Family Crimes
Rome Court Gives Kaufmann Life for Murdering Anastasia Trofimova and Their Daughter
A Rome court sentenced Francis Kaufmann to life on November 5, 2026. The case began with a public appeal to identify a woman found in Villa Pamphili.
International True Crime.
Crime histories, investigations, and court outcomes from countries beyond the United States and United Kingdom.
Trials & Outcomes
Ireland’s Stardust Inquests: The Verdicts and the State Apology
The deaths of 48 people in a 1981 Dublin fire led to new inquests and a formal state apology in April 2024.
Missing People
The Highway of Tears and Project E-PANA: What the Case List Includes
The RCMP’s project reviewed 18 investigations involving missing and murdered women. Its scope is one part of the wider Highway of Tears history.
Inside the Investigation
Norway’s 22 July Commission: Reconstructing the Emergency Response
Norway’s official inquiry reconstructed the response to the attacks in Oslo and on Utøya and examined gaps in preparedness and coordination.
Inside the Investigation
Christchurch: What the Sentencing Judgment and Royal Commission Each Cover
New Zealand’s criminal judgment and public inquiry record different parts of the response to the March 2019 attacks.
Inside the Investigation
Air India Flight 182: What Canada’s Inquiry Set Out to Explain
Canada’s public inquiry examined the bombing, the response and the institutional decisions that shaped the investigation.
Missing People
The Beaumont Children: The Last Confirmed Sightings
Jane, Arnna and Grant Beaumont went to Glenelg in 1966. The known sightings and the reports that followed carry very different weight.
Serial Killers
The Claremont Killings: Two Convictions, One Acquittal
Three disappearances haunted Perth. The 2020 trial produced different verdicts—and a detailed explanation of why the evidence did not establish every charge.