MEXICO CITY — The two most important criminal organizations in Mexico are engaged in all-out war, and the most spectacular battles are being fought for the cameras as the combatants pursue a strategy of intimidation and propaganda by dumping ever greater numbers of headless bodies in public view — the victims most likely innocents. Read full article > >

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Mexico’s two major crime cartels now at war

First Minister Alex Salmond says the victims of the Lockerbie bombing should be remembered, after the death of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.

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Salmond: Remember Lockerbie dead

Some Honduran officials and residents have said that the victims of a fatal gun battle last week were innocent people, challenging the account of American drug enforcement agents.

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From Honduras, Conflicting Tales of a Shootout

Victims’ campaigner Alan McBride said there is fear among families of victims following the revelation that the PSNI kept body parts and tissue samples in 64 cases of suspicious and unexplained deaths.

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‘Fear’ over body parts retention

Mladic seemed to taunt victims in court, pretending to slice his throat, staring and growling. The ex-Bosnian Serb general is on trial for war crimes stemming from Yugoslavia's civil war.

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Mladic ‘slices throat,’ growls at victims

Relatives of the victims of Mexico’s violence must also grapple with suspicions about involvement in the drug trade from friends and family.

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Doubts and Suspicion Haunt Victims’ Relatives in Mexico

The trial of the Norwegian mass killer, Anders Bering Breivik, has been disrupted by an outburst from a relative of one of his victims.

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VIDEO: Courtroom drama during Breivik trial

Brendan Boland, one of the victims of paedophile priest Father Brendan Smyth, says his healing and that of other victims cannot begin while Cardinal Sean Brady remains as Catholic Primate of all-Ireland.

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‘No healing until cardinal quits’

Nine men are convicted of being part of a child sex exploitation ring which plied victims with drink and passed them around for sex.

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Nine men guilty in grooming trial

Relatives of some of the victims of 9/11 have arrived in Cuba, ahead of the military tribunal of the man accused of masterminding the attacks.

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VIDEO: 9/11 families seek justice in Cuba

In a bar as busy as the Good Guys Club, with its nude dancing, the employees didn’t have time to start and finish a conversation all at once. A thread would unspool over hours, days. This one had begun a few days ago. Read full article > >

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At D.C.’s Good Guys nightclub, a crime of vengeance and a victim’s brave struggle

Peers fail in a last-ditch attempt to amend those parts of the controversial bill cutting legal aid in England and Wales that apply to victims of domestic violence.

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Legal aid bill heading for assent

On his last day of testimony, Anders Behring Breivik described his shooting spree and told victims’ families that he lost “everything” as a result of the massacre.

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Anders Behring Breivik Says He Shared in Loss

Pakistan begins mourning the victims of a plane crash in a residential area near Islamabad airport – all 127 on board are believed to have died.

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Pakistan mourns air crash victims

Planned changes to policing in England and Wales will lead to millions of pounds being spent on red tape instead of crime victims, a charity warns.

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Charity warns on policing changes