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Cychlorphine, Explained: The Deadly Opioid Spreading from Toronto to London
How an obscure compound became a street opioid, the deaths it has already caused in London, and the counterfeit pills turning up in the US and Canada
Dec 13
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Chris Dalby
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He Knew Every U.S. Financial Weak Point. Prosecutors Say He Offered Them to CJNG.
An undercover DEA informant spent nearly two years recording how former Deputy Chief Paul Campo and veteran fixer Robert Sensi allegedly plotted to…
Dec 9
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Chris Dalby
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How Trump Will Fight Organised Crime, Explained
The newly released US National Security Strategy confirms Trump's vision: comply with our demands, or else.
Dec 5
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Chris Dalby
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How Haiti's Gangs Made Tortuga a Caribbean Drug Trafficking Hotspot
Haiti's gangs are no longer content staying local. They are increasingly making themselves known in the Caribbean cocaine trade, with the island of…
Dec 4
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Chris Dalby
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How a US Invasion of Venezuela Would Make Tren de Aragua Much Stronger
A military incursion into Venezuela could displace millions, allowing Tren de Aragua to expand their core criminal economies: migrant smuggling, sex…
Dec 2
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Chris Dalby
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November 2025
The $1 Billion Car Theft Pipeline - How Money Laundering Went Automotive
World of Crime breaks down the tech, the supply chain, and the smuggling techniques used to sell million-dollar cars to rich kids in West Africa and…
Nov 24
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Chris Dalby
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The Complete Story of Alice Guo: Chinese Spy, Filipino Mayor, and Scam Compound Queen
The Fujian Mafia planned the ascent of Alice Guo for twenty years, until she oversaw an empire of human trafficking, scam, torture and murder. Now…
Nov 21
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Chris Dalby
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How a $50 Software Subscription is Hijacking Trucks All Over the World
The barrier to entry for industrial-scale theft has collapsed. We track the "Ghost Brokers" who use off-the-shelf IT tools to hijack 18-wheelers without…
Nov 19
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Chris Dalby
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Pipo Captured - How A Dead Man Built a Cocaine Empire From Southern Spain
The head of Ecuador's Los Lobos criminal gang has been arrested after four years on the run, seven plastic surgeries, and confirms Latin American gangs…
Nov 17
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Chris Dalby
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How Costa Rica Took Down Its First Cartel
A globe-trotting kingpin, a corrupt Supreme Court judge, buying cocaine from the Gulf Clan and selling to the Sinaloa Cartel. This is the full story of…
Nov 13
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Chris Dalby
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How Spain Dismantled Tren de Aragua's First Cell in Europe
On November 7, Spain declared that, after an investigation lasting over a year, it had dismantled Europe’s first operational branch of Tren de Aragua.
Nov 8
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Chris Dalby
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Why Southeast Asia’s Scam Compounds Just Went on a Recruiting Frenzy
A mass escape from the cybercrime hub of KK Park in Myanmar triggered a rush to absorb thousands of displaced workers.
Nov 5
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Chris Dalby
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