A detailed look at how the LAPD cracked a 23-year-old cold case that reads like a television police procedural, complete with multiple competing theories, missing evidence, and a friendly chat with detectives that turns into a cat and mouse interrogation.
The story of Astrid Holleeder, star witness at the trial of “the Nose”, a man who is one of the Netherlands’ most notorious gangsters, and also her brother.
A gripping read on a devastating global cyber attack that affected millions around the world and nearly wiped out the shipping giant Maersk’s entire IT operations. They survived only due to an accident of fate, and the virus went on to cause an estimated $10bn of damage worldwide.
A look at the work of The Met’s team of exceptionally gifted facial recognition experts, told through the story of a super-thief known only by his codename – ‘McNulty’.
The dark and unsettling story of a case of suspected Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome that had tragic consequences.
The oil tanker Brillante Virtuoso was attacked off the coast of Somalia and set on fire, apparently by a group of pirates. When the insurance company’s investigator started to look into the incident, he quickly discovered that all was not as it seemed.
A look at the criminal networks spread across El Salvador and the impact they have on the lives of their many female members.
A long look at the infamous online marketplace for illegal goods, starting with a DEA raid on a grandpa in Utah who had just taken receipt of $27,000 of cocaine. http://www.bit.ly/wired-silkroad
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.