offenders

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Oil, gas and chemical companies, many in Louisiana and Texas, top the list of repeat offenders, according to the Journal analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said neighbourhood officers were using new technology to quickly identify and arrest "the small number of offenders responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime".

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

Helen Dickinson, from the British Retail Consortium, said "too many offenders still face little meaningful consequence".

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

But he warned online spaces were not beyond the law and offenders would not "get off with a slap on the wrist".

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

Newspapers launched crusades against pestilent alleys and excess smoke and identified the worst offenders in print—among them Burnham’s newly opened Masonic Temple, which the Chicago Tribune likened to Mount Vesuvius.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson