Swift Justice Awaits Robbers and Drunks in Monaco

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Magic, Drugs and Alcohol Test Monaco’s Courts once again

Smash Bang! Accelerating Through a Barrier in Larvotto BANG/SMASH! At 5.30 in the morning, just one euro and fifty cents would have got him out of the parking garage at Larvotto after a raucous tour of the best night clubs in Monaco.

13 Dec, 2018

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Monaco Courts Fight Violence, Crazed Alcoholic Binges, and Cunning Fugitives

Fierce Rabid Dog Attacks Four Monaco Policemen – But It’s A Man! A sensational case with behaviour rarely seen even by veteran police. Blame it on alcohol, but the court was reluctant to allow the perpetrator to escape all responsibility.

6 Dec, 2018

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Monaco Courts Balance Clemency and Prison, Faced With Bar Fights, Alcohol and Greed

A Bar Fight and a Cock and Bull Story A very strange case indeed where the victim was claiming no damages at all, even after being hospitalized in a fight. Nevertheless, Monaco courts take cases involving violence particularly seriously.

29 Nov, 2018

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Drugs and Dishonesty Take Their Toll: Not to Mention Jail and Stiff Fines

Cannabis & Cocaine Makes For Jail Night-clubbing with drugs. Jail is what the prosecution argued for - at a minimum a suspended jail sentence and an exemplary fine.

1 Nov, 2018

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Identity Fraud: Police in Monaco call for vigilance

For several weeks, individuals in an organized gang have been assuming the identity of high personalities in the Principality to try to get in touch with their friends, relatives, corporate leaders or other persons by email, SMS or videoconference using apps similar to WhatsApp.

10 Oct, 2018

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Swift Justice Awaits Robbers and Drunks in Monaco

Attempted Robbery Aggravated by Kicking the Victim leads Straight to Jail A young man in his late twenties was already hardened by several years in prison for a rape he had committed in the South of France. Once released, temptation to commit crime overtook him within months.

20 Sep, 2018

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Driving after Alcoholic Binges at Four Times the Limit: foolish and dangerous

How irritated would you be having arrived at a restaurant on time, having pre-booked a table, and then you were asked to wait a considerable time to be seated.

6 Sep, 2018

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The Sure Highway To Prison – Drugs, Sex, Violence And Alcohol

Drunk in Charge of a Young Baby Drunk in charge of, not just a vehicle, but a young baby. This really was what called for an exemplary verdict when the young woman was hauled before the court.

9 Aug, 2018

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Control your Drink, Control your Rage. Stay Out of Jail

Beautiful Cocktails Result in a Not-So-Beautiful Car Crash Twenty nine years old, and with a responsible job as manager of a beauty parlour in Estonia, a young lady went off the rails on a drinking spree in Monaco with her girlfriend.

12 Jul, 2018

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Uncontrollable Road Rage Leads to Fisticuffs

Road rage got the better of an Italian tourist driving a luxury SUV near Port Hercule in Monaco. Ten o clock in the evening and feeling over-confident he did not want to give way to another motorist who had priority.

14 Jun, 2018

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The Wheels of Justice Turn in Monaco

Racing under the Influence Two tots of whisky and another shot of liquor and a 21-year-old young lady deluded herself into thinking she was the female equivalent of Lewis Hamilton.

31 May, 2018

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Love or Money – That was the half million euro question

A hidden love affair over 20 years involving a rich lady living in Monaco with wealth estimated at 15 million euros. Love or money that was essentially the question posed to the married lover now 79 years old and facing the court.

3 May, 2018

Monaco's statistics

Quality of Life and Wealth Management Fuel a Constant Flow of Millionaires to Monaco

It seems a popular pastime to ponder how the Principality can absorb the many people who want to live in this relatively small country. Yet Monaco manages to grow in creative ways and Portier Cove is the latest but not the first of its extensions into the Mediterranean.

27 Apr, 2018