A street vendor’s story reveals how extortion turns fear into routine and reshapes the psychology of survival.

Ten years ago, when Barack Obama faced down an attempt by House Republicans to extract concessions in return for lifting the debt ceiling, he explained that he saw this tactic as inimical to ...

Extortion appears to be increasing in Honduras as smaller gangs fill the gap left by larger groups who are retreating from the criminal economy. At the same time, arrests for extortion are falling, ...

Ilia Topuria has spoken out about the family issues that have kept him away from the Octagon. The UFC lightweight champion ...

Anthropic revealed that a cybercriminal abused its agentic artificial intelligence coding tool to automate a large-scale data theft and extortion campaign, marking a "new evolution" in how threat ...

The federal government and the B.C. government have committed $500,000 each to improve services for people directly affected by extortion incidents and extortion-related threats in the province. B.C.