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When one is suspected of having committed a crime, law enforcement takes them into custody by arresting them.

The exact process varies between countries, but it typically sees police officers place a suspect in handcuffs and taking them either to be detained or interrogated.

An arrest is also often marked on a permanent legal record, though there are legal processes through which this can be expunged.

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 FILE PHOTO: An exterior view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, March 31, 2021.

Members of Congress threaten ICC if arrest warrants issued against Israeli officials

 Protesters hold an effigy of Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a rally to call for a ceasefire, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 9, 2024.

Canadian anti-Israel activist charged for assault during Ottawa protest

 Protesters from the national group Jewish Voice for Peace call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war during rallies across the U.S. marking the 8th night of Hanukkah as they block a highway in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, December 14, 2023.

Israeli police arrest author Ayelet Waldman and 6 others in Gaza border protest

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
 Siegfried Borchardt attends an ultra-right wing activists and neo-Nazis meeting in the city centre of Dortmund, Germany, September 27, 2018.

Police arrest German nationals performing Nazi salute at Hitler's home

Demonstrators gather outside of the Israeli Embassy to demand for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip in Washington DC, March 2, 2024.

Son of prominent rabbi arrested after alleged altercation with protesters outside Israeli Embassy

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
 Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian on the Makdisi Street Podcast on March 9, 2024.

Hebrew U prof. who denied October 7 crimes arrested on suspicion of incitement

 Members of the police force stand guard as demonstrators protest against German far-right politician of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) Bjoern Hoecke on the day of his trial over the alleged use of Nazi vocabulary during a speech in May 2021. April 18, 2024.

Germany arrests two for alleged military sabotage plot on behalf of Russia

By REUTERS
 IDF forces destroying the homes of terrorists who carried out January 2024 terror attack in Ra'anana, April 17, 2024.

IDF destroys homes of terrorists who killed 70-year-old woman in Ra'anana

A general view of Malaysia's National Palace in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 25, 2020

'Not guilty,' Israeli man pleads regarding firearms offenses in Malaysia

By REUTERS
 Coastal Police on the scene of the attempted terror attack near Megiddo, April, 5, 2024.

Terror attack at Megiddo intersection foiled, suspect arrested

Suspects for the terror plot against Ben Gvir

Ben-Gvir assassination attempt by Palestinians foiled by Israel

 Police officers operate at the Viertola comprehensive school in Vantaa, Finland, on April 2, 2024. Three minors were injured in a shooting at the school on Tuesday morning. A suspect, also a minor, has been apprehended.

Sixth-grader killed in Finnish school shooting, police say, child suspect held

By REUTERS
 A Hamas terrorist stands in front of a picture of the group's top leader Ismail Haniyeh during his visit at Ain el Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon, Lebanon September 6, 2020

Israeli forces arrest sister of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh

A mosque is silhouetted against city buildings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 27, 2016.

Israeli arrested in assassination plot targeting compatriot in Malaysia

By YOAV ETIEL , REUTERS
 Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is in custody on espionage charges, stands behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants as he attends a court hearing to consider extending his detention in Moscow, Russia, March 26, 2024.

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich has detention extended to June

By REUTERS
 The sign for the women's bathroom at Caliber 3.

Israeli arrested for hidden cameras found in Ben-Gurion Airport's restrooms

By EREZ HAREL
Police arrive at the scene where a security guard was slightly injured in a shooting incident with an attacker who walked on foot to the Kalandiya checkpoint from the West Bank, June 24, 2023.

IDF finds bomb in vehicle at Tzofim checkpoint, arrests four suspects

South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor speaks about the Israel-Hamas war at an event in Gauteng, South Africa, March 2024.

South African minister: We will arrest citizens who return from IDF service