Among my people, the Marubo, knowledge is transmitted through oral history, passed down by elders throughout the centuries. For many generations these stories described the…
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Brazilian Amazon at risk of being taken over by mafia, ex-police chief warns
The rapid advance of organised crime groups in the Brazilian Amazon risks turning the region into a vast, conflict-stricken hinterland plagued by heavily armed “criminal…
View More Brazilian Amazon at risk of being taken over by mafia, ex-police chief warnsRogue UK landlords using ‘ghost tenants’ to con taxpayers out of millions
Rogue landlords are conning the government out of millions of pounds by fraudulently claiming housing benefits for so-called “ghost tenants”, it has been revealed. Criminal…
View More Rogue UK landlords using ‘ghost tenants’ to con taxpayers out of millionsMoney mules: how young people are lured into laundering cash
The job advert seemed timely. It offered between £500-£1,000 a week to work from home as an agent for cryptocurrency transactions. Lauren*, 21, was heavily…
View More Money mules: how young people are lured into laundering cash‘Aphrodisiac’ of the ocean: how sea cucumbers became gold for organised crime
It’s after sunset in Jaffna when Anthony Vigrado dives into the waters of Palk Bay, scanning the seafloor to collect what seems to be prized…
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