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Transnational Crimes

May 5, 2026
Human Rights/Sri Lanka

Deadly Week in Sri Lanka’s Prisons Sparks Urgent Reform Demands

A series of alarming incidents inside Sri Lanka’s prison system has triggered widespread concern after three separate cases involving inmate deaths, shootings, and alleged abuse were reported within the span of a

Business

Brazil’s Prison Gang That Became a Global Crime Empire Spreading Across Continents

A Brazilian criminal organization that began as a small prison-based fraternity demanding basic rights in the 1990s has grown into one of the most powerful and globally connected crime syndicates in the world, according to reporting originally detailed by the

April 21, 2026

When Crimes Cease to Appear as Crimes

Columns/Geopolitics

Fifty-one years ago, Hannah Arendt gave what would be her final public speech at Faneuil Hall. The occasion was America’s 200th birthday, but Arendt

Everest’s Hidden Danger: Helicopter Scams and “Baking Soda Sickness”

Nepal/World

Mount Everest has always been synonymous with danger. Climbers face the Khumbu Icefall, with its shifting seracs and yawning crevasses, the 8,000-metre death zone

Deadly Week in Sri Lanka’s Prisons Sparks Urgent Reform Demands

May 5, 2026
Human Rights/Sri Lanka

A series of alarming incidents inside Sri Lanka’s prison system has triggered widespread concern after three separate cases involving inmate deaths, shootings, and alleged abuse were reported within the span of a

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Brazil’s Prison Gang That Became a Global Crime Empire Spreading Across Continents

April 21, 2026
Business

A Brazilian criminal organization that began as a small prison-based fraternity demanding basic rights in the 1990s has grown into one of the most powerful and globally connected crime syndicates in the

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When Crimes Cease to Appear as Crimes

April 20, 2026
Columns/Geopolitics

Fifty-one years ago, Hannah Arendt gave what would be her final public speech at Faneuil Hall. The occasion was America’s 200th birthday, but Arendt refused the framing: she had come, she said,

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Everest’s Hidden Danger: Helicopter Scams and “Baking Soda Sickness”

April 2, 2026
Nepal/World

Mount Everest has always been synonymous with danger. Climbers face the Khumbu Icefall, with its shifting seracs and yawning crevasses, the 8,000-metre death zone where every step drains the body, and the

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The New Target: AI Chips in America’s Cargo Crime Wave

March 10, 2026
Artificial Intelligence/Technology

Cargo theft in the United States has entered a new and lucrative phase, with criminals increasingly targeting shipments of high-value technology used in artificial intelligence and data centers. According to reporting by

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Next-Gen Policing: Inside INTERPOL’s Innovation Centre

July 13, 2025
Columns/Human Rights

On a stifling morning in Singapore, I approached the formidable glass-and-steel structure housing the INTERPOL Innovation Centre, located within the INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation. Despite the calm of its landscaped surroundings,

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Bloody Turf War Between Chinese Mafia Factions Reaches the Streets of Rome

April 18, 2025
Geopolitics

A brutal turf war among rival Chinese mafia factions has spilled from the textile hub of Prato into the heart of the Italian capital, culminating in the execution-style murder of two individuals

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UK MP Faces Scrutiny Over $5.5m Family Properties Linked to Sheikh Hasina

January 6, 2025
Business/Corruption

Tulip Siddiq, the UK Treasury’s Economic Secretary, is facing renewed scrutiny over her links to properties worth approximately £4.5 million ($5.5 million), connected to allies of her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, the former

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Special: DNA Contamination in Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccines, Raising Cancer Concerns

January 3, 2025
Health/Human Rights

A newly published peer-reviewed study has raised alarms about potential DNA contamination in Pfizer’s mRNA Covid-19 vaccines. Conducted by student scientists at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) White Oak Campus

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Paraguay-Paraná Waterway: A Lifeline Turned Cocaine Superhighway

December 31, 2024
Defence/Diplomacy

Originally envisioned as South America’s answer to the Mississippi River, the Paraguay-Paraná waterway has become a critical artery for global commerce—and a new battleground in the fight against drug trafficking. Spanning 2,100

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Exclusive: BIMSTEC’s Bold Steps in Regional Security

September 12, 2024
Interviews

In an exclusive interview with the Sri Lanka Guardian, the Secretary General of BIMSTEC – the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, Mr Indra Mani Pandey, stated that

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