Tag: crime

• The ‘Bukele Effect’ on Latin America’s Security

  August 14, 2026

  Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, leaders are attempting to follow the Bukele playbook. Is it working? https://insightcrime.org/news/the-bukele-effect-on-latin-americas-security/?utm_source=semafor more ›

• Foxtrot Network: The shadowy gang recruiting teen killers across Europe

  August 2, 2026

  The Foxtrot Network is thought to be responsible for about 35 murders in Europe, and uses violence-as-a-service tactics. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czrjyevmv61o more ›

• The Truth About Gangs In London

  July 24, 2026

  I talk to top crime reporter David Matthews about the reality of crime, drugs and the “mandem” in the UK https://open.substack.com/pub/ioangrillo/p/the-truth-about-gangs-in-london?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=oj2p5 more ›

• Dutch Cocaine Kingpin Sheltering in Sierra Leone Allegedly Organized Shipment Seized in Record Bust

  June 5, 2026

  Fueling frustration for Sierra Leone parliamentarians, fugitive Dutch trafficker Joseph Leijdekkers allegedly masterminded a 30-ton cocaine shipment from his West African hideout, Spanish authorities told OCCRP. Leijdekkers has not been… more ›

• Welcome to Cryptostan: Kyrgyzstan and the Emerging Crypto Corridor

  April 20, 2026

  Kyrgyzstan has become a de facto “crypto corridor” linking sanctioned Russian flows with trade in Central Asia and supply chains from China. In 2025, cryptocurrency transactions processed through licensed operators… more ›

• Death on the Costa del Sol: How the Double Life of a German Police Informant Ended in Tragedy

  April 13, 2026

  Investigative files shed new light on the dangerous dealings of a German police informant whose life was cut short by a brutal murder. https://www.occrp.org/en/feature/death-on-the-costa-del-sol-how-the-double-life-of-a-german-police-informant-ended-in-tragedy more ›

• Death on the Costa del Sol: How the Double Life of a German Police Informant Ended in Tragedy

  December 23, 2025

  Investigative files shed new light on the dangerous dealings of a German police informant whose life was cut short by a brutal murder. https://www.occrp.org/en/feature/death-on-the-costa-del-sol-how-the-double-life-of-a-german-police-informant-ended-in-tragedy more ›

• Blackwater’s Erik Prince Muscles Back Into the Mercenary Business

  December 17, 2025

  Prince has a new guns-for-hire firm to take overseas security jobs the White House doesn’t want to pay for https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/erik-prince-mercenaries-vectus-global-5a166dca more ›

• ‘Entartete Kunst’: The Nazis’ inventory of ‘degenerate art’ · V&A

  December 13, 2025

  The V&A holds the only document detailing the full extent of the Nazis’ systematic purging of German museums and public collections from 1937. Created at the heart of the Nazi… more ›

• Underground AI models promise to be hackers ‘cyber pentesting waifu’ | CyberScoop

  December 1, 2025

  Cybercriminals are buying custom AI hacking tools like WormGPT on dark web forums. Palo Alto Networks’ report reveals how malicious LLMs lower barriers to cybercrime. https://cyberscoop.com/malicious-llm-tools-cybercrime-wormgpt-kawaiigpt/ more ›