Crime

Between miles-long trains and an e-commerce boom, cargo on freight trains has become easy pickings for robbers.

Economic sanctions, as well as frauds and scams, tend to drive illicit crypto activity in the countries where it’s most prevalent.

Donald Trump just became the first former U.S. president to be convicted of felony crimes. Jurors deliberated for 9.5 hours.

The News Fix Fines don’t deter Donald Trump. A New York judge held the former president in criminal contempt this week, levying another $1,000 fine for violating his gag order. This is the 10th time that Judge Juan Merchan has fined Trump during the “hush money” trial, in which Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records […]

Sociologist Reuben Jonathan Miller discusses the “moral worlds” of people who’ve been convicted of violent crimes

Retailers want stiffer sentences for what they say is rising theft. But the data isn’t clear, says Nicole Lewis of The Marshall Project.

“Fool Me Once” by Kelly Richmond Pope looks at the world of financial fraud — and how seemingly regular people can become perpetrators.

The law could help people with arrest or conviction records who are applying for jobs or seeking housing, says David Harding of UC Berkeley.

We spoke to Dan McCrum, one of the journalists who first reported on the Wirecard scandal, about how his team’s investigation unfolded.

Crime rates usually go up when the economy is bad. But not when there’s low inflation.