Tag: crime

• A U.S.-Backed Militia That Kills Children May Be America’s Exit Strategy From Its Longest War

  December 21, 2020

  The buzz of a drone at night was the first sign of trouble. Next came the roar of a larger, low-flying aircraft, which alerted residents of the Afghan village of… more ›

• Wife of ‘McMafia’ banker with £16m Harrods spending habit named

  December 21, 2020

  The woman at the centre of the UK’s first McMafia-style “dirty money” investigation who has a £1.6m-a-year Harrods spending habit has been unmasked as Zamira Hajiyeva, the wife of an… more ›

• ‘The only two powerful cartels left’: rivals clash in Mexico’s murder capital

  December 19, 2020

  Standing guard at the scene of the crime, the two police officers surveyed the shattered glass and bullet-pocked bodywork of the Mercedes Benz hatchback and offered their analysis. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/28/mexico-drug-cartels-sinaloa-jalisco-colima more ›

• FSB Team of Chemical Weapon Experts Implicated in Alexey Navalny Novichok Poisoning

  December 14, 2020

  We have detailed the research methodology for this investigation into a separate article. You can read it here. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2020/12/14/fsb-team-of-chemical-weapon-experts-implicated-in-alexey-navalny-novichok-poisoning/ more ›

• Mexico’s cartels rule world’s vast fentanyl market in race for huge profits

  December 10, 2020

  Jorge A is Mexican businessman employed by an import-export company that specializes in the trade of tequila and agricultural and chemical products. But in January 2016, he was a long… more ›

• Secret deal reveals how Chinese spies are given free rein in Switzerland

  December 9, 2020

  The full text of a secret deal between Switzerland and China that allowed Chinese security officials access to the country at Swiss taxpayers’ expense has been revealed for the first time as… more ›

• Nayarit and the Making of a Narco State

  November 29, 2020

  Nayarit rarely makes the headlines in Mexico, far less in the rest of the world. But this fall, the arrest of Mexico’s former secretary of defense, General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda,… more ›

• Guns, Drugs and Viral Content: Welcome to Cartel TikTok

  November 29, 2020

  Mexico is set to shatter another murder record, but that grim reality is nowhere to be seen on the TikTok videos that go viral by showcasing drug cartel culture.  “It’s… more ›

• Confidential Clients

  September 27, 2020

  These are the people zipping money across the world thanks to the global banking system. https://www.icij.org/investigations/confidential-clients/ more ›

• U.S. Commandos Use Secretive Missiles to Kill Qaeda Leaders in Syria

  September 27, 2020

  The specially designed missiles use sharp blades and blunt force, rather than explosive warheads, to kill terrorist leaders. WASHINGTON — U.S. Special Operations forces, with no fanfare, killed a top… more ›