2009

• The world's most wanted man spotted at Tesco

  Crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, today releases ten of their more amusing calls received at its contact centre during 2009, including a prisoner who rang to say that his toilet roll had been nicked from his cell. [21 December 2009]

• Most wanted gang leader arrested

  UK crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, can confirm that one of Britain's most wanted men, Mark Ronald Brown, was arrested in the Netherlands yesterday by Dutch police. [18 December 2009]

• Don't leave Christmas presents out for burglars

  Crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, is calling upon residents to be careful around their home security as domestic burglary tends to rise during the festive season. The charity is also appealing for anonymous information on this crime. [14 December 2009]

• Woman wanted for serious assault on bus driver hands herself in

  Crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, can confirm that a woman has handed herself in following an appeal for information on a serious assault on a bus driver in Haringey, north London. [4 December 2009]

• Most Wanted caught with his pants down

  UK crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, can confirm that one of Britain's most wanted men Adam Hart, was arrested in Amsterdam yesterday by Dutch police. [3 December 2009]

• Crimestoppers and Arriva offers £10k reward for information on serious assault

  Crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, and bus operator, Arriva London, are offering a joint reward of up to £10,000 for crucial information leading to an arrest and charge for the serious assault on one of Arriva's bus drivers in Haringey, north London. [2 December 2009]

• New crime-fighting website for Caribbean, Bermuda and Latin America

  The UK charity, Crimestoppers, has unveiled a new crime-fighting website for the Caribbean region, inspired by its own highly successful Most Wanted web portal which was launched in the UK in November 2005. [17 November 2009]

• Crimestoppers launches its 40th regional committee

  UK crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, today launched a new regional committee covering the Cleveland area. The committee, called Cleveland Crimestoppers, is the 40th around the UK and the first County Committee in the north east. [4 November 2009]

• Hammer horror

  Following mass violence at a Carling Cup football match in the summer, crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is asking the public to identify 60 individuals wanted for violent disorder. [29 October 2009]

• I spy a crime

  Crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, has launched its first ever blog entitled ˜I spy a crime' under the guise of good citizen superheroes in a bid to reach a wider audience through its online communications. [27 October 2009]

• Crimestoppers Chair helps fight crime in New Zealand

  Following a reward of £120,000 donated by Lord Ashcroft, Founder and Chair of Crimestoppers UK, for the return of stolen New Zealand war medals, a man has now been jailed for 11 years for the theft. [23 October 2009]

• Most Wanted paedophile capture makes it two arrests in one day for Operation Captura

  UK crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, can confirm that one of the most wanted men under Operation Captura, Stephen John Burnell, was arrested yesterday on the holiday island of Crete. He is the second man wanted under Operation Captura to be arrested within 24 hours. [8 October 2009]

• 25th Most Wanted arrested under Operation Captura

  UK crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, can confirm that one of the most wanted men under Operation Captura, Ronald William Priestley was arrested yesterday afternoon in Malaga, Spain. [8 October 2009]

• From tax fraud to terrorism

  For the first time UK crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, is proactively seeking information on terrorism as well as other crime that is harming communities.

• Crime hotline at an all time high for Northern Ireland

  At a special event today in Belfast, the crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers, will highlight its role in helping clear up crime rates in Northern Ireland and announce the composition of its new committee. [5 October 2009]

• Crimestoppers extends its reach to foreign visitors

  UK crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, is mounting for the first time a pilot campaign through visa applications, to inform visiting Pakistanis about the vital service that the charity provides to help increase information received about crimes affecting the UK. [5 October 2009]

• Most wanted drug trafficker hands himself in

  UK crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, can confirm that one of the most wanted men under Operation Captura, Michael Eddleston, handed himself in to the British Consulate in Majorca this afternoon. [29 September 2009]

• Crimestoppers text messaging service hailed a success

  A new text message service launched by the charity Crimestoppers to help combat knife crime in the capital, has been hailed a success by young people and the police. [24 September 2009]

• Closing in on Britain's Costa crooks

  UK crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), are once again closing in on Britain's most wanted known to be on the run in Spain. Ten new appeals, including some of the UK's most dangerous child sex offenders, are launched today in Malaga, an area with a large British ex-patriate community where these criminals could be hiding. [23 September 2009]

• Most wanted Scotsman arrested

  UK crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, can confirm that Most Wanted Scotsman, Thomas Cochran, wanted for drug offences, was arrested in Inverness last night.

• Don't let your money fund serious crime

  UK crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, is telling Newham, Hounslow and Derbyshire residents that they can prevent their money being used to fund serious crimes by only using registered money bureaus when transferring money abroad. [3 September 2009]

• Help multiple murder investigation for £10k reward

  Crimestoppers, the independent crime-fighting charity, is offering a £10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Shahid Mohammed who is wanted in connection with an arson attack that killed eight people from the same family. [August 2009]

• Help fight hate crime

  The UK crime fighting-charity Crimestoppers is running a campaign in Hounslow, Newham and Derby to encourage residents to pass on information about hate crime. [August 2009]

• Win a day at the David Beckham Academy by entering Crimestoppers' Christmas card competition

  The charity Crimestoppers has launched a nationwide competition for young people to design its 2010 Christmas card with great prizes to be won. [July 2009]

• Fight crime with your morning cuppa

  An important crime-fighting message will be seen on thousands of breakfast tables across the UK this month when one of Britain's largest fresh milk companies, Robert Wiseman Dairies, links up with the charity Crimestoppers in an awareness campaign.

• Thank you to the young people

  With youth crime increasing during the school holidays, the UK charity Crimestoppers is hoping to encourage more young people to use its service by launching a Thank You campaign. [27 July 2009]

• Don't let criminals live a life in the sun

  UK crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, is targeting British holiday-makers and ex-patriates to seek their help in tracking down 19 most wanted British criminals who are believed to be on the run in Spain. [26 July 2009]

• Crimestoppers appeal for help in identifying football hooligans

  For the first time, the charity Crimestoppers is featuring photographs of football hooligans on the popular Most Wanted section of its website. [20 July 2009]

• Superheroes are the new Crimestoppers

  The crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, is using classic comic-strip superheroes as the faces of its new awareness marketing campaign. [2 July 2009]

• Worldwide manhunt seeks two wanted murderers in the UK

  The UK charity Crimestoppers, has added two fugitives wanted for murder charges to the list of individuals sought as part of the worldwide hunt for criminals on the run.

• Help unmask bank robbers

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is launching a campaign to ask the public to pass on information anonymously about bank robberies in Greater Manchester.

• Closing in on cannabis farms - Crimestoppers supports National Tackling Drugs Week

  The crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, is asking the public to help the police locate cannabis farms that could be in residential properties on any ordinary, surburban street in towns and cities around the UK. The campaign coincides with the Home Office-led initiative, National Tackling Drugs Week (8 – 12 June).

• Sixth arrest for Operation Captura 2

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers can confirm that a sixth Most Wanted criminal has been arrested under Operation Captura 2. [3 June 2009]

• Find out how Crimestoppers can help you fight crime

  The charity Crimestoppers has launched the Crimestoppers' Neighbourhood Policing Practitioner Guide to provide Neighbourhood Policing Teams with information on how Crimestoppers can help their force fight crime. [05 May 2009]

• Crimestoppers achieves a personal best

  The UK's biggest crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, has achieved a significant personal best in its 21 year history by helping the police to solve a record number of murder cases across the UK in 2008/2009. [30 April 2009]

• Crimestoppers offers 10k reward for Claudia Lawrence case

  The crime-fighting charity, Crimestoppers, has offered a reward of 10k to anyone who can provide information that leads to the arrest and conviction of any person linked to the disappearance of the missing chef, Claudia Lawrence, from York.

• Crimestoppers and Five News join forces to battle crime

  Crimestoppers has teamed up with Five News to appeal to the public for information on crime in pursuit of helping make the UK's streets safer.

• 500 Most Wanted criminals arrested

  Most Wanted, the charity Crimestoppers' online tool for law enforcement to publicise wanted suspects, has helped police to arrest 500 criminals in just over three years since launching in 2005. [2 April 2009]

• Crimestoppers helps battle corporate crime

  Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers is tackling in-house corporate crime with the launch of its Integrity Line website for employees to report wrong doing in their workplace anonymously. [23 March 2009]

• Crimestoppers and The Sun offer 100k reward

  Crimestoppers and The Sun offer £100k for information to help bring justice for Northern Ireland's recent atrocities. [11 March 2009]

• Crimestoppers fight in the war against knife crime

  Following the survey by the Youth Justice Board (released today) which found that nearly one in three children admitted to having carried a knife or a gun, the crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers, wants to highlight its fight against knife crime.

• Crimestoppers disappointed at decision to axe crime-fighting TV show

  The charity, Crimestoppers, wishes to express its disappointment that the Five TV pilot series, ‘Crimestoppers Live', which was due to be broadcast in late April, is no longer going ahead. [2 March 2009]

• Fifth Most Wanted criminal arrested

  Within three months of launching Operation Captura 2 in Alicante, Spain, the operation has achieved a 50 per cent success rate with the arrest of the fifth Most Wanted criminal, Dennis Hunter. [5 February 2009]