On 10 January, an article from Insight Crime says that a new report has delved into the inner workings of extortion techniques across Latin America, showing the constant innovation needed to ensure numerous businesses pay out fees to criminal groups with little complaint. The report from the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime showed how gangs practicing extortion, as well as copycats, are continually trying out new techniques to guarantee that payments keep coming, and the COVID-19 pandemic intensified this evolution.
https://insightcrime.org/news/taxes-death-extortion-latin-america-pay-up/
https://globalinitiative.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Criminal-innovators-English-web.pdf
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