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The Many Mysteries of Canada's Ryan James Wedding, Explained
he next El Chapo? Sixty tons of cocaine a year? Cartel access, witness murder, crypto laundering, and the global mythology surrounding Canada’s most…
 • Chris Dalby
World of Crime's Major Threats for 2026: North Korea's Lazarus Group
The Lazarus Group is the most sophisticated cyber-theft group in the world, stealing billions last year. It answers directly to Kim Jong-un, it cannot…
 • Chris Dalby
World of Crime's Major Threats for 2026: Nigeria's Yahoo Boys
An alliance with the Black Axe has allowed Nigerian scammers to rapidly level their threat to real-time deepfake video calls, sextortion, romance scams…
 • Chris Dalby
World of Crime's Major Threats for 2026: Brazil's PCC
The PCC have gone from largest gang in Brazil to global powerhouse, controlling billion-dollar criminal economies in fuel, finance, football, cocaine…
 • Chris Dalby
Why the Netherlands Ended Two Decades of Caribbean Drug Cooperation with the U.S.
The suspension halts one of the most effective maritime counter-narcotics partnerships in the world, responsible for more than 120 tonnes of cocaine…
 • Chris Dalby
After Maduro: Who Actually Controls Venezuela’s Underworld?
Maduro's capture exposed a patronage network where generals, guerrillas, and gangs operated semi-autonomously. World of Crime examines what happens next…
 • Chris Dalby

December 2025

Why Cocaine Traffickers Need to Start Re-Using their Narco-Submarines
Spanish police say Colombian drug traffickers are sending their narco-subs on multiple trips. World of Crime checks the economics, construction…
 • Chris Dalby
Why North Korea Stole More Money Than Ever in 2025 and Can't Be Stopped
North Korean hackers had their best year, stealing over $2 billion, but their tactics are getting more sophisticated all the time
 • Chris Dalby
How Organised Crime Handed Chile's Election to the Far Right
Chile's president-elect, José Antonio Kast, skillfully capitalised on a middle-class panic about criminal gangs, a resurgent Tren de Aragua, and…
 • Chris Dalby
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
 • Chris Dalby
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…
 • Chris Dalby
How Trump Will Fight Organised Crime, Explained
The newly released US National Security Strategy confirms Trump's vision: comply with our demands, or else.
 • Chris Dalby
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