A small group of protesters called for more public safety action amid a wave of extortion-related violence in Surrey, B.C., ...

The attack against two lawmakers and the mass kidnapping of miners are further proof that violence continues unabated in the ...

The abduction of Venezuela’s president and the plunder of its oil signal a new and dangerous phase in U.S. foreign policy.

Modern ransomware has shifted from encryption to psychological extortion that exploits fear, liability, and exposure. Flare ...

Organized groups in Pakistan or Bangladesh write dozens of negative comments and then delete them in exchange for money.

The Lagos State Police Command has commenced an investigation into allegations that officers attached to the Area H Police Command, Ogudu, extorted $2,000 (about N3.33 million) from a couple they ...

During 2025, cyber extortion continued to grow, driven by more active phishing gangs, and increasingly sophisticated attacks. According to the Security Navigator report from Orange Cyberdefense, the ...

"It is said that the law is always at least several years behind the technology. With respect to the application of a criminal statute the doctrine of lenity, among other established rules, acts as ...

Venezuela’s ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday accused the United States of committing the “greatest extortion known in our history” at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council ...

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When I Met María at the Corner of the Street I met María on a narrow street where the scent of hot corn and oil announces labor before sunrise. She sells arepas from a small metal stand pressed ...

Maryland State Sen. Dalya Attar, the Baltimore lawmaker indicted with her brother and a police officer, filed a motion to dismiss her extortion charges Tuesday, stating the government doesn’t have the ...