Extortionists in Peru are becoming ever bolder: executing bus drivers at the wheel and detonating bombs at schools, holding the country in a grip of fear as police struggle to crack down. It is a ...

A Mumbai developer received a death threat and a live bullet on his car, allegedly from gangster Chhota Shakeel's associates.

Authorities have been at a loss about how to rein in extortion in Latin America. Is El Salvador's harsh crackdown the only way? A new report has delved into the inner workings of extortion techniques ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

A report into extortion in the Northern Triangle — Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador — has shed light on how incarceration policies are likely to worsen extortion problems in the region. The ...