ringleader
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The case of grooming gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed, who Pakistan has resisted attempts to deport, is one example.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
However the effectiveness of those sentences has come under increased scrutiny this week as it emerged one former gang ringleader in Rochdale had been released early.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
There is also something less expected: tears, especially from ringleader Johnny Knoxville.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
The ringleader ended up pleading guilty and being sentenced to more than 10 years in prison; the other three received sentences ranging from 18 months to five years.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
The State has not been looking for a third person, a ringleader for this crime, because I think they recognize that this person doesn't exist.”
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
More than 85 arrests were made, including the two suspected ringleaders, both from Poland, Kraag said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026
Energy Transfer identified two U.S.-based Greenpeace entities and the umbrella group Greenpeace International as the ringleaders responsible for the pipeline fiasco.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Four defendants described as ringleaders were sentenced to between five years and nine months and eight years in jail by a court in western Germany.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025
Reuss and another suspect, a former paratrooper, are alleged to have been the group’s ringleaders.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024
They demanded the names of the adult ringleaders.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
