# extortion - Monday 8 March, 2021
# Blackmail Plot
# Blackmail Plot
Searches led to the discovery of a number of firearms and ammunition.
# extortion - Monday 27 April, 2020
# Email Scam
# Email Scam
There has been an increase in the number of online scams reported during the Covid-19 pandemic.
# extortion - Friday 31 January, 2020
# Building Site
# Building Site
Gardaí received a report of men demanding money in return for minding the building site in the evenings.
# extortion - Thursday 10 October, 2019
# Extortion
# Extortion
The High Court heard that criminals extorted money from companies, including one building houses for Dublin City Council.
# extortion - Tuesday 2 April, 2019
# Extortion
# Extortion
A man, woman and teenage girl were arrested today.
# extortion - Tuesday 5 September, 2017
# Extortion
# Extortion
The man’s food and rent bills have fallen into arrears by almost €2,000.
# extortion - Saturday 21 November, 2015
# Starving
# Starving
Many Syrians who join the so-called Islamic State do so because they are starving according to one defector.
# extortion - Friday 17 July, 2015
# Extortion
# Extortion
31-year-old John Murphy pretended to be a journalist to extort money from an elderly sex offender.
# extortion - Sunday 12 July, 2015
# Sextortion
# Sextortion
Faceless criminals are using young peoples’ personal images to extort money from them and the FBI want it to stop.
# extortion - Wednesday 8 July, 2015
# extortion - Tuesday 16 June, 2015
# Extortion
# Extortion
Ronan Hughes was tricked into sending explicit photos of himself which the scammers threatened to send to his Facebook friends.
# extortion - Monday 20 April, 2015
# Extortion
# Extortion
They called innocent people saying they were being targeted by the UVF for being involved in drugs.
# extortion - Thursday 11 December, 2014
# Extortion
From The42
# Extortion
‘I’m forced to leave by the back door of my own town,’ said the former Newcastle United striker.
# extortion - Monday 12 May, 2014
# Small Business Big Crime
# Small Business Big Crime
Small Firms Association says the cost and rate of crime against business is on the rise.
# extortion - Tuesday 18 March, 2014
# Coining It
# Coining It
Despite being the darling of the tech frontier, surely we can now see that the red flags being waved around this “currency” are far from virtual, writes Peter Casey.
# extortion - Tuesday 16 July, 2013
# Zetas Drug Cartel
# Zetas Drug Cartel
Miguel Angel Trevino has been described as a brutal killer who liked to “stew” his enemies by plunging them in containers of oil and fuel that he would then set alight.
# extortion - Monday 3 June, 2013
# Child Safety
# Child Safety
Online predators using the internet to gain access to young victims are increasingly using blackmail, extortion and aggression in their approaches.
# extortion - Monday 27 May, 2013
# Flying Dutchman
# Flying Dutchman
Willem Holleeder is best known for securing a €15 million ransom after abducting Freddy Heineken thirty years ago.
# extortion - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
# FBI Files
# FBI Files
The 128-page file also details FBI investigations into threats allegedly made against the singer.
# extortion - Tuesday 27 November, 2012
# Scam
# Scam
Small business owner are targeted by companies presenting misleading ad contracts and charging up to €5k a year.
# extortion - Saturday 26 May, 2012
# Extortion
# Extortion
Both men were arrested yesterday in connection with an alleged extortion attempt in Co Monaghan.
# extortion - Friday 25 May, 2012
# Arrests
# Arrests
The men were arrested in Dundalk this morning.
# extortion - Monday 14 May, 2012
# No Wonder
From The Daily Edge
# No Wonder
The couple have been accused of plotting to extort millions of dollars from the singer.
# extortion - Tuesday 20 March, 2012
# Crime
# Crime
Reported crimes – in all forms – have increased over the past two years despite over €2 billion being spent on security measures.
# extortion - Tuesday 14 February, 2012
# Brazil
# Brazil
Law enforcement officials say they believe that former or current officers used a recent strike as an opportunity to carry out executions.
# extortion - Saturday 28 January, 2012
# Catastrophic
From The Daily Edge
# Catastrophic
American investigators say the man borrowed elements of his plan from a television show and wanted authorities to believe the victim’s cat was the culprit of the crime.
# extortion - Wednesday 17 August, 2011
# Australia
# Australia
Police spent ten hours removing the device, which turned out not to have any explosives in it, from the neck of 18-year-old Sydney girl Madeleine Pulver.
# extortion - Thursday 4 August, 2011
# Sydney
# Sydney
Police said they believe the fake ‘collar bomb’ was part of an extortion attempt on the family of Madeleine Pulver, 18.
# extortion - Wednesday 3 August, 2011
# Sydney
# Sydney
The 18-year-old girl, who is understood to be from one of Australia’s wealthiest families, has been reunited with her parents after the device was safety removed from her neck.
# extortion - Monday 31 January, 2011
# Robbery
# Robbery
Cases of robbery, extortion and hijacking have risen significantly in comparison with last year – however cases of dangerous driving have decreased.
# extortion - Tuesday 21 September, 2010
# Extortion
# Extortion
Report this morning claims dissident extortion racket going on in Dublin.
# extortion - Monday 6 September, 2010
# John Travolta
From The Daily Edge
# John Travolta
Actor said a second trial focusing on the death of his son would be too difficult for his family.
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