Italy’s ’Ndrangheta Mafia has capitalized on South America’s cocaine boom to secure its role as one of the most influential #drugtrafficking groups in the world.
"Based in the southern Italian region of Calabria, this group has grown to become a multibillion-dollar enterprise with a presence that spans the globe."
"In this three-part series, InSight Crime explores the ‘Ndrangheta’s role in South America’s #cocaine trade."
The 'Ndrangheta: Versatile Middlemen in the Cocaine Pipeline to Europe
"This research project aims to determine if exposure to terrorist propaganda may be a factor in causing trauma for researchers or their development of mood disorders."
Alexander Alexidze, a 48-year-old Georgian national wanted by several authorities in Canada and the US, was living in Saskatoon under “one of many” assumed identities.
"Alexidze is charged with procurement of false identity documents, possession of credit cards obtained by the commission of an offence, possession of the proceeds of crime over $5,000..."
..."possession of citizenship documents for a fraudulent purpose, #fraud over $5,000 and the use of forged documents."
Bridgend: Former police office pleads guilty to over 100 child sexual offences
Lewis Edwards, 23, was charged with a total of 106 offences, which included inciting children to make indecent images #online and to engage in sexual activity.
"South Wales Police's assistant chief constable said the offences would "damage the public's trust and confidence in policing." - "Edwards, from Bridgend, was immediately suspended from duty and resigned following his arrest."
"The investigation by the South Wales Police online investigations team began when officers received intelligence about suspicious online activity, which involved the downloading of indecent images of children from the dark web."
Nearly half a million members of a notorious cybercrime forum have had their details publicly exposed after a key database was published on another hacking site.
"#Cybersecurity researchers at VX-Underground confirmed the news that over 478,000 users of RaidForums had their data leaked on up-and-coming forum Exposed."
"A screenshot shared by Emsisoft threat analyst, Brett Callow, shows the leak was posted by an Exposed admin known as "Impotent."
Iran-linked hackers Agrius deploying new ransomware against Israeli orgs
An Iran-linked advanced persistent threat #APT group is using new #ransomware while targeting a familiar adversary in the Middle East, researchers have found.
"Check Point’s Incident Response Team investigated the deployment of the ransomware against #Israeli organizations and claimed by a group dubbing itself Moneybird."
"Researchers found that it bore the hallmarks of Agrius, a #hacker group that has been around since 2020 and has attempted to disguise itself with aliases like BlackShadow."