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Japan's yakuza — once powerful organized crime figures — are reduced to stealing Pokémon cards
The once powerful yakuza, feared for their ferocity, are dwindling in numbers. And their crimes are…
Joshua Zitser
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Netflix ordered to remove sex scene depicting a convicted drug trafficker and pay him $16K for violating his privacy
Laureano Oubiña's lawyer said the streaming giant's show portrayed his client as "violent, sexist, …
Eve Crosbie
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Larry Ray was accused of starting a sex cult of college students at Sarah Lawrence. Here's where he is today.
Larry Ray is the subject of the new Lifetime movie "Devil on Campus" and The Cut's 2019 investigati…
Callie Ahlgrim
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Tough-on-crime former NYC judges say even they wouldn't sentence Trump to prison in the hush-money case
Will Justice Juan Merchan treat Trump like any other first offender? Will his hijinks count against…
Laura Italiano
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Harvey Weinstein's NY judge shouldn't have allowed 'prejudicial' testimony from women who said they, too, had been abused: appeals court
In its 4-3 decision, the appeals court found Weinstein's trial judge had erred by allowing outside …
Geoff Weiss
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At Rosemead High, generations of students were harassed or groomed for sex as they tried to get an education
Unraveling 40 years of sexual misconduct at a single California high school.
Matt Drange
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JPMorgan will pay $75 million to settle US Virgin Islands Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking claims
The bank has already agreed to pay $290 million to settle a class-action lawsuit from Jeffrey Epste…
Jacob Shamsian
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An American LGBTQ+ activist who fled Israel during Hamas attacks says she never imagined feeling safer in Dubai, where being gay is a crime
Hamas launched unprecedented surprise attacks on Israel on Saturday, killing at least 800 people an…
Talia Lakritz
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Jon Stewart marvels at how Trump has committed 'so many crimes' he got 'bored' at his own trial
"Imagine committing so many crimes, you get bored at your own trial," Stewart said of the former pr…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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Trump feared for campaign, not family, as sex scandals were caught and killed, ex-Enquirer CEO tells hush-money jury
Trump was fixated on winning the 2016 election, ex-Enquirer CEO David Pecker told the Manhattan hus…
Laura Italiano
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JK Rowling's tweets about a lurid murder story reopened a heated debate about transgender convicts
Author JK Rowling posted about a lurid UK murder, reopening a fierce debate about how society shoul…
Nathan Rennolds
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The Belgian police busted a crime ring believed to have trafficked Chinese women and forced them into sex work in Europe
More than 20 victims — all women from China — were found during the Belgian police's raids on Tuesd…
Aditi Bharade
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Arizona police investigating sex trafficking at massage parlor solicited sex acts from potential victims: report
Two undercover Flagstaff officers investigating massage parlors in Arizona allowed potential sex tr…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Japan finally updated its definition of rape so that the crime no longer requires the use of force. Its age of consent is also no longer 13.
The definition of rape in Japan was changed from "forcible sexual intercourse" to "non-consensual s…
Sophia Ankel
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Woman who survived Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring says she was gaslit for years: 'Even my own father said, 'You made your bed, you can lie in it''
Sarah Ransome was convinced to go to Epstein's island at age 22. She says because she was an adult,…
Hannah Getahun
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A sexual assault in the metaverse has investigators questioning the future of virtual crime prosecution
The British police are investigating a relatively novel allegation: that a teenage girl's avatar wa…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence R. Kelly to no less than 25 years in prison
R. Kelly, who was convicted last in September on racketeering and sex trafficking charges, is sched…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex-trafficking girls for Jeffrey Epstein
Four accusers took the stand in December to describe how Ghislaine Maxwell groomed them for sex wit…
Jacob Shamsian,Ashley Collman
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Jeffrey Epstein paid college tuition for the kids of the former first lady of the Virgin Islands, and she asked him for his input on the wording of a sex offender law: JPMorgan
De Jongh asked Epstein to approve tuition for Skidmore College, and consulted him on language in a …
Matthew Loh
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Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell says Trump's support gave her a 'big boost' when she was arrested during sex crimes probe
"I was very touched that he would remember me and that he would wish me well," Maxwell said. "And I…