An elderly woman in Czechia has become the latest victim of investment fraud, handing over a substantial sum of money to scammers even after her bank warned her the transaction looked suspicious. According to police, the total damage came t
A triple collision involving a car, a tram and a motorcycle occurred in Prague 8 on Zenklova Street, near its junction with Pod Vlachovkou Street. The car's driver died at the scene, while the motorcyclist suffered serious injuries, police
Czech parliament member Patrik Nacher put a substantial sum of money into PlatonCoin, a cryptocurrency offered by the company Platon Life. Its founders — a married couple, Daniel and Julia Tanner — along with two other individuals, now stan
A regional court in Brno has sentenced 49-year-old Elena Prostinaková to a year and a half in prison over an incident at a railway crossing in June 2025, when her car narrowly avoided colliding with a high-speed train travelling at 160 km/h
The Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office of the Czech Republic will make a decision next week in the case of businessman Zdeněk Pelc, who is accused of causing a fatal car crash — the office is weighing whether to file a cassation complaint a
The Regional Court in Plzeň has ruled on the appeal in the case of Punčořová, the former head of the building authority in Jáchymov, who tried to retroactively legalize a massive forest road illegally built to connect the ski resorts of Klí
Phone scammers continue their mass assault on bank accounts across Czechia — the latest incident took place on 8 May, a public holiday, when a 30-year-old woman with a university degree, who asked to be called Kateřina, narrowly avoided fal
Fraudsters posing as government agencies and delivery companies have stepped up their activity across Czechia in recent weeks, flooding phones with fake SMS messages. Victims have already lost tens and even hundreds of thousands of crowns a
For four days, authorities in Colombia searched for 21-year-old María Camila Potosí, who was eight months pregnant and had gone missing — until on July 21 her body was found dumped near a river close to the mountain village of La Buitrera,
Prague City Hall has launched a sweeping review following a police operation targeting suspected corruption within the city's road department. According to City Hall Director Tomáš Havel, he will formally ask the Ministry of Transport to re
Richard Svoboda (formerly Muradyan), the man behind a high-profile contract killing in Prague, has appealed to the justice minister to seek a review of his 28-year prison sentence. According to the High Court's ruling, he ordered the murder
Police in the Přerov region have uncovered yet another investment fraud case: a local woman, lured by promises of easy investment profits, ended up handing over a total of 700,000 crowns to fraudsters. A courier who came to collect the thir