Authorities are targeting a vast criminal syndicate run by an imprisoned man on the other side of the world. The post ...

LIMA, Peru — At a Roman Catholic elementary school on the ramshackle outskirts of Lima, students are rambunctious and seemingly carefree. By contrast, school administrators are stressing out. One ...

Extortion rackets threaten entire industries in Cape Town. The situation has been worsening for years, throughout South Africa. Can an anti-extortion summit halt the trend? Protection rackets are not ...

Dilip alias Binas is an underworld criminal currently living abroad, though his political identity could not be confirmed, says DB chief Md Shafiqul Islam.

The president of one of Lima's largest parent-teacher associations says at least 1,000 schools in the Peruvian capital are being extorted and that... In Peru, criminal gangs are targeting schools in ...