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Mearan had denied trafficking allegations Mearan faced 18 charges spanning human trafficking, racketeering and compelling and promoting prostitution.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Feb. 2026 -
Doe’s legal team is approaching the group as a business enterprise and pursuing racketeering and RICO claims, among the case’s 21 counts.—
Jane Borden,
Rolling Stone,
5 Feb. 2026
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The police also said that administrative proceedings had been initiated for public drunkenness and minor hooliganism.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
23 Jan. 2026
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The film focused on an American who got involved in the brutal world of British football hooliganism.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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Brain imaging studies of criminality going back to 2009 have suggested that damage to a swath of white matter called the right uncinate fasciculus is somehow involved when people commit violent acts.—
Christopher M. Filley,
The Conversation,
3 Feb. 2026
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The government, along with much of purple and red America, pound the message that ICE in Minnesota is all about state corruption and criminality.—
Ed Bok Lee,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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To do otherwise would have been malpractice and malfeasance.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
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To guard against runners and other forms of malfeasance, Manteris maintained a cutting-edge surveillance system.—
Dan Piepenbring,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
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Police officials at a news conference said the officers had collected personal and private information unlawfully and distributed it to organized crime figures, in some cases for bribes, and that mobsters then carried out shootings and other violent crimes.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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Last week, the topic took center stage again when Mehmet Oz, the administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, posted a video accusing Armenian crime groups of carrying out widespread hospice fraud in Los Angeles.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Gangsterism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gangsterism. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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