Content tagged with “crime”
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“This is one of the organized crime groups in Italy. In the United States, we speak of ‘the mafia’ to refer to organized crime, but this is very general term for a branch of organized crime in this country. The ‘American Mafia’ has its roots in a crime organization in historical Sicily. In…”
“ Apparently the Latin word for prison is ‘carcer.’ This is where we get the word ‘incarcerated.’ ”
“ This refers to ‘banditry’ or ‘theft,’ mainly in Asia. It’s an anglicized form of the Hindi word meaning ‘armed robbery.’ ‘Dacoit’ is the noun form. ”
“More specifically, this is a term often used for the killing of Jesus Christ. It can be used as a antisemitic pejorative. From an article entitled ‘ The origins of anti-Semitism ’: Some important thinkers in early Christianity offered a dangerous allegation: that Judean Jews had handed Christ over…”
“Fascinating history of the Gucci family and company, from the patriarch and his humble origins as a leatherworker in rural Italy, down through the generations, including the sensational murder which was the focus of the 2021 movie, and then the current disposition of all the players and the destiny…”
“A ‘lynching,’ or ‘to lynch someone,’ is an illegal killing by a group. So when a mob executes someone, that’s called a lynching, regardless of the method. We often associate lynching with hanging, as that’s very common, but it’s not required. It’s also not technically required to be related to…”
“I’ve become a little obsessed with the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum heist lately, after listening to the ‘Last Seen ‘podcast. This book is by the definitive reporter to cover the crime – he’s been reporting on it, on and off, for 25 years. Sadly, the book is scattered. It’s not a…”
“This is compelling book in a weird format. It’s about two things: (1) the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and (2) a serial killer at work in the city during that time. The two stories are weirdly separate. The killer visits the fair, but doesn’t commit any murders there, so the…”
“This is a detailed and wildly frustrating book about the history of drugs in Mexico. To be technically correct, it’s about the industry of drugs in Mexico, but the one truth that shines through: not a lot of drugs get used in Mexico. The country’s drug trade is a big factory to supply it’s addicted…”
“This is likely the definitive account of The Panama Papers – the massive data leak from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. It also covers some other sensational data leaks, like SwissLeaks and Offshore Leaks. It’s good, no doubt. But it’s confusing, and there’s no real way around that. There…”
