criminals

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Paying cyber criminals goes against the advice of law enforcement agencies around the world, as it can fuel further attacks and offers no guarantee the data has been deleted.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Kaczynski, a once-gifted mathematician, was an outlier; criminals have lower IQs than Americans as a whole, surveys show.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Sir Mark said that "apprehending violent and dangerous criminals is a full contact and messy task which may appear shocking to observers with little experience of policing in the real world".

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

A pirate attack off Somalia is the work of a new group of "opportunistic criminals", security officials said on Tuesday, complicating a threat that costs the shipping industry billions of dollars.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Tom often puzzled over why criminals did what they did.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann