In meticulously planned bank-robbing operations, Brazil’s PCC has emerged as almost a parallel state—and an alarming expansion into cocaine trafficking has law enforcement bracing for increasingly bold showdowns.
July 3, 2023 Issue
Features
Michael Malekzadeh’s Zadeh Kicks made millions of dollars taking big presale orders for coveted sneakers at low prices and scrambling to fill them. Then came the Air Jordan 11 Cool Grey.
And the stolen merchandise—worth either $8.7 million or about $100 million, depending on whom you ask—is nowhere to be found.
When a horn goes for $40,000 on the black market in China, poachers in Africa are not going to relent. Can legalizing the horn trade change these grisly economics and save the rhino?
Inside the cheetah black market, from poachers to messaging apps.
From swiping 17.5 tons of olives to nabbing 60 containers of bull sperm, the world’s thieves have been busy.
The metals inside part of a car’s tailpipe are so valuable that they’ve become prized by sawzall-wielding thieves. Then a Tulsa officer named Kansas Core got involved.
The technology that secures EBT cards is woefully outdated, allowing criminals to drain millions of dollars from accounts before the neediest people see a dime.
Lebanon’s central bank has plunged the country into a financial crisis that’s left millions of depositors without access to their savings. Some are turning to extreme measures—and becoming folk heroes in the process.
Police said four very valuable violins went missing after a collector and his daughter were killed. Then a lot of stories began to unravel.
The accused crypto scammer spent millions on everything from thought leaders and clubhouses to media investments and e-sports leagues.
