police misconduct

In Her Defence: Breach of Trust is a seven-episode investigative podcast from The Globe and Mail, launching September 8, 2026, covering the case of Regina police officer Sgt. Robert Semenchuck.

Institutional scandal in which British undercover police officers deceived women into intimate relationships while infiltrating activist groups over decades.

Sandra Birchmore was found dead in her Canton, Massachusetts apartment on February 6, 2021. What started as a suicide conclusion grew into one of the most shocking corruption scandals in American law enforcement history. The True Crime Today podcast now retells the story of abuse, betrayal, and systematic cover-up.

Between 2000 and 2007, the far-right terror group National Socialist Underground killed nine migrants and one police officer across Germany. Police suspected the victims' families instead of recognizing the obvious racist motive.

Werner Pinzner was a German contract killer convicted in 1986 of committing at least three murders in Hamburg. His case exposed the hidden criminal networks behind contract killings in 1980s West Germany, making it one of the most significant organised crime prosecutions of the era.

A Boston Globe podcast investigation has exposed how a Danish police officer in Massachusetts compromised the identity of a confidential informant during a routine traffic stop, raising international concerns about informant protection protocols and police accountability in law enforcement agencies.

The Boston Globe's Spotlight team has exposed widespread abuse of confidential informant systems within the New Bedford Police Department in Massachusetts, revealing how officers coerced informants and stole drugs. The investigation, released in March 2025 as a podcast series called 'Snitch City,' highlights vulnerabilities in law enforcement oversight that resonate far beyond American borders.