Tag: crime
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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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With Venezuela in shambles, criminals and insurgents run large stretches of the nation’s territory. We traveled through one of the regions under their control. GUARERO, Venezuela — They bring drinking… 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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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 ›
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One of four Blackwater employees pardoned by Trump says he ‘acted correctly’ during a deadly 2007 shooting rampage in Baghdad’s Nisour Square. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/2/blackwater-contractor-defends-actions-iraq-after-trump-pardon more ›
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Dr. Robert J. Bunker is Director of Research and Analysis, C/O Futures, LLC, and an Instructor at the Safe Communities Institute (SCI) at the University of Southern California Sol Price School of… more ›