PC Gamer

9 min read

It’s not an easy job, working for a prohibition-era Chicago mob boss. Empire of Sin lets you recruit and nurture a gang drawn from a pool of 60 crooks, all eager to make a name for themselves – and a buck or two – in the criminal underworld, but I

Farmer's Weekly

2 min read

While the illicit liquor trade has been around for many years, the recent COVID-19-related lockdown and ban on liquor sales have accelerated the scourge. During the lockdown period, illegal and criminal operators had an opportunity to market themselv

Practical Boat Owner

1 min read

An alert has been issued that organised crime groups may target small boats for use for people smuggling. The National Crime Agency has warned that the number of migrants attempting to enter the UK using small boats has increased significantly since

Los Angeles Times

5 min read

TEMIXCO, Mexico - The sealed-off house on a residential street here yields little trace of the recent bloody events inside. Crime scene tape stretched across the imposing black metal gate - and the cop cruiser stationed outside - cannot convey what w

You South Africa

1 min read

I actually didn’t intend to read this book – the blurb sounded so depressing. Another senseless South African crime statistic: an elderly man murdered in his home. But having read Liz McGregor’s previous books my curiosity got the better of me. I dec

India Today

2 min read

Over the past two years, the Madhya Pradesh government has launched a broad crackdown on crime. However, while this might ordinarily have been a positive development, many say the state’s goal is to be seen as handing out punishments, even if there i

PC Gamer (US Edition)

9 min read

It’s not an easy job, working for a prohibition-era Chicago mob boss. Empire of Sin lets you recruit and nurture a gang drawn from a pool of 60 crooks, all eager to make a name for themselves—and a buck or two—in the criminal underworld, but I suspec

NPR

1 min read

Over the years, mobsters have drawn attention for their bizarre and at times, silly, nicknames.

The Guardian

2 min read

The Netherlands is starting to resemble a narco-state with the police unable to combat the emergence of a parallel criminal economy, a report from the Dutch police association has warned. Official figures suggest crime is on a downward trend but offi

The Guardian

5 min read

An Italian family hoped to find safe haven in Canada from organized crime. Now they’re facing deportation

Tribune Content Agency Opinions

2 min read

ROME -- I spotted them on my way to dinner with a friend near Castel Gandolfo. They are migrants from Africa, sitting by the side of the road outside a "temporary" residence that, for many, appears to have become permanent. They all have cellphones.

You South Africa

4 min read

IT WAS like something from a horror movie – crowds of people storming shopping centres around KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, helping themselves to everything and anything they could get their hands on. Trucks were torched, buildings stoned, roads barric

Tractor & Farming Heritage

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The cost of rural crime is at its highest level for eight years, with organised criminal gangs targeting high-value tractors, quad bikes and large numbers of livestock. In its 2020 Rural Crime Report, published August 4, NFU Mutual reveals that rural

RECOIL OFFGRID

18 min read

The air in the jail was hot, humid, and foul beyond words. You were separated from your friends and shoved in a cramped concrete holding cell. There were no beds or chairs. The space just had three rough walls, a low ceiling, a filthy floor, and a ro

Los Angeles Times

3 min read

Last week the United States told its citizens not to visit five violence-ridden Mexican states, placing them on the same warning level given to war-torn Somalia, Afghanistan and Syria. The State Department's newest travel advisory for Mexico included

Farmer's Weekly

6 min read

The Kingdom of Lesotho, which is entirely landlocked, shares a border of 909km with three of South Africa’s provinces, namely the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape. In many instances, the border does not exist in any physical sense, but

New Zealand Listener

1 min read

Is this country really Gangland – awash with violent crime? Perhaps it isn’t by international standards. But as NZ Herald journalist Jared Savage tells it, organised crime has grown exponentially in the past 20 years, fuelled by the importation and m

Sunday Independent

1 min read

MExiCo CitY: Mexico has committed to the arrest of a high-level cartel leader in a deal with US attorney-general William Barr to drop US drug trafficking charges against a former Mexican defence minister, a senior Mexican source said. the US dropped

The Atlantic

1 min read

Pope Francis dropped in on lunch at the Vatican cafeteria on Friday "like a thunderbolt out of the blue," according the restaurant's chef.

FourFourTwo UK

13 min read

While you’re cheering your favourite players on the pitch, the football team you support could actually be a front. For all you know, its true purpose may lie in serious organised crime. Behind the scenes, your club could be operating as a great big

The Christian Science Monitor

5 min read

COVID-19 has created new opportunities for organized crime in Latin America, as leadership vacuums give gangs a chance to strengthen control.

Los Angeles Times

3 min read

BOGOTA, Colombia - The killers found Hugo Albeiro George Perez sitting and chatting at a fruit juice stand. It was May 2, and he had been protesting against construction of a massive hydroelectric project in northern Colombia. George, 48, was fatally

This Week in Asia

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Two Nepalese men are among 34 people who have been arrested in Japan on suspicion of fraudulently applying for and receiving government loans designed to help workers get through the coronavirus pandemic. Japanese authorities say that since the annou

The Guardian

5 min read

Women from France’s second city estates argue that channeling criminal proceeds back into educational projects will keep teenagers away from organised crime

The Guardian

4 min read

Disruption to supplies, diversion of police resources and collapsing businesses all create opportunities

Woman's Day Magazine NZ

1 min read

The Gibbs’ brothers had three of the most unique voices in music history and an incredible 20 number-one hits. Get an inside look at their five-decade-long run, with revealing interviews and unseen footage. IN CINEMAS THURSDAY  This gripping novel

WHO

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His character Oberyn Martell was delightfully “extravagant”, he says – and left a lasting impression with one of the show’s most gruesome deaths in 2014. Pascal played real-life DEA agent Javier F Peña, who investigated the Colombian drug cartel,

The Christian Science Monitor

3 min read

U.S. won’t apply “terrorist” label to Mexican drug cartels for now. Its effect on crime control and U.S.-Mexico relationship is up for debate.

Deals On Wheels Australia

1 min read

A massive police operation in Brisbane’s bayside area appears to have rolled up a bike logistics network using the trucking industry as cover. Six vehicles that police will allege were stolen or used during an offence were also seized including a tru

Futurity

2 min read

New research identifies common attributes of cybercrime networks, revealing how these groups function and work together to cause an estimated $445-600 billion of harm globally per year. “It’s not the ‘Tony Soprano mob boss type’ who’s ordering cyberc