One from the New Yorker archives (2010), this is the story of one of the world’s leading arms dealers. Monzer al-Kassar was a man who lived up to many stereotypes of his profession – speaking many languages, piloting his own private jet, and running a fleet of Mercedes to get about town.
A detailed account of how “the largest drugs bust in UK history” played out. http://www.bit.ly/wired-cocaine
A tale of some very rum goings on stretching back to the 1970s in Ajijic, a pretty lakeside town in Mexico full of expats that liked to party.
A deep dive into the case of James Bailey, and the question of whether he took part in a drug related killing, or whether a corrupt police and justice system got him convicted.
The controversial and bloody legacy of the world’s most famous drug trafficker remains a profitable business for many, including some members of his family and former associates.
The story of Sandra Ávila Beltrán, a woman who reached the upper echelons of the Mexican drug cartels.
A former data journalist has pooled information about thousands of murders and sought to identify hitherto undiscovered links between them.
The ‘Mystery of the Hollywood Head’ was one of the first cases where US law enforcement tested a radical new interrogation technique, first developed in the military.
A profile of the person whose job it is to influence juries in trials for serious crimes (often those carrying the death penalty) by telling the defendant’s background story.
The story of the surprisingly lo-fi robbery of Rotterdam’s Kunsthal, resulting in the theft of millions of dollars worth of art, including works by Monet, Gauguin, Picasso, and Matisse.