A recent guilty plea reveals a new wrinkle in a long-running corruption scheme that involved bribing police officers to make ...

Find out the common types of cyber extortion, the impacts of these incidents, and how to respond and prevent them in the ...

Over the past few weeks, I’ve watched a Mexican series on Netflix, “Las Muertas.” It’s a Luis Estrada series, meaning it’s a dark comedy that leaves you both amused and uneasy. I’ve reviewed a few of ...

Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones faces allegations of extortion from a former employee who filed a federal lawsuit naming both him and the city as defendants. Kenneth Jones, who was director of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Federal contracting records reviewed by WIRED this week show that United States Customs and Border Protection is transitioning from testing small drones to using them as standard surveillance tools, a ...

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 ...

A shop owner facing threats shutters the clothing store that had been in his family for generations. A leader of a citrus growers association is kidnapped and killed after refusing mob demands for a ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Mexico ranks among the world’s top five nations for extortion, which is often called ‘the invisible crime.’ An ...

A shop owner facing threats shutters the clothing store that had been in his family for generations. A leader of a citrus growers association is kidnapped and killed after refusing mob demands for a ...