Questions tagged [organized-crime]
Groups that make their money mainly through criminal enterprises. Examples include the Yakuza and the Mafia.
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Did Pablo Escobar lose 10% of his money to literal rats?
Many sources claim Pablo Escobar lost 10% of his money yearly to rats, at one time totalling $2.1 billion a year.
At His Peak Pablo Escobar Was Losing $2.1 Billion A Year Due To Rats Eating Money In ...
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Was there curfew in Tensta, Stockholm imposed by criminal gangs?
A recent article in the Times of Sweden claimed criminal gangs in Tensta, Stockholm proclaimed a 6pm curfew for the locals:
“There was people from these groups that were out and told citizens that ...
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Are criminals wandering around with contactless POS sale terminals helping themselves to small amounts from people's RFID credit/debit cards?
There is quite a lot of good coverage on Skeptics already of the security of RFID and contactless credit/debit cards, but it mainly focusses on card cloning and identity protection/privacy/tracking ...
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Was Silvio Berlusconi working together with the Italian mafia?
Berlusconi implicated in deal with godfathers - The guardian
Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister, was in personal contact
with some of the mafia's most senior bosses, a major mafia ...
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Is Mungiki one of the world's most dangerous gangs?
This website claims that the slums of Nairobi is the most inhospitable place in the world, because of the Mungiki:
Operating in the slums of Nairobi this extremely violent gang syndicate stands at ...
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