Diamond Smuggling, Nigeria’s 419 Scam and South Africa’s Post-Apartheid Organized Crime Problem
The next time you check your spam folder and see a stack of emails promising you the “kind grace...
Tag: crime
Robowarden Patrols South Korean Prison
At the forefront of robot technology and eyeballing lucrative export markets for their potentially world-conquering automatons, South Korea has...
Protesters Alert: I’m Getting Arrested App for Android
In the wake of the sickening violence in Oakland, protesters may worry they run the risk of a hell...
Deadly Russian Drug “Krokodil” Hits Germany’s Streets
It might sound like a William Gibson invention, but the street drug “Krokodil” just a toxic substance made from...
The Coming of the Bath Salts Zombies
I’m painfully aware that I’m at risk of becoming the blogosphere’s chief proponent for the re-legalization of bath salts,...
“Less Lethal” Weapons
After viewing the likely-to-be-censored Al Jazeera documentary “Bahrain: Screaming in the Dark,” it’s particularly creepy to read this August...
Al Jazeera Cancels Re-Airing of Bahrain Documentary
Al Jazeera has cancelled plans to re-run its 50-minute documentary “Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark,” under pressure from Bahraini...
Chinese Prisoners Forced to Work as World of Warcraft Gold Farmers
A former prisoner at a labor camp in China claims he and other prisoners were routinely forced...
Oi, CNN! Conspiracies. You’re Doing ‘Em Wrong.
A CNN article this week addresses “11 Political Myths and Conspiracy Theories” — how can a guy like me...
Pranknet Goes to the Big House
If you’ve missed the ongoing war between The Smoking Gun and a loose online collective of crank-callers known as...