing before the Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill November 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. The hearing was focused on H.R. 2811, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to include constrictor snakes of the species Python genera as an injurious animal.

British actor Sir Michael Caine (L) and Britain's new boxing World heavyweight champion David Haye arrive in London's Leicester Square for the European Premiere of Michael Caine's latest film, 'Harry Brown' directed by Daniel Barber on November 10, 2009.'Harry Brown' is scheduled to be released on November 13, 2009. Described as a 'modern urban western,' the titular Harry Brown (Caine) is an elderly widower and former Royal Marine who has lived to see his South London neighbourhood overrun by violent gangs, drugs and crime.

British actor Sir Michael Caine (L) and Britain's new boxing World heavyweight champion David Haye arrive in London's Leicester Square for the European Premiere of Michael Caine's latest film, 'Harry Brown' directed by Daniel Barber on November 10, 2009.'Harry Brown' is scheduled to be released on November 13, 2009. Described as a 'modern urban western,' the titular Harry Brown (Caine) is an elderly widower and former Royal Marine who has lived to see his South London neighbourhood overrun by violent gangs, drugs and crime.

Britain's new boxing World heavyweight champion David Haye poses on arrival to London's Leicester Square for the European Premiere of Michael Caine's latest film, 'Harry Brown' directed by Daniel Barber on November 10, 2009. Described as a 'modern urban western,' the titular Harry Brown (Caine) is an elderly widower and former Royal Marine who has lived to see his South London neighbourhood overrun by violent gangs, drugs and crime.

Martin Kemp of the group Spandau Ballet poses on arrival to London's Leicester Square for the European Premiere of Michael Caine's latest film, 'Harry Brown' directed by Daniel Barber on November 10, 2009. Described as a 'modern urban western,' the titular Harry Brown (Caine) is an elderly widower and former Royal Marine who has lived to see his South London neighbourhood overrun by violent gangs, drugs and crime.

Defendant Alex W. is brought into a courtroom of the district court in Dresden, eastern Germany on November 11, 2009 for the continuation of his trial. Alex W., to receive sentencing. Alex W. was sentenced to life behind bars for the brutal murder of a pregnant Egyptian woman, a crime that sparked outrage in the Muslim world.

Afghan Interior Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar speaks during a press conference in Kabul on November 16, 2009. The Afghan government announced on November 16 that it has formed a major crime unit to tackle corruption, in a move seen as bowing to international pressure to fight endemic graft.

Afghan Intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh addresses a press conference in Kabul on November 16, 2009. The Afghan government announced on November 16 that it has formed a major crime unit to tackle corruption, in a move seen as bowing to international pressure to fight endemic graft.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder attends the bill signing ceremony for the FY2010 National Defense Authorization Act in the East Room of the White House October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. The $681 billion U.S. defense budget bill provides for a 3.4 percent pay increase for members of the U.S. military and included legislation that makes it a federal hate crime to assault people based on sexual orientation.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) attends the bill signing ceremony for the FY2010 National Defense Authorization Act in the East Room of the White House October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. The $681 billion U.S. defense budget bill provides for a 3.4 percent pay increase for members of the U.S. military and included legislation that makes it a federal hate crime to assault people based on sexual orientation.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: U.S. President Barack Obama (2R) delivers remarks on the enactment of the 'Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act' in the East Room of the White House October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama was joined by (L-R) Matthew Shepard's parents Dennis Shepard and Judy Shepard, and Louvon Harris, James Byrd's sister. Matthew Shepard was tortured and murdered in 1998 and was targeted for being gay, according to witnesses. In a racially motivated crime, James Byrd was dragged to his death in Texas in 1998.

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) kisses Judy Shepard, Matthew Shepard's mother, after delivering remarks following the enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act in the East Room of the White House October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama earlier signed the $681 billion U.S. defense budget bill which included a provision that makes it a federal hate crime to assault people based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. Matthew Shepard was tortured and murdered in 1998 in Wyoming. Witnesses say he was targeted for being gay. Also in 1998, three white men in Texas chained James Byrd, a black man, to a pickup truck and dragged him to his death.

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA - OCTOBER 29: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (C) holds a news conference after a gunman shot and wounded two men in the underground parking garage of the synagogue on October 29, 2009 in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California. The wounded men, arrived in separate vehicles for a morning prayer service and were shot after they got out of their vehicles. Villaraigosa stressed that there is no evidence that the shooting at the synagogue was a hate crime targeting the Jewish community.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (L) watches as Rabbi Abraham Cooper (R) from the Wiesenthal Center gives a statement during a news conference after a gunman shot and injured two Jewish men, in Los Angeles on October 29, 2009. The two men were wounded at the Los Angeles synagogue in what police said was being investigated as a possible hate crime. Michel Moore, the deputy chief of Los Angeles police, said the two men were shot in their legs after arriving separately in an underground car park at the Adat Yeshurun Sephardic Congregation in North Hollywood.

Oscar Orlando Nava Valencia (L), a.k.a 'El Lobo', and other alleged members of the drug trafficking gang 'Cartel de Los Valencia' are presented in a press conference at the Attorney General�s office in Mexico City, on October 30, 2009. The Mexican government has deployed some 50,000 troops across the country in the past three years in a clampdown on organized crime linked to powerful drug gangs. More than 14,000 people have died in suspected drug violence in the same period, according to official figures.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 03: Jockey Corey Brown (R) riding Shocking wins the Emirates Melbourne Cup ahead of Kerrin McEvoy riding Crime Scene during the 2009 Melbourne Cup Day meeting at Flemington Racecourse on November 3, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 03: Jockey Corey Brown (L) riding Shocking wins the Emirates Melbourne Cup ahead of Kerrin McEvoy riding Crime Scene during the 2009 Melbourne Cup Day meeting at Flemington Racecourse on November 3, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.

Trainer Mark Kavanagh (C) and jockey Corey Brown (R) celebrate with the trophy after winning the Melbourne Cup on their horse Shocking on November 3, 2009. Shocking denied international contenders Crime Scene and Mourilyan to win the 5.5 million Australian dollar (five million USD) Melbourne Cup run over 3200 metres (two miles) at Flemington here.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 03: Jockey Corey Brown riding Shocking wins the Emirates Melbourne Cup ahead of Kerrin McEvoy riding Crime Scene during the 2009 Melbourne Cup Day meeting at Flemington Racecourse on November 3, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.

Jockey Corey Brown celebrates after winning the Melbourne Cup on his horse Shocking on November 3, 2009. Shocking denied international contenders Crime Scene and Mourilyan to win the 5.5 million Australian dollar (five million USD) Melbourne Cup run over 3200 metres (two miles) at Flemington here.

Forty-six year-old 'Godmother' Xie Caiping (C), is led from court after her sentencing in southwest China's Chongqing municipality on November 3, 2009. The court sentenced the 'Godmother' of an organised crime gang to 18 years in jail after a sensational trial which gripped the nation with lurid tales of sex and corruption.

Afghan Interior Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar speaks during a press conference in Kabul on November 16, 2009. The Afghan government announced on November 16 that it has formed a major crime unit to tackle corruption, in a move seen as bowing to international pressure to fight endemic graft.

US ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry (L) talks with British ambassador to Afghanistan Mark Sedwill as they attend a press conference in Kabul on November 16, 2009. The Afghan government announced on November 16 that it has formed a major crime unit to tackle corruption, in a move seen as bowing to international pressure to fight endemic graft.