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Counterfeit Goods
The list of goods being counterfeited today is both staggering and alarming. In the picture above, the Viagra on the left is the real deal, on the right, a fake. Now, you might not be put-off by a counterfeit drug that just makes a better Saturday night, but how about your heart medications, or your diabetes pills? CBP agents (Customs and Border Protection)confiscated nearly $80 million worth of bogus medications, hygiene, makeup, and hair products last year. The CBP has aggressively pursued counterfeit drug movements and shut down internet sites selling fake drugs online. More than $18 million worth of counterfeit prescription drugs and hygiene items originated in India, contributing 88 percent of the imitations that country produced. China contributed an additional $47 million of the same products.
Monica BennettPublished 6 years ago in Criminal10 Terrifying Cannibal Serial Killers
We all know how terrifying serial killers are and their concepts of killing. While some of us know the more well-known and notorious serial killers that once lived, how do we know there aren't some currently out there? Many of the serial killers look like average people who we would've never believed had corrupt minds. This basically goes to show that the most average looking human can be the most brutal serial killer ever.
James FangsPublished 6 years ago in CriminalTerrifying Serial Killer Couples
Everyone knows about Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy, but there are also serial killers who acted together as a couple. Some of these couples have served as inspiration to several films such as Natural Born Killers.
Claudia JerroPublished 6 years ago in CriminalArson
All violent crime is about power, and arson is no exception. When you imagine the devastating fury of uncontrolled flames, you are imagining an exercise of power that boggles the mind. Whether the arsonist is professional or an amateur, he follows the pattern of obtaining power; demonstrating it, maintaining it, and acquiring lost power. Statistics for arson fires are alarming. From 2010 until 2014, the latest years for which this information is available, there were 261,330 arson fires in the United States. Fatalities number 440, 1,300 injured, and one billion dollars in property damage. There are 20 offenders per 100,000 people. Most of these fires, a full 50 percent, occur at night. Motives include; thrill-seeking, vandalism, concealment of another crime, profit, revenge, attention seeking, hero complex, politics, terrorism, and mental illness.
Monica BennettPublished 6 years ago in CriminalWhy Are We So Fascinated With Serial Killers?
Serial killers have become an enduring part of contemporary popular culture thanks to a certain je ne sais quoi, and that has more to do with us than with them. We want to be able to understand serial killers so that we can simultaneously gawk at them, be afraid of them, and feel like we can control them, but we're always left unsatisfied thanks to the cognitive dissonance we experience when we're aware of both how similar and different they are from the rest of us. It's this visceral reaction will ensure that we're always fascinated with serial killers.
Ben KharakhPublished 6 years ago in CriminalThirty Minutes
Thirty minutes. Half an hour. One thousand, eight hundred seconds. It can fly by, or it can be the longest amount of time. My wife and I were visiting relatives for the holidays. It was a cold, snowy December morning. My wife had gone shopping with my grandmother, and my grandfather had asked me to pick up his briefcase from his office. I put the address in my GPS and made the trip across town.
Linda BelcherPublished 6 years ago in CriminalSofia: Part 5
Sofia woke up with a massive headache pounding through her skull. She wondered where it had originated because she hadn't been drinking last night with Daviel. In fact, the last thing she remembered was him passing out on top of her before her mind went dark.
Sharlene AlbaPublished 6 years ago in CriminalAutopsy
There is so much misinformation about autopsies in fictional TV, movies, and books, that it is time to set the record right. The parts of an autopsy are an external examination, Y-incision, removal of organs, stomach content analysis, collection of tissue samples, head and brain assessment, and the conclusions of the examiner. During all of this, the medical examiner is responsible for identifying the victim and estimating the time of death.
Monica BennettPublished 6 years ago in CriminalRonaldo Venuti: An American Mob Story (Part 1)
New York, New York; the city that never sleeps. A place that has welcomed millions of people from all over the world. People that have left their homes and their families behind in hopes of creating a new life in a new place. The idea of America is the idea of prosperity and freedom. For all these people, their ideas and dreams fuel their hard work and determination that one day they achieve their American dream. Unfortunately, for some, a new life means a low paying job, and run-down apartments with little hope of a better life, as is the case for the Venuti family; that is, until they have a run in with the mob.
Sean PowersPublished 6 years ago in CriminalThe Fall of an Empire
The Italian mafia, something that thousands of people are familiar with thanks to the popular movies such as The Godfather, Goodfellas, and the TV show the Sopranos. Yet the Italian mafia is anything but pure fiction. It was, in fact, very real, and contrary to popular belief, started not in New York City, which would later be home to the five families, but instead, the Italian Mafia first set foot in America down south in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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He walked into the bar around ten o'clock that night, wearing jeans, combat boots, and a faded Mighty Mouse T-shirt. The time stamp still burns my memory as it blinked in the corner of the convenience store security footage. Every second, it blinked as I watched him look both ways and jog across the street to his favorite bar.
Old School Fingerprints Just Don't Cut It Anymore
Fingerprints may seem old school to people today. After all, we've been using them in this country to catch the bad guys for over 100 years. Now there is an all-you-can-read smorgasbord of new and exciting discoveries in fingerprinting that will amaze you! It is no longer a world of loops, whirls, and arches, but one of chemistry, nanoparticles, and physics.
Monica BennettPublished 6 years ago in Criminal