National Crime News

• Beijing hits out at Australia over 'concern' for Canadian sentenced to death January 16, 2019
  Beijing fires back after Australia's acting Foreign Minister Simon Birmingham labels a Chinese court's sentencing of a Canadian man to death for drug smuggling "concerning".
  Alana Schetzer
• Woman found killed near Melbourne tram stop mourned as 'smart, silly' 21yo student January 16, 2019
  The uncle of a 21-year-old Israeli exchange student whose body was found yesterday in Melbourne says she was a "very smart" and "funny" student who was attacked while returning home from a comedy show.
• More charges for man who allegedly attacked bus passengers in Brisbane January 16, 2019
  A man who allegedly assaulted Brisbane bus passengers in separate attacks late last year is charged with two more counts of assault. He will face court today.
• Canadian facing execution in China will appeal his death sentence, lawyer confirms January 16, 2019
  The lawyer for a Canadian man facing execution in China over smuggling 222 kilograms of methamphetamines to Australia confirms to the ABC his client will appeal his sentence.
  Alana Schetzer And Bang Xiao
• Woman found dead near Melbourne shopping centre January 16, 2019
  Detective Inspector Andrew Stamper of Victoria Police's homicide squad said it appeared the woman had been assaulted.
• Woman's body found near Melbourne shopping centre January 16, 2019
  Homicide squad detectives are investigating the death of a woman who was found near the Polaris shopping centre in Bundoora, in Melbourne's north, early on Wednesday morning.
• Woman found dead near Melbourne shopping centre may have been assaulted after tram ride January 16, 2019
  Police are investigating whether a woman whose body was found behind a hedge near a shopping centre in Melbourne's north had been sexually assaulted after getting off a tram.
• Australia's global rating in responding to child sexual abuse January 16, 2019
  A groundbreaking study rates how well countries address child sexual abuse and Australia is some distance from the index leader.
  Ian Burrows
• China hits back after Trudeau condemns Canadian's death sentence January 16, 2019
  China denounces Canada for "irresponsible" remarks after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accuses it of "arbitrarily" sentencing a Canadian man to death for drug smuggling, aggravating already icy relations.
• Police allege airline cabin crew smuggled drugs into Australia for years January 16, 2019
  Authorities allegedly bust an international drug syndicate that used airline crews on a commercial airline to bring heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine into the country.
  Karen Percy