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Colombia’s President Has Promised to Bring Down 10 Kingpins in 90 Days. Here Are the Men in His Sights.
Colombia’s most wanted men lead very different organisations. Some would be far harder to replace than others. World of Crime examines 17 possible…
23 hrs ago
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Chris Dalby
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What Britain's Prisoner-Release Backlash Gets Right and Wrong
The UK will release around 5,000 prisoners from October to free up overcrowded prisons. New Prime Minister Andy Burnham is being sharply criticized…
Aug 8
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Chris Dalby
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Did Human Smugglers Cause the Ceuta Migrant Crisis?
More than 72,000 people crossed into Ceuta in two days. Spain and Morocco say human traffickers sent them. The evidence tells a stranger story.
Aug 4
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Chris Dalby
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July 2026
How a Small Australian Crime Network Showed the Future of Criminal Communication
After the EncroChat fiasco, criminals may be moving toward simpler, scattered setups with no single network for police to seize.
Jul 17
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Chris Dalby
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Erdoğan Gave NATO Leaders Personalised Guns. Chaos Ensued.
Turkey's President Erdoğan gave heads of state engraved revolvers as parting gifts. Their governments then had to establish, urgently, what their own…
Jul 13
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Chris Dalby
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How the Netherlands' Orange Wave Became a Mexican Governor's Campaign Prop
A World Cup match in Monterrey exposed how a governor with presidential ambitions used the tournament as campaign infrastructure and got caught.
Jul 1
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Chris Dalby
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June 2026
Mexico's New Batman Vigilante Looks a Lot Like a Cartel
The Batman de Lagos de Moreno hunts motorcycle thieves in Jalisco and is acclaimed online. But his methods all point in a different direction.
Jun 28
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Chris Dalby
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The Banking Scandal That Could Bring Down Brazil’s President Lula
Banco Master created the biggest banking scandal in Brazil and its ramifications stretch all the way to Lula at the top.
Jun 24
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Chris Dalby
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How Cattle Smugglers Brought a Flesh-Eating Parasite Back to America
Washington spent decades and a fortune driving this parasite into the Panama jungle. A criminalised cattle trade undid the work in three years. World of…
Jun 18
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Chris Dalby
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What Niño Guerrero's Death Means for Tren de Aragua, Latin America, and the US
The killing of Tren de Aragua’s founder removes the gang’s most important symbol, but its foreign cells, splinter factions and copycats remain a threat.
Jun 13
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Chris Dalby
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Why Belize's Gang Crisis Has Left the Country Flat Out of Ideas
Belize has had its seventh state of emergency since 2018. The gang war that triggered it is unresolved and the country's most profitable criminal…
Jun 12
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Chris Dalby
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Too Big to Hide: Six Lessons from the Largest Cocaine Seizure in History
30 tons of cocaine were on a cargo ship bought specially, organized by a Dutch trafficker living in Sierra Leone, and bound for Libya. World of Crime…
Jun 8
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Chris Dalby
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