BY: NADIA ZAIDI When we think of acid attacks, we often think of India, Bangladesh, Pakistan or other South-Asian countries where acid is a heinous method of control. Now a surge of acid attacks by gangs in the UK are…
This artificial intelligence knows if you will be a criminal just from analyzing your facial features
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Imagine a criminal system that wasn’t based upon the assumption of innocent until proven guilty, but rather innocent until a computer algorithm analyzes your face and identifies you as a law-breaker. No, this isn’t the next feature…
A real-life Batman is stepping up to fight Russian crime (VIDEO)
(Source: © Nick Royer/Flickr/Licence) Well, it had to happen eventually. A vigilante masking up and spending their nights fighting crime. Starting around June, a man calling himself “Reaper” has been roaming the streets of Moscow and, according to him, helping to arrest criminals…
People are using Pokémon Go to rob unsuspecting players blind
(Source: © Robert Couse-Baker/Flickr/Licence) In a classic Team Rocket move, thieves are using Pokémon Go to steal from its unsuspecting players. On July 10, Missouri police responded to a call that led to four men being charged with first-degree robbery. Authorities…
The FBI just made animal abuse a felony on par with homicide, arson, assault and drug trafficking
BY: SWIKAR OLI Starting Jan. 1, 2016, the FBI began tracking incidents of animal abuse as they’ve done for arson, assault and murder. The FBI also raised animal cruelty to a Group A felony in 2014, the same class as…
A community in Seattle turned this crime-ridden alley into a party area with music and circus performers
BY: SWIKAR OLI Todd Vogel recalls moving into his office in 2008. His window gave a view to Seattle’s Nord Alley, a space that had seen better days. He remembers seeing “a pool of blood and the apparent weapon, a…
A non-religious man virtually eliminates local crime with nothing more than a Buddha statue
BY: TJ MOREY It is common knowledge that a person’s surroundings play a vital role in sculpting the mind, ideologies, and thought process of an individual. A stunning example of this is found in the case of the Buddha statue…
Vintage mugshots of the gangster kings that ruled 1920s America
BY: LAURA ROJAS If you’ve ever watched HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, a heated drama based around the prohibition era gangsters of the 1920s, you understand why this mafia counter-culture is so endlessly fascinating and was such an integral part of American…
Decoding the hidden meaning behind Russian prison tattoos (Photos)
Photography by: Sergei Vasiliev The Russian Criminal Tattoo Archive is hosted by: FUEL There is a reason that Russian tattoos are the most feared and respected thing in prison society. Far from being merely personal, they carry a burden of meaning that…
Countrywide Ferguson Jury Protests Show Collapsing Faith In The Justice System
BY: JOHN DILLON “Hands up don’t shoot” fell from the mouths of thousands of protesters like bricks fell on the faces of the NYPD. Weaving through traffic and drumming on windows they marched through Manhattan’s Union Square. Minutes after a…
Why did it take so long for the American mainstream to embrace tattoos?
BY: TYLER FYFE Tattooing has been practiced by various cultures for at least 8000 years. From New Zealand’s Maori, to Siberia’s Pazyryk nomads, little has changed in the very natural desire to modify the human body. So why did it…