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  • Stage entrance of the Apollo Theatre in West End, London at night | Photo by Christian Lendl on Unsplash

    Early Gangs Of Britain and America: The ‘Mohocks,’ And The Forty Elephants

    March 2nd, 2023
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer London in the late 17th and 18th centuries was a rather challenging place to live in, going by one specific measure: the presence of gangs. Certain parts of the city had gained such notoriety as hotbeds of crime...

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  • Man in black jacket holds up an anti-human trafficking sign at a demonstration. | Photo by Hermes Rivera on Unsplash

    How You Can Help In The Fight Against Human Trafficking

    January 27th, 2023
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer Anyone can, potentially, help in the battle against human trafficking. How? One possible place to start is by learning and researching on spotting some typical signs and indicators of this tragic crime. So, if you happen to come...

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  • Photo depicts a protest against gun violence | Photo by Chip Vincent on Unsplash

    The Year That Was: Guns & School Safety — 10 Years After Sandy Hook

    December 14th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer Ten years ago today, on Dec. 14 2012, a then 20-year-old gunman fired 154 rounds in under five minutes using various types of firearms, and killed 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,...

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    Spotlight: Anti-Crime Bills In The Works

    November 11th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer This midterm election season, along with the state of the economy, the country's crime rate has been under the scanner. Forty percent of U.S. registered voters said crime is an extremely important issue when it comes to their...

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  • A Native American at a powwow ceremony. | Image by Laura Hamilton from Pixabay

    Spotlight: Native American Heritage Month

    November 4th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer Nov. 1 marks the start of Native American Heritage Month, an annual celebration to honor the traditions, culture, history, and contributions of American Indians and Alaskan Natives (AI/AN) to the country. It's a celebration, dating back to 1916,...

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    Spotlight: The Worrying Spike In School Shootings Across America

    October 28th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer No matter what database you look at, the stats on school shootings in the United States in recent times should be cause for worry for anyone with any interest in child safety and child protection. After the latest...

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  • Representative image of labor, depicting the hands and legs of a person using a shovel at a construction site | Photo by Dylan Gillis on Unsplash

    Human Trafficking: The State Of Forced Labor — An Introduction

    October 7th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer Ever since the Covid-19 pandemic struck, all manner of criminal activity also increasingly shifted to the virtual world. That included human traffickers, who began to use online channels more and more to conduct their activities. They used digital...

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  • Photo shows a sunny but empty, small business conference room in what appears to be an office space | Photo by Dane Deaner on Unsplash

    Fraud Accounted For Nearly One-Third Of All Corporate Offenses Over 30 Years

    September 15th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer Fraud accounted for 30.1% of all organizational offenses during the near-30 year period between fiscal 1992 and 2021. Environmental offenses was the second largest offense category at 24%, according to a report published late last month by the...

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  • Photo of Coal Mine Canyon on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona | Photo by John Fowler on Unsplash

    Inmate Population In Indian Country Jails Increased 8% At Mid-2021

    September 1st, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer The inmate population at Indian country jails increased 8% at midyear 2021 to a total of 2,180 inmates held in 80 jails, from the 2,020 inmates held in 82 facilities at midyear 2020, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...

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    129 Law Enforcement Officers Lost Their Lives In The Line-Of-Duty In 2021: FBI

    August 12th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer On Thursday, Aug. 11, an armed man clad in body armor tried to breach the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI's) Cincinnati office. The confrontation that ensued between him and law enforcement officers (LEOs) came as officials warned of...

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  • Photo of an empty classroom at an old school in Nebraska | Photo by Jeffrey Hamilton on Unsplash

    School Shootings With Casualties Spiked In 2020-21: Report

    June 30th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer There were 93 school shootings with casualties at public and private elementary and secondary schools in 2020–21— the highest number since 2000–01, according to a new joint report published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the...

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  • A safety "Stop" sign seen on a school bus | Photo by Robin Jonathan Deutsch on Unsplash

    Gun Violence Prevention Bills: A Legislation Round-Up

    June 23rd, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer By now, most of us have probably read that on Tuesday, June 21, Senate bargainers reached agreement on an incremental yet necessary bipartisan gun violence bill. The bill is in response to recent deadly mass shootings in Texas...

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    Why Is Organized Retail Crime On The Rise?

    June 16th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer Is Organized Retail Crime (ORC) really a cause for concern? Isn't it a victimless crime, as many perceive? The answer to the first question is an emphatic yes, while the answer to the second is an equally clear...

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  • Photo depicts a wide angle view of a luxury retail mall | Photo by Magda Ehlers

    Cracking Down On Organized Retail Crime: Where Does The Financial Sector Come In?

    June 9th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer Late last November, about 80 people barged into a Nordstrom department store in the East Bay Area city of Walnut Creek in California, stealing merchandise until police arrived and arrested three of them. That was but one of...

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  • A police car parked on the side of the road, shot in low light | Photo by Josh Couch on Unsplash

    Snapshot: FBI’s National Use-Of-Force Data

    June 2nd, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer On May 31, Tuesday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program published the National Use-of-Force Data Collection's report for 2021 and some data for the first quarter of this year. Per the report, 50.7% of...

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  • Children sitting on a bench at a park | Photo by Piron Guillaume on Unsplash

    International Missing Children’s Day 2022: Spotlight On Online Grooming

    May 26th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer Wednesday, May 25, was International Missing Children's Day. It's a day that's dedicated to encouraging parents, guardians, caregivers, and others concerned with the well-being of children to make child safety a priority. The commemoration of this day, per...

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  • A black and white file photo of the Albuquerque Indian School Complex, circa 1910 | Photo credit: National Archives | National Archives Identifier 292879

    The First Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Report Acknowledges A Shrouded Legacy

    May 12th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer One-and-a half centuries. Over 400 Indigenous boarding schools run by the federal government, with support from religious institutions. The use of systematic militarized and identity-alteration methodologies in an attempt to 'assimilate Indigenous persons.' Corporal punishment to enforce rules...

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  • A variety of tools, including a hammer and cordless drill, sit on top of a table made of wood boards | Photo by benjamin lehman on Unsplash

    Common Contractor Fraud Scams To Watch Out For

    May 4th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer In a previous piece, we gave you a quick look at contractor fraud. We examined what it is, looked at common signs, and gave you a few tips to protect yourself from falling prey to such scams. In...

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  • A photo of two plateaus seen in the distance at Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park

    State Of The Tribal Courts: A Statistical View

    April 19th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) published what it called the first complete enumeration of tribal court systems operating in the United States. Termed the National Survey of Tribal Court Systems (NSTCS), it consists of three surveys specific...

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  • NCJTC Partners With Biometrica To Announce Big Data And Facial Recognition Training Program For Law Enforcement And Criminal Justice Professionals

    March 21st, 2022
    category: Press Releases

    Pilot Program to kick off in Phoenix/Appleton in August-September 2022, with a focus on fundamentals, including understanding data and data privacy, creating case-use guidelines for facial recognition, ensuring accountability, and preventing bias. PHOENIX/APPLETON, March 21, 2022: On Monday, the National Criminal Justice...

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    Millions Of Americans Are Victims Of Stalking Each Year

    February 22nd, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer An estimated 3.4 million U.S. residents aged 16 or older were victims of stalking in 2019, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) said in its Stalking Victimization report published this month. That estimated number amounts to around 1.3%...

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  • Representative photo of a young girl pressing her face and hands against glass | Photo by DANNY G on Unsplash

    The New National Anti-Human Trafficking Strategy: An Introduction

    February 9th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer On Friday, Feb. 4, the Justice Department announced that Aaron Crawford of Maryland had been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release. Why? For engaging in what Attorney General Merrick B....

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  • Representative image of healthcare professionals | Photo by Rusty Watson on Unsplash

    Dealing With Healthcare Workplace Harassment & Violence

    January 25th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer Workplace related harassment, assault and other acts of violence is not new to healthcare workers. Even around a decade ago, research by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) had found that healthcare workers were at increased risk for...

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  • Representative photo of a person looking at financial charts on a laptop | Photo by Tezos on Unsplash

    Are You Unknowingly Helping A Criminal Launder Money?

    January 18th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer An overwhelming majority (over 90%) of all money mule transactions identified through the European Money Mule Actions are linked to cybercrime, the Europol says. What does that mean? It means a large number of law-abiding citizens in the...

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  • Representative photo of a little girl sitting along with a dog on the grass | Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

    Child Safety Legislation In The Works: A Round-Up

    January 4th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer At Biometrica, child safety and protection has always been at the heart of what we do. We ended 2021 with a look-back special at various issues surrounding this all-important public safety subject that took centerstage through last year....

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  • Image of a young toddler sitting with a stuffed teddy bear on a wood surface

    A Look-Back At Issues Of Child Safety And Protection In 2021

    December 23rd, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer At Biometrica, the safety of children has always been a priority. This year, amidst general chaos and anxiety, the safety of children took center stage like never before. Here are some of the relevant issues and news stories...

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    Understanding The Victim Notification System And Crime Victims’ Safety

    December 17th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer In 1993, a woman from Kentucky, Mary Byron, was raped, assaulted, and stalked by her ex-boyfriend, who was then arrested for those crimes. Unfortunately, he was released from jail when someone posted his bail. A short while after,...

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  • United States, Australia Sign Deal To Combat Serious Crime

    December 16th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer On Wednesday, Dec. 15 the U.S. and Australia signed a landmark agreement that will facilitate access to electronic data for investigations of serious crime, including terrorism and child sexual abuse. The agreement is authorized by the Clarifying Lawful...

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  • BJS Survey Finds Violent Victimization Rate Dropped 22% Between 2019 And 2020

    December 15th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Earlier this month, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released data from a survey that showed a 22% decline in the total violent victimization rate between 2019 and 2020. In addition, the survey found that the incidence of...

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  • Bipartisan Act That Will Modernize And Make Access To Court Records Cheaper Progresses Through Senate

    December 14th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Late last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Open Courts Act of 2021, sending it to the full Senate to consider. The Act seeks to “overhaul” the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system that is...

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  • Representative photo of Fremont Street | Photo by Marc Cooper via Flickr

    The Mob Bosses Who Shaped Vegas — Jim Ferguson, First On The Scene

    December 14th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer Last month, we kicked off our mini series on the history of Las Vegas, a city that was originally built as a desert railroad town but evolved into the casino capital of the world. The city, its residents,...

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  • Gaming Industry Revenue Reaches Record Level In 2021, Vegas Police Crack Down On Crime

    December 13th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer The last few days have brought a mixed bag of news for the casino industry, with extremely positive tidings on the gaming revenue front, and less positive reflections on the crime front. Even with two months still to...

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    How Schools Can Prevent And Intervene In The Battle To Curb Youth Violence

    December 13th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer In the first part of our mini series on youth gangs and violence, we established that there have been repeated reports suggesting spikes in violent crime even among the youth. Just over two weeks after we published that...

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  • Global Conference Calls For More Protection From Cryptocurrency Crime

    December 10th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer A two-day global online virtual assets conference — co-organized by INTERPOL, Europol, and the Basel Institute on Governance — concluded with a call to action on better protecting the world’s financial systems by increasing multi-sector cooperation to strengthen...

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    How ‘Red Flag Laws’ Could Stop Shootings Before They Happen

    December 10th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer Earlier this year, in April, eight people were killed by a 19-year-old at a FedEx facility in Indiana. The shooter’s mother had reported to police over a year earlier, in March 2020, that her son had confided to...

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  • Violence Against Women Office Awards Grants To 11 Indian Tribal Governments

    December 9th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer On Wednesday, Dec. 8, the Justice Department's Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) announced awards to 11 Indian Tribal governments to support them in exercising special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction (SDVCJ). The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013...

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  • Adolescents’ Mental Health Deteriorated In 2020, While ‘Hostile Behaviors’ At School Jumped Pre-Pandemic: Reports

    December 8th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Two reports released recently draw attention to a mental health crisis plaguing schools and students in the U.S. One is an advisory issued by the Surgeon General, which warns that “symptoms of anxiety, depression and other mental health...

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  • Representative photo of a woman holding a placard that says "Silence allows violence" | Photo by Anete Lusina from Pexels

    Gender-Based Killings Continue To Disproportionately Affect Women & Girls Globally: UNODC

    December 8th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer On average, a woman or girl is killed by someone in her own family every 11 minutes across the world, according to a report published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) this month. In...

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  • Billions Of Dollars In Taxpayer Money Could Be Recovered; Lax Child Protection In CO, MO: HHS Report

    December 7th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Last week, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its Fall Semiannual Report to Congress, in which it was found that the efforts of the HHS in the 2021...

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  • Representative photo of a crime scene | Photo by Faruk Tokluoğlu from Pexels

    Crimes Against Property Remained Most Reported Major Criminal Offense Category In 2020: NIBRS Data

    December 7th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer On Monday, Dec. 6, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published data on nearly 8.9 million criminal offenses reported via the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) in 2020. Of the total 8,879,728 offenses reported in 7,560,867 incidents, 60.5%...

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  • Photo of a memorial plaque dedicated to the victims of the Jonestown massacre

    Cults: Identifiers And Warning Signs For Law Enforcement

    December 6th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Aara Ramesh Going off the sheer volume of content generated about it, if there’s one thing Americans can’t get enough of, it’s a story about a cult. Be that NXIVM, which made headlines a few years ago when it emerged that...

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  • The Fight Against Human Trafficking: The White House’s New National Action Plan To Combat Human Trafficking

    December 6th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer In July, Biometrica wrote about how human traffickers adapted to the "new normal" after Covid-19 and appeared to be increasingly targeting children online, even as the pool of vulnerable persons who could be recruited by these criminals grew,...

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  • Representative photo of a woman counting bills | Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash

    Scam Alert: Don’t Be A Mule, A Money Mule That Is

    December 3rd, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer Only yesterday, Dec. 2, Europol announced the results of a massive international law enforcement operation that targeted money mules. The operation, codenamed EMMA 7 (i.e. the European Money Mule Action), involved 26 countries including the U.S., and led...

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  • Boston Man Says He Knows Who Pulled Off The Largest Property Theft In American History

    December 3rd, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Aara Ramesh Earlier this year, we wrote about a three-decade-old case in which two men dressed as Boston Police Department officers in the early hours of March 18, 1990, stole 13 art pieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and vanished...

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  • Representative image of a toy-like gun being pointed right into the camera | Photo by Lavi Perchik on Unsplash

    What Are Firearm Child Access Prevention Laws?

    December 2nd, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Aara Ramesh When it comes to gun rights, one demographic proponents of gun control are particularly concerned about is children that live in homes that also have firearms. While the presence of a firearm in the house can be dangerous to...

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  • Michigan Teenage School Shooter Charged With Two Dozen Crimes, Including Terrorism

    December 2nd, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Deepti Govind The 15-year-old who opened fire on his fellow students at Oxford High School in Michigan on Tuesday, Nov. 30, has been charged as an adult with two dozen crimes, including murder, attempted murder and terrorism. He faces life in prison...

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  • School Shooting At Michigan Leaves Three Students Dead, Eight Wounded

    December 1st, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer On Tuesday (Nov. 30) afternoon, a 15-year-old sophomore who hasn't been named yet by authorities opened fire at Oxford High School in Michigan. His shooting spree ended up leaving three fellow students dead and eight others wounded. The...

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    Does Childhood Lead Exposure Really Lead To More Violent Crime?

    December 1st, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Aara Ramesh The U.S. is currently in the grip of what experts are calling a historic crime wave, with violent crime — and homicide rates particularly — reaching levels previously seen in the 1980s and 1990s. In fact, over the last...

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  • Representative image of a person with their face buried in their hands | Photo by Kat Smith from Pexels

    Combating Human Trafficking At Casinos — Red Flags & Actions

    November 30th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer The multi-billion dollar casino industry, possibly much like several other sectors, has sometimes been a target of unscrupulous characters who try and use the cover of a legitimate business to surreptitiously carry out criminal activities. When it comes...

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  • US Files Charges Against Filipino Pastor Who Said It Was ‘God’s Will’ That Minors Have Sex With Him

    November 30th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer U.S. prosecutors recently announced that they have filed sex trafficking charges against Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, the Philippine national who founded a church called Kingdom of Jesus Christ, as well as two U.S.-based administrators of that church. The superseding...

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