Tag: crime stories
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In a country with nearly 100 murders a day President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has vowed to tackle the social roots of crime but change is slow to come This… more ›
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Many of the players who drove Moscow’s campaign for influence in the West are now backing Putin’s African charm offensive. SOCHI, Russia — Jose Matemulane said he left his native… more ›
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Martin Kok had already dodged death once that day. As the 49-year-old Dutch convict turned successful crime blogger left a late lunch at an Amsterdam hotel in December 2016, a… more ›
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Most members of the Australian Uighur community are missing someone. They all say they have a family member detained, imprisoned or trapped in what the Chinese call the Xinjiang Uighur… more ›
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The multimillion pound spending habits of corrupt members of the global super-rich – including 421 luxury homes, three superyachts, seven private jets as well as elite private school fees and… more ›
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Essentially, it’s the name given to a collection of 70 offshore shell companies whose controllers used them to move billions of dollars of private wealth from Russia to the west.… more ›
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Marcelliano Reitz, lean and toothless, rolls up his sleeve. The sun is setting behind the world-famous silhouette of Table Mountain. A plane on its way to Cape Town’s international airport… more ›
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Around 3 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, Laura and Jason Henke awoke with a start at their home in Minot, N.D. Their dog was barking wildly. At the door,… more ›
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BANGUI, Central African Republic — The dealer pulled back a shiny pink curtain and sprinkled the contents of two white envelopes across his desk: sparkling diamonds, more than 100 of… more ›
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On September 21, 2014, Yemen’s Houthi rebels took control of the capital, Sanaa, following a rapid advance south from their northern stronghold of Saada after weeks of anti-government protests. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/09/yemen-war-5-years-houthis-sanaa-takeover-190921070639516.html more ›