Law & Order

Committing Fraud Triggered by Fear and Panic out of proportion to the Problem  A very unusual and sad case where a caring adult was stressed by the financial obligation to pay a subscription for video-surveillance as part of the care assistance for parents’ home care.
6 Jul, 2023
Assault of a Pregnant Woman with an Umbrella  A near 60 year-old Frenchman in Monaco marries a Russian woman about 15 years his junior. Perhaps it had nothing to do with their age-difference but it took less than 2 years for them to discover the marriage wasn’t working out.
4 May, 2023
Noxious Smell of Cannabis Yields Complaint to Police One and a half kilos of cannabis consumed over three years by a young Monegasque. A serious addiction was evident. But his addiction was troublesome to his neighbours in his apartment building.
27 Apr, 2023
Crashed through a Parking Barrier with Police in Hot Pursuit It didn’t stop when exiting the car park on Avenue Princesse-Grace, smashing the toll system and the barrier. The Police were fast into action and about to interview the driver when, suddenly, the man drives off full throttle.
23 Feb, 2023
Stacks of Forged Notes Headed for Spending on Luxuries in Monaco A trick by counterfeiters targeting Monaco and other cities… put a genuine high value banknote, for example, 500 euros on top of a stack of counterfeit notes. So in a stack of 10.
16 Feb, 2023
Threats of Assassination and Poisoning in a Marriage Gone Sour A pensioner threatened to poison and murder his wife in Monaco and the wife denounced him to the authorities.
12 Jan, 2023
Property Fraud to Escape a half million loan repayment  “Oh what a tangled web we weave  When first we practice to deceive” This could describe the actions of an East European medical professional who had managed to secure a loan of just under a million euros to buy a.
29 Dec, 2022
A Monegasque Drug Dealer Pays Heavily for his Crimes A Monegasque just under 60 years old found himself in serious hot water in a Court in the Alpes Maritimes.
22 Dec, 2022
Friendship Betrayed as 88 year old Robbed of thousands in cash  Sad it is when a friend robs a friend. Even sadder the betrayal when friends are in their 70s and almost 90.
2 Dec, 2022
Doberman versus Chihuahua, No Contest, while their owners fight like cats and dogs One lady, not yet 50 years of age, with 2 Dobermans crosses the path of another lady, a Monegasque retiree with two tiny dogs.
10 Nov, 2022
Ukrainian Emigré Violently Assaults His Lady Companion in Monaco The events in Ukraine made a Ukrainian couple escape to Monaco but an unhealthy relationship that included violence (recorded in the past by Ukrainian courts) continued in the Principality.
25 Aug, 2022
Refugee with Champagne Tastes Pays with Jail-Time Homeless but not without the taste for the high life in Monaco it seems: Bordeaux Grand Cru, and Champagne no less, at one of the most famous night Clubs on the Côte d’Azur was this man’s fancy.
11 Aug, 2022
“Spider-Man” the Mastermind of Burglaries in Monaco Towers  Truth is stranger than fiction. The criminal version of Spider-Man played itself out for months in Monaco with thefts of valuables from high rises, including sometimes escaping with the safes in which jewels were stored.
21 Jul, 2022
Money Laundering and Theft Rewarded with Prison  On the look-out for money launderers, Monaco police intercepted two suspicious men from France each with significant amounts of cash on them. Entering the Principality with more than 10.
16 Jun, 2022
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