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The Great Paper Caper
Years of running drugs and boosting cars left Frank Bourassa thinking: Thereâs got to be an easier way to earn a dishonest living. Thatâs when he nerved up the idea to make his fortune. (Literally.) Which is how Frank became the most prolific counterfeiter in American historyâa guy with more than $200 million in nearly…
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Serbia’s super thieves
The heist took months to plan, weeks to implement, and just 55 seconds to pull off.
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The Untold Story of the World’s Biggest Diamond Heist
Leonardo Notarbartolo strolls into the prison visiting room trailing a guard as if the guy were his personal assistant. The other convicts in this eastern Belgian prison turn to look.
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No Camera, No Case? A New York Trial Shows Itâs Hard to Prove Prison Abuse Without Video
Michael McCallion waited years to confront in court the officers he said attacked him in prison. The guards denied the assault ever happened.
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âWe Wish to Be Able to Singâ
For more than half a century, the people of Easter Island lived under an oppressive colonial regime. Then a schoolteacher sparked an unlikely revolution.
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Why Closing Prisons â Even Bad Ones â Is Complicated
From politics to economics, closing old or bad prisons is not always straightforward. Even some incarcerated people have mixed emotions.
