Criminals

A man in Georgia says he risked his life for years and was abandoned. But there are very few rules protecting those who provide law enforcement with information.

In the bloody civil war, Khaled al-Halabi switched sides. But what country does he really serve?

Every week, fallen executives come together, seeking sympathy and a second act.

“They say you’re a man who knows how to cancel plans.”

Kurtis Minder finds the cat-and-mouse energy of outsmarting criminal syndicates deeply satisfying.

The country’s cyber forces have raked in billions of dollars for the regime by pulling off schemes ranging from A.T.M. heists to cryptocurrency thefts. Can they be stopped?

An eccentric Dutchman began living in a giant underground facility built by the German military—and ran a server farm beloved by cybercriminals.

From The New Yorker’s archive: stories of criminals, villains, and foul play.

A leading congressman said that notorious gang members took over the housing facility in early 2017 and have “spread terror and despair” there ever since.

The skilled climber and thief Vjeran Tomic, whom the French press referred to as Spider-Man, has described robbery as an act of imagination.

Astrid Holleeder secretly recorded her brother’s murderous confessions. Will he exact revenge?

London’s new squad of “super-recognizers” could inspire a revolution in policing.

After Kate del Castillo tweeted about the drug lord, he asked her to make a movie about his life. Then she took Sean Penn to see him.

“He felt as if he were releasing the spirit of chaos into the world. But wasn’t it already here?”