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Dutch Businesses Targeted by Google Review Extortion
Dutch businesses are facing extortion attempts where fake negative reviews are posted on their Google profiles, followed by demands for payments to remove them; affected businesses span various sectors, reporting significant financial losses and difficulty contacting Google for assistance.
Dutch Businesses Targeted by Google Review Extortion
Dutch businesses are facing extortion attempts where fake negative reviews are posted on their Google profiles, followed by demands for payments to remove them; affected businesses span various sectors, reporting significant financial losses and difficulty contacting Google for assistance.
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36% Bias Score
Mexico Takes First Step to Combat Soaring Extortion Rates
Mexico's Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved a constitutional amendment to create a national anti-extortion law, aiming to unify penalties and combat a 58% increase in extortion cases between 2018 and 2025.
Mexico Takes First Step to Combat Soaring Extortion Rates
Mexico's Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved a constitutional amendment to create a national anti-extortion law, aiming to unify penalties and combat a 58% increase in extortion cases between 2018 and 2025.
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52% Bias Score
Major Drug Trafficking Ring Dismantled in Crete
Greek authorities arrested 48 individuals in Crete, seizing over €1 million in cash and various weapons and drugs following an eight-month investigation into a criminal network involved in drug trafficking, extortion, and bombings.
Major Drug Trafficking Ring Dismantled in Crete
Greek authorities arrested 48 individuals in Crete, seizing over €1 million in cash and various weapons and drugs following an eight-month investigation into a criminal network involved in drug trafficking, extortion, and bombings.
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20% Bias Score
Mexican Union CATEM Accused of Widespread Extortion
Eighteen businesses in Coahuila and Durango accuse the CATEM union, led by Pedro Haces Barba, of widespread extortion across Mexico, with evidence from Guacamaya leaks linking them to organized crime, including kidnappings and disappearances in several states.
Mexican Union CATEM Accused of Widespread Extortion
Eighteen businesses in Coahuila and Durango accuse the CATEM union, led by Pedro Haces Barba, of widespread extortion across Mexico, with evidence from Guacamaya leaks linking them to organized crime, including kidnappings and disappearances in several states.
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60% Bias Score
Massachusetts Sheriff Charged with Extortion
Massachusetts Sheriff Steven Tompkins was arrested in Florida on Friday on two counts of extortion for allegedly pressuring a cannabis company to sell him stock in 2020, and then demanding a full refund when the stock price fell; he faces up to 20 years in prison per count.
Massachusetts Sheriff Charged with Extortion
Massachusetts Sheriff Steven Tompkins was arrested in Florida on Friday on two counts of extortion for allegedly pressuring a cannabis company to sell him stock in 2020, and then demanding a full refund when the stock price fell; he faces up to 20 years in prison per count.
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40% Bias Score
Murder in Chiclana: Possible Contract Killing Linked to Drug Trafficking
A 33-year-old man was shot and killed in his home in Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz, early Friday morning; the Guardia Civil suspects a contract killing possibly related to drug trafficking.
Murder in Chiclana: Possible Contract Killing Linked to Drug Trafficking
A 33-year-old man was shot and killed in his home in Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz, early Friday morning; the Guardia Civil suspects a contract killing possibly related to drug trafficking.
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52% Bias Score
Chechen extortion rings target Ukrainian immigrants in Spain
In early September, Spanish media reported on Chechen extortion targeting Ukrainian business owners and truck/bus drivers in Spain, particularly in Torrevieja, a city with a large Ukrainian population, prompting a DW investigation confirming the issue and revealing details of the criminal network.
Chechen extortion rings target Ukrainian immigrants in Spain
In early September, Spanish media reported on Chechen extortion targeting Ukrainian business owners and truck/bus drivers in Spain, particularly in Torrevieja, a city with a large Ukrainian population, prompting a DW investigation confirming the issue and revealing details of the criminal network.
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36% Bias Score
Crete Crime Syndicate: Archimandrite's Role Investigated
A criminal network in Crete is being investigated, with a focus on an archimandrite facing charges of blackmail and aggravated assault; the archimandrite was previously blackmailed by the alleged ringleaders.
Crete Crime Syndicate: Archimandrite's Role Investigated
A criminal network in Crete is being investigated, with a focus on an archimandrite facing charges of blackmail and aggravated assault; the archimandrite was previously blackmailed by the alleged ringleaders.
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24% Bias Score
Peruvian Prison Mega-Operation Targets Extortion
On August 30, 2026, a simultaneous operation in 68 Peruvian prisons resulted in the seizure of contraband and the potential relocation of inmates suspected of leading extortion rings.
Peruvian Prison Mega-Operation Targets Extortion
On August 30, 2026, a simultaneous operation in 68 Peruvian prisons resulted in the seizure of contraband and the potential relocation of inmates suspected of leading extortion rings.
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24% Bias Score
Veracruz Violence: Mafia Turf War Leaves Multiple Dead, Exposes Security Failures
The dismembered bodies of at least three people were found on a Veracruz highway, following a prison riot (8 dead, 10 injured), and the murder of a taxi driver targeted in a hospital after surviving an earlier attack; all attributed to the Mafia Veracruzana's conflict with other cartels, exposing th...
Veracruz Violence: Mafia Turf War Leaves Multiple Dead, Exposes Security Failures
The dismembered bodies of at least three people were found on a Veracruz highway, following a prison riot (8 dead, 10 injured), and the murder of a taxi driver targeted in a hospital after surviving an earlier attack; all attributed to the Mafia Veracruzana's conflict with other cartels, exposing th...
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36% Bias Score
Melbourne Bikie Gang Extorts $1 Million from Businessman
David Deicke, a Melbourne businessman, is the target of a $1 million extortion plot by a Melbourne bikie gang leader following recent firebombings of his businesses and threats against his family; police are investigating but Deicke is not cooperating.
Melbourne Bikie Gang Extorts $1 Million from Businessman
David Deicke, a Melbourne businessman, is the target of a $1 million extortion plot by a Melbourne bikie gang leader following recent firebombings of his businesses and threats against his family; police are investigating but Deicke is not cooperating.
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68% Bias Score
Massachusetts Sheriff Arrested on Extortion Charges
Sheriff Steven Tompkins of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, was arrested on Friday on federal charges of extortion for allegedly leveraging his position to obtain a \$50,000 pre-IPO stake in a cannabis company in exchange for assistance with their dispensary license, resulting in a significant profit ...
Massachusetts Sheriff Arrested on Extortion Charges
Sheriff Steven Tompkins of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, was arrested on Friday on federal charges of extortion for allegedly leveraging his position to obtain a \$50,000 pre-IPO stake in a cannabis company in exchange for assistance with their dispensary license, resulting in a significant profit ...
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52% Bias Score
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