Tag: extorted
In Mexico, many migrants kidnapped, detained and extorted on the route to the United States
Venezuelan migrants wait for a northbound bus at the northern bus station in Mexico City on October 13, 2022. EDUARDO VERDUGO / AP In front of the bus station north…
In Syria, entrepreneurs extorted by Bashar Al-Assad’s regime
In the spring of 2022, the financial brigade showed up at the factory of an industrialist in the Damascus region. For eight hours, state agents went through the books of…
Dutch university recovers extorted money, with interest
Victim of a ransomware cyberattack in 2019, the University of Maastricht will recover two and a half times the sum which was then extorted from it in bitcoins, thanks to…
Disney World visitor has $40,000 extorted from her Apple Watch
Thibaut Popelier Gaming Specialist May 27, 2022 at 4:45 p.m. 13 © Mathieu Grumiaux for Clubic That’s what you might call a ruined vacation! A tourist who visited Walt Disney…