#organized-crime — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #organized-crime, aggregated by home.social.
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UK authorities confiscate assets from former FBI fugitive James 'Whitey' Bulger
📰 Original title: UK seizes thousands from former FBI Most Wanted US gangster
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️View full AI summary: https://en.killbait.com/uk-authorities-confiscate-assets-from-former-fbi-fugitive-james-whitey-bulger.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has launched a new plan to combat organized crime as he faces mounting pressure over security, five months ahead of elections. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/world/politics/brazil-lula-organized-crime-elections/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #luizinacioluladasilva #organizedcrime #southamerica
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New blog post dedicated to Angelo Macri & Giuseppe Polimeni alleged 'ndrangheta members arrested in 1956 & 1962 in USA
Transaltor available on the site
@mafiahistory #OrganizedCrimeHistory #OrganizedCrime #Mafia #Mobsters #ndrangheta #MafiaCalifornia #MafiaOhio #MafiaRochester
https://unehistoiredecrimeorganise.blogspot.com/2026/05/les-cavales-dangelo-macri-giuseppe.html?m=1
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Has the US condemned this as an act of international terrorism/piracy yet, and demanded an immediate return to the rule of law and freedom of navigation/global commerce?
[checks earpiece...]
Oh dear.
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Sri Lankan police have arrested 37 Chinese nationals suspected of running a cyberscam center in Colombo, in the latest crackdown on foreign-run online fraud. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/03/asia-pacific/crime-legal/sri-lanka-chinese-scam-center/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #srilanka #china #organizedcrime #fraud #cybersecurity
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Southern California Man Pleads Guilty to Running Car Rental Scheme for Organized Theft Ring
📰 Original title: SoCal man rented cars to thieves for a share of their stolen goods, federal prosecutors say
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/southern-california-man-pleads-guilty-to-running-car-rental-scheme-for-organized-theft-ring/?redirpost=4e0b9b3c-c23a-4cff-b858-f91eee081dc4
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Japan's organized criminal group ranks fell to a record low in 2025 amid a shift in the criminal landscape that has seen the rise of loosely organized "tokuryū" crime groups. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/23/japan/crime-legal/organized-crime-figure-npa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #npa #japanesepolice #organizedcrime #fraud #yamibaito #yakuza
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That finding was another painful reminder of a grim challenge in Mexico that does not go away. No matter how hard its leaders have tried to solve it, minimize it or hide it: more than 133,000 people have vanished across the country. Nearly all disappeared in the past two decades, many at the hands of organized crime or colluding officials.
#Mexico #crime #legal #failedstate #organizedcrime #corruption #homicide #murder
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/world/americas/claudia-sheinbaum-mexico-crime-missing-people.html -
Detailed and informative (as always) thread on how and why compromised social media accounts are bought and sold.
#Internet #OrganizedCrime #SocialMedia #BlueSky #CrossingTheStreams
https://bsky.app/profile/rahaeli.bsky.social/post/3mjclrq4r5k2n
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@aaron.rupar Umm, casino workers don’t need pardons. 🤔
Not unless the casino is run by #OrganizedCrime.
Get your analogies right, #JohnOsoff.
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The dark side of Dubai.
It looks great on the surface but underneath it is very different.
It appears that if you have money and good contacts that you can operate openly in Dubai. Daniel Kinahan is one example.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinahan_Organised_Crime_Group
There is a related story about another guy who was extradited to Europe from Indonesia.
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Man with links to Israeli organized crime pleads guilty in L.A. high-stakes poker ring case
📰 Original title: Israeli crime world figure helped run illegal high-stakes L.A. poker ring, authorities say
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/man-with-links-to-israeli-organized-crime-pleads-guilty-in-l-a-high-stakes-poker-ring-case/?redirpost=cbccdac2-aef0-4c91-9a8d-b3dcd2569ed9
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Everest’s “rescue” scam allegedly turned sick trekkers into a million-dollar insurance machine
Click to visit our Youtube channel and watch the video. A helicopter conducts a high-altitude rescue on Mount Everest, where evacuations can mean the difference between life and death.Dear Cherubs, Mount Everest is already dangerous without anyone allegedly helping the mountain along. Nepalese police say a rescue-and-insurance network may have turned routine illness into a very profitable business, with fake helicopter evacuations and forged paperwork padding claims to international insurers.
According to OCCRP and AP, investigators filed organized-crime and fraud charges against 32 people in Kathmandu, including trekking-agency owners, helicopter operators, and hospital executives. Police say the scheme ran between 2022 and 2025 and relied on fake medical records, manipulated rescue logs, and helicopter flights that were billed as emergencies even when they may not have been.
HOW THE SCHEME IS SAID TO HAVE WORKED
A helicopter departs Everest Base Camp. Photo by Dmoberhaus, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.The alleged playbook was as grimly simple as it was expensive: make climbers feel desperately ill, tell them they need an urgent descent, then send in a helicopter and invoice the insurer. The Independent reported that guides were accused of using baking powder or similar food tampering to trigger gastrointestinal distress that could look like altitude sickness or food poisoning. OCCRP said investigators described the same tactic in court filings, including allegations that trekkers were fed baking soda before being “rescued.”
That matters because on Everest and its surrounding routes, a real evacuation can be life-saving and very costly. AP noted that climbers are required to show proof of insurance covering helicopter rescue before permits are issued, which is sensible in a place where the nearest decent solution is often a very expensive aircraft. Sensible systems, unfortunately, are also very attractive to people with bad intentions and a calculator.
OCCRP reported that police records put the alleged take at at least $19.69 million in insurance money, with three rescue firms linked to the bulk of the losses. One company was accused of 171 suspicious rescues out of 1,248, while others allegedly filed scores of fake claims worth millions more.
WHY IT MATTERS
This is bigger than a single scandal on the “roof of the world.” It is a reminder that high-altitude tourism runs on trust: trust in guides, trust in hospitals, trust in rescue operators, and trust that when someone says “medical emergency,” the paperwork is not doing stand-up comedy behind the scenes. AP said authorities have kept investigating after the first arrests in January, while The Independent reported that the case is already drawing sharper scrutiny over Nepal’s rescue industry.
As noted by thisclaimer.com, Everest stories tend to travel fast, but this one travels with a particularly awkward aftertaste. If the allegations hold up in court, Nepal will have to prove it can protect both climbers and the rescue system itself, because the mountain is hard enough without anyone gamifying the emergency button.
Sources:
The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers. #altitudeSickness #asia #education #everest #health #helicopterRescue #inspiration #insuranceFraud #mountaineering #Music #nepal #news #organizedCrime #poetry #travelScams #trekking #viral
AP News — https://apnews.com/article/nepal-mountaineering-fake-rescue-scam-ca64426bfe3373d7840fdb1d95f93a0a
OCCRP — https://www.occrp.org/en/news/poisoned-trekkers-and-phantom-flights-nepal-charges-32-in-massive-himalayan-rescue-scam
Kathmandu Post — https://kathmandupost.com/national/2026/03/23/nepal-charges-32-in-fake-rescue-scam
The Independent — https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/mount-everest-climb-nepal-insurance-scam-sherpa-poisoning-b2952027.html
thisclaimer.com — https://thisclaimer.com -
In the largest scam loss recorded in Japan, a woman in her 80s in Ehime Prefecture lost approximately ¥1.2 billion in a suspected special fraud case that largely took place over social media, police announced. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/07/japan/crime-legal/japan-special-fraud-case/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #fraud #japanesepolice #ehime #organizedcrime #osaka
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"This is the story of how dealmaking by the Trump family's $3 billion crypto firm put it in uncomfortable proximity to alleged criminals sanctioned by the Trump government."
(tl;dr the #Trump family's in business with the chinese #mafia, which shouldn't surprise anyone who reads my feed but still nice to see such concrete confirmation)
#worldLibertyFinancial #WLFI #crypto #trump #corruption #uspol #cambodia #princeGroup #ASEAN #thailand #myanmar #china #organizedCrime #scams #pigButchering
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I'm looking for well-researched, well-written articles on the history of #OrganizedCrime in #LasVegas for an issue of #Informer to be published in November. Please get in touch if you're interested in contributing.
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Japanese police took action against 12,178 people over crimes related to "tokuryū" anonymous and transient crime groups in 2025, the National Police Agency said Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/03/japan/crime-legal/organized-crime-report-tokuryu/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #organizedcrime #japanesepolice #fraud
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I'm penciling in a new #Informer issue for November of 2026. The focus will be the #OrganizedCrime #history of #LasVegas, Nevada. If you're interested in contributing an article to the issue - and can have it done by late summer - please let me know.
https://informer-journal.blogspot.com/2026/04/considering-vegas-issue-in-2026.html
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Li Xiong, a former leader at a Cambodian financial conglomerate accused of laundering money for crime organizations, has been extradited from Cambodia to China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/02/asia-pacific/crime-legal/cambodia-money-laundering-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #china #cambodia #moneylaundering #organizedcrime
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Tokyo police have launched a website about anonymous and transient criminal groups, outlining details of the latest fraud methods. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/25/japan/crime-legal/tokyo-police-tokuryu-website/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #organizedcrime #fraud
