A surge in arrests of suspected foreign scammers in Sri Lanka has authorities concerned that the island is fast becoming a hub for online crime, following sweeping crackdowns in hotspots Cambodia and Myanmar. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/20/asia-pacific/crime-legal/southeast-asia-scam-sri-lanka/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #southeastasia #srilanka #myanmar #cambodia #fraud #organizedcrime #china
Crackdown in Southeast Asia pushes scam networks to Sri Lanka

Since the start of the year, police have arrested more than 1,000 foreign nationals, mainly from China, Vietnam and India, for alleged involvement in cybercrime.

The Japan Times
The Architecture of Collusion

A Systemic Analysis of Corruption and the Pathways to Dissolve It

Dis-Eco
Calgary police release photos of suspect vehicle in fatal shooting
Calgary police are asking for the public's help identifying a vehicle believed to be involved in the fatal shooting of a man connected to organized crime on Monday, May 11.
#Crime #CalgaryHomicide #northhillcoopshooting #NortheastCalgaryshooting
https://globalnews.ca/news/11850324/calgary-police-release-photos-suspect-vehicle-fatal-shooting/
Calgary police release photos of suspect vehicle in fatal shooting
Calgary police are asking for the public's help identifying a vehicle believed to be involved in the fatal shooting of a man connected to organized crime on Monday, May 11.
#Crime #CalgaryHomicide #northhillcoopshooting #NortheastCalgaryshooting
https://globalnews.ca/news/11850324/calgary-police-release-photos-suspect-vehicle-fatal-shooting/
Calgary police release photos of suspect vehicle in fatal shooting
Calgary police are asking for the public's help identifying a vehicle believed to be involved in the fatal shooting of a man connected to organized crime on Monday, May 11.
#Crime #CalgaryHomicide #northhillcoopshooting #NortheastCalgaryshooting
https://globalnews.ca/news/11850324/calgary-police-release-photos-suspect-vehicle-fatal-shooting/
Calgary police release photos of suspect vehicle in fatal shooting
Calgary police are asking for the public's help identifying a vehicle believed to be involved in the fatal shooting of a man connected to organized crime on Monday, May 11.
#Crime #CalgaryHomicide #northhillcoopshooting #NortheastCalgaryshooting
https://globalnews.ca/news/11850324/calgary-police-release-photos-suspect-vehicle-fatal-shooting/

"people started collecting Bitcoins to hire a hitman for me"—"posted a 'song' on YouTube[…]filled with expletives about me and suggestions of violence"—"vulgar language on the Linux Kernel Mailing List"—"Torvalds[…]posts words like"[specific folks]…should be retroactively aborted.Who the f*ck[…]diotic things[…]How did they not die as babies[…]likely too stupid to find a tit to suck on?""—"[…]Torvalds is too rude"—"Open Source community tries to advertise the community as one happy place[…]where[…]valued only by their technical quality[…]Well,it is not like that. It's quite a sick place to be in."—""Open Source community is full of a******s""—"I get hate mail for hacking on Open Source"—"find particularly appalling is the fact that he regularly defends this,and advertises this as an efficient way to run a community"

ZDNet, https://www.zdnet.com/article/lennart-poetterings-linus-torvalds-rant/

#organizedcrime #hitman #murderforhire #crime #poettering #systemd #linux #torvalds #verbalabuse #violence #opensource

Lennart Poettering's Linus Torvalds rant

Open-source mailing lists and IRC conversations are as prone to flame wars as anywhere on the Internet, but now systemd co-creator Lennart Poettering is calling out Linus Torvalds in a more public forum for helping to create attacks on him.

ZDNET

UK authorities confiscate assets from former FBI fugitive James 'Whitey' Bulger

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UK authorities have reportedly seized a significant amount of money from the estate or assets linked to James 'Whitey' Bulger, the notorious American...

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UK authorities confiscate assets from former FBI fugitive James 'Whitey' Bulger

📰 Original title: UK seizes thousands from former FBI Most Wanted US gangster

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UK authorities have reportedly seized a significant amount of money from the estate or assets linked to James 'Whitey' Bulger, the notorious American...

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has launched a new plan to combat organized crime as he faces mounting pressure over security, five months ahead of elections. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/13/world/politics/brazil-lula-organized-crime-elections/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #luizinacioluladasilva #organizedcrime #southamerica
Brazil's Lula launches plan to fight organized crime ahead of elections

Brazil's battle with powerful criminal factions has been a point of tension with the U.S., and a priority during last week's meeting between Lula and President Donald Trump.

The Japan Times