Tag: crime stories
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Usually Palestinians and their allies struggle to have their narrative break through online. Not anymore. Israel unquestionably has the military advantage in its ongoing conflict with Hamas. But in the… more ›
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There’s nothing new about private investigators and operatives; as early as the nineteenth century, mill and mine owners paid the Pinkerton National Detective Agency to infiltrate and disrupt labor union movements. But… more ›
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In the summer of 2015 a businessman in the Syrian province of Latakia was approached by a powerful security chief, seeking a favour. The official wanted the merchant, an importer… more ›
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Model and actress Emily Ratajkowski is selling a link representing a composite image that features a photograph of herself in front of a print by another artist that contains a… more ›
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Russian spies have twice tried to poison Emilian Gebrev. Now, revelations in the Czech Republic show they also destroyed shipments of his military supplies. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/24/world/europe/arms-merchant-russia-assassination-squad.html more ›
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In popular culture, access to an illicit gambling den is as easy as stumbling into the right shop and saying the password — or greasing some palms. https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/15/22386533/ios-app-scam-jungle-runner-magical-forest-apple-kosta more ›
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The trial of 12 men accused of planning a series of far-right terror attacks on asylum seekers, Muslims, Jews and politicians in an attempt to overthrow German democracy has opened… more ›
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It was mid-spring when residents of the wasteland behind Guadalajara’s international airport noticed a dog roaming their community with a strange object in its mouth: a human forearm. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/02/jalisco-cartel-mexico-rise-guadalajara more ›
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A doctor who provides treatment to protesters wounded by the army and police has described a week in the turmoil of the post-coup Myanmar.When the military coup happened, I joined… more ›
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Europe’s top human rights body has called on Portugal to do more to confront its colonial past and its role in the transatlantic slave trade in order to help fight… more ›