Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GZZENdTLzNGsbNy4DyF1yt
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# Sofia — manual source worklist
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Every source the automated pipeline could not retrieve. Open each in your browser,
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copy the article text, and paste it back to me **with the case number**. I file it verbatim.
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Ordered by urgency: the cases at the top have NO other working source — losing them means
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the case has zero evidence. Cases lower down already have other articles on file, so their
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missing source is a nice-to-have, not a gap.
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Verdict meaning: DEAD = link 404/gone (try the Wayback Machine). THIN = the page needs a
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browser to render (JavaScript). BLOCKED = the site refused an automated request but will
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open normally for you.
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<!-- fetch-list:start (generated by make_fetch_list.py; do not edit by hand) -->
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## Manual fetch list (regenerated from the store)
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Every linked source the pipeline could not read, after the live fetch and the Wayback pass.
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Open each in your browser, copy the article text, and paste it back with the case number.
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Cases at the top have NO usable text at all; further down the missing source is a nice-to-have.
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DEAD = gone and not archived. BLOCKED = site refused the script, opens in a browser. THIN = needs
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a browser to render. PDF = an archived PDF exists at the archive link.
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### has 1 other source(s) on file
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- **case 483** `THIN` · March ?, 2022 · Multiple detainees · Russia
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<https://tass.ru/proisshestviya/26017807>
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- **case 467** `BLOCKED` · January ?, 2024 · Li Jia and Zhao Dong · Philippines
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<https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/1-million-usdt-ransom-chinese-dead/>
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- **case 467** `THIN` · January ?, 2024 · Li Jia and Zhao Dong · Philippines
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<https://www.wublock123.com/articles/article-29130>
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- **case 467** `THIN` · January ?, 2024 · Li Jia and Zhao Dong · Philippines
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<https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/10604478731617>
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- **case 448** `THIN` · August 24, 2023 · Father of influencer Killian Desnos (alias "TeufeurS") · France
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<https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/pays-de-la-loire/sarthe/le-mans/un-proces-aux-assises-requis-apres-l-enlevement-dans-la-sarthe-du-pere-de-l-influenceur-teufeurs-3286131.html> archive: <http://web.archive.org/web/20260527225633/https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/pays-de-la-loire/sarthe/le-mans/un-proces-aux-assises-requis-apres-l-enlevement-dans-la-sarthe-du-pere-de-l-influenceur-teufeurs-3286131.html>
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- **case 444** `THIN` · March 31, 2026 · 25-year-old wife of a crypto investor · France
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<https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/grand-est/bas-rhin/strasbourg-0/cryptomonnaie-deux-hommes-interpelles-pour-enlevement-et-sequestration-d-une-jeune-femme-a-strasbourg-3349945.html> archive: <http://web.archive.org/web/20260714113502/https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/grand-est/bas-rhin/strasbourg-0/cryptomonnaie-deux-hommes-interpelles-pour-enlevement-et-sequestration-d-une-jeune-femme-a-strasbourg-3349945.html>
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- **case 427** `THIN` · April 10, 2026 · Family · France
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<https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/nouvelle-aquitaine/pyrenees-atlantiques/bayonne/cinq-hommes-cagoules-sequestrent-les-occupants-d-une-villa-du-pays-basque-pour-retrouver-un-chef-d-entreprise-lie-aux-cryptomonnaies-3334103.html> archive: <http://web.archive.org/web/20260508143702/https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/nouvelle-aquitaine/pyrenees-atlantiques/bayonne/cinq-hommes-cagoules-sequestrent-les-occupants-d-une-villa-du-pays-basque-pour-retrouver-un-chef-d-entreprise-lie-aux-cryptomonnaies-3334103.html>
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- **case 426** `THIN` · March 28, 2026 · Man in 50s · France
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<https://www.surfcoastnews.com.au/finance/76504/>
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- **case 384** `BLOCKED` · December 18, 2025 · Unidentified businessmen · Hong Kong
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<https://archive.is/SOB70#selection-1145.40-1145.80>
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- **case 383** `THIN` · July 8, 2024 · Undisclosed · USA
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<https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/24316542322970>
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- **case 382** `THIN` · December 13, 2025 · Yu (46, male proprietor) and Lee (37, his wife) · Hong Kong
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<https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/12-14-2025-attempted-robbery-at-hong-kong-cryptocurrency-exchange-investigated-33680910939473> archive: <http://web.archive.org/web/20251217153910/https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/12-14-2025-attempted-robbery-at-hong-kong-cryptocurrency-exchange-investigated-33680910939473>
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- **case 382** `DEAD` · December 13, 2025 · Yu (46, male proprietor) and Lee (37, his wife) · Hong Kong
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<https://www.mexc.co/es/news/269096>
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- **case 382** `BLOCKED` · December 13, 2025 · Yu (46, male proprietor) and Lee (37, his wife) · Hong Kong
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<https://en.coinotag.com/breakingnews/hong-kong-mong-kok-cryptocurrency-exchange-robbery-attempt-leaves-owner-injured-police-seek-three-suspects>
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- **case 370** `THIN` · April 27, 2024 · Family · Canada
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<https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/b-c-family-tortured-for-13-hours-by-thieves-impersonating-mailmen-in-2m-crypto-heist/ar-AA1QU0ko> archive: <http://web.archive.org/web/20251123190119/https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/b-c-family-tortured-for-13-hours-by-thieves-impersonating-mailmen-in-2m-crypto-heist/ar-AA1QU0ko>
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- **case 365** `THIN` · November ?, 2024 · Unidentified man · USA
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<https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/florida-teens-kidnap-las-vegas-man-drive-him-to-arizona-desert-steal-4m-in-cryptocurrency-police/ar-AA1EvkGd>
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- **case 365** `BLOCKED` · November ?, 2024 · Unidentified man · USA
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<https://www.8newsnow.com/investigators/florida-teens-kidnap-las-vegas-man-drive-him-to-arizona-desert-steal-4m-in-cryptocurrency-police/>
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- **case 253** `BLOCKED` · September 5, 2025 · Undisclosed Youth · Canada
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<https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/police-beat/police-investigate-robbery-and-abduction-in-cambridge-11176114>
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- **case 237** `THIN` · June 13, 2025 · 26 y/o man · France
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<https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/tiktok-crypto-trader-freed-after-kidnappers-realized-he-s-broke/ar-AA1GM5TS>
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- **case 214** `BLOCKED` · February 8, 2025 · 20 y/o man · France
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<https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/paris-un-investisseur-en-cryptomonnaie-enleve-et-sequestre-cinq-suspects-arretes-20-03-2025-K7SU6Q4C75ECXCIJWTNJIMCTGI.php?invitationToken=e3e4c977-af95-5dbd-a1a1-50a9f35d795b&at_medium=Advertisement&at_campaign=offrir>
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- **case 207** `BLOCKED` · January 16, 2025 · Taehwa Kim · Philippines
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<https://mb.com.ph/19/1/2025/korean-kidnapped-in-makati-city-rescued-in-batangas>
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- **case 197** `THIN` · December 1, 2024 · Wang Shu (pseudonym) · China
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<https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/22010115265362>
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- **case 179** `BLOCKED` · July 10, 2024 · Undisclosed Man · France
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<https://www.ouest-france.fr/societe/justice/ils-menacent-un-homme-pour-de-la-cryptomonnaie-trois-jeunes-condamnes-pour-extorsion-a-angers-9b3310c6-6c61-11ef-8186-bc3b55f9d8c3>
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- **case 176** `DEAD` · April 18, 2024 · 11 Traders · Singapore
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<https://www.bitget.com/news/detail/12560603986077>
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- **case 157** `THIN` · May 3, 2023 · Unidentified man · Spain
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<https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/496955>
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- **case 138** `BLOCKED` · September 12, 2022 · Unidentified couple · USA
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<https://fox5sandiego.com/news/border-report/group-linked-to-9-kidnappings-in-three-states/>
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- **case 80** `BLOCKED` · February ?, 2021 · Swiss & German - Stephen and Maria · Pakistan
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<https://dailytimes.com.pk/725764/>
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- **case 79** `THIN` · February 4, 2021 · Married Couple · Sweden
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<https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/krim/a/Gajal6/bevapnad-bitcoin-liga-trangde-sig-in-hos-par--kom-over-miljonbelopp> archive: <http://web.archive.org/web/20260215081756/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/krim/a/Gajal6/bevapnad-bitcoin-liga-trangde-sig-in-hos-par--kom-over-miljonbelopp>
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- **case 67** `BLOCKED` · May 23, 2020 · Ellis Pinsky · USA
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<https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/rivertowns/news/duo-planned-westchester-home-invasion-robbery-for-tens-of-millions-in-bitcoin-feds-say/836137/>
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- **case 57** `BLOCKED` · November 19, 2019 · Simply Delicious Food Market · USA
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<https://www.castanet.net/cgi-bin2/stats/clickcounter.cgi?id=274789&cid=414202®ion=700>
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- **case 32** `BLOCKED` · February 9, 2018 · Shailesh Bhatt · India
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<https://www.theblock.co/post/368846/14-sentenced-to-life-imprisonment-in-indian-bitcoin-extortion-case-including-11-police-officers>
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- **case 30** `BLOCKED` · January 29, 2018 · Unidentified · USA
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<https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/five-arrested-in-plot-to-break-into-forsyth-county-home-to-steal-bitcoin/85-551507487>
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- **case 21** `THIN` · December, 2017 · Unidentified · Iceland
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<https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-heist-iceland-115114815.html>
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- **case 18** `PDF` · October, 2017 · Multiple victims · USA
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<https://da.lacounty.gov/sites/default/files/press/042618_Discount_Bitcoin_Bandits_Charged_with_Robbing_Would-Be_Buyers.pdf> archive: <http://web.archive.org/web/20200304070214/https://da.lacounty.gov/sites/default/files/press/042618_Discount_Bitcoin_Bandits_Charged_with_Robbing_Would-Be_Buyers.pdf>
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- **case 9** `BLOCKED` · August 14, 2016 · Multiple · Canada
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<https://www.toronto.com/news-story/6810325-toronto-police-arrest-teens-in-string-of-bitcoin-related-robberies/> archive: <http://web.archive.org/web/20211127082536/https://www.toronto.com/news-story/6810325-toronto-police-arrest-teens-in-string-of-bitcoin-related-robberies/>
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### has 2 other source(s) on file
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- **case 475** `BLOCKED` · July 3, 2025 · Unidentified 36 y/o male · UK
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<https://www.herts.police.uk/news/hertfordshire/news/2026/may-2026/five-sentenced-for-wrench-attack-on-herts-man/>
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- **case 475** `BLOCKED` · July 3, 2025 · Unidentified 36 y/o male · UK
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<https://www.cryptopolitan.com/crypto-thieves-prison-sentences/>
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- **case 475** `BLOCKED` · July 3, 2025 · Unidentified 36 y/o male · UK
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<https://beincrypto.com/coinbase-uk-crypto-kidnapping-convictions/>
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- **case 436** `BLOCKED` · March 23, 2026 · 57 y/o woman · France
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<https://www.gendarmerie.interieur.gouv.fr/gendinfo/criminalite-organisee-et-enquetes/2026/crypto-rapt-en-haute-garonne-trois-nouvelles-interpellations-par-les-enqueteurs-de-la-section-de-recherches-de-toulouse>
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- **case 431** `BLOCKED` · April 20, 2026 · Family · France
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<https://www.letelegramme.fr/finistere/ploudalmezeau-29830/a-ploudalmezeau-une-famille-sequestree-puis-delestee-de-700-000-eur-en-cryptomonnaies-exclusif-7030440.php>
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- **case 431** `THIN` · April 20, 2026 · Family · France
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<https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/bretagne/finistere/brest/5-membres-d-une-famille-de-ploudalmezeau-sequestres-pour-un-portefeuille-de-cryptomonnaie-3339032.html>
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- **case 430** `BLOCKED` · September 15, 2022 · Unidentified man · USA
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<https://fox5sandiego.com/news/border-report/group-linked-to-9-kidnappings-in-three-states/>
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- **case 430** `THIN` · September 15, 2022 · Unidentified man · USA
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<https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdnc/pr/twelve-defendants-sentenced-violent-home-invasion-robberies-steal-cryptocurrency>
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- **case 416** `THIN` · March 10, 2026 · Undisclosed person · France
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<https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/paris-ile-de-france/seine-et-marne/sequestration-d-une-famille-en-lien-avec-les-cryptomonnaies-trois-hommes-mis-en-examen-3315843.html> archive: <http://web.archive.org/web/20260508143702/https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/paris-ile-de-france/seine-et-marne/sequestration-d-une-famille-en-lien-avec-les-cryptomonnaies-trois-hommes-mis-en-examen-3315843.html>
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- **case 412** `BLOCKED` · March 7, 2026 · Mainland Chinese businessman, 25 · Hong Kong
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<https://www.ccn.com/news/crypto/hong-kong-hotel-crypto-kidnapping-680k-and-42kg-of-silver-reportedly-stolen/>
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- **case 412** `THIN` · March 7, 2026 · Mainland Chinese businessman, 25 · Hong Kong
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<https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/299288396127458>
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- **case 412** `THIN` · March 7, 2026 · Mainland Chinese businessman, 25 · Hong Kong
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<https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/299292754464081>
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- **case 408** `THIN` · January 24, 2026 · Yong Wang, Chinese businessman · Turkey
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<https://en.haberler.com/pure-chinese-torture-what-they-did-to-the-19596022/>
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- **case 388** `BLOCKED` · January 10, 2026 · Father (director of cryptocurrency investment group), wife, · France
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<https://www.leparisien.fr/yvelines-78/un-investisseur-en-cryptomonnaies-et-sa-famille-ligotes-et-tabasses-chez-eux-dans-les-yvelines-11-01-2026-ZMJMDGSKBRBAJC5DODWC2AHHJU.php>
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- **case 388** `ERROR` · January 10, 2026 · Father (director of cryptocurrency investment group), wife, · France
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<https://lagazette-yvelines.fr/2026/01/14/trois-hommes-sequestrent-une-famille-sous-fond-de-cryptomonnaie/>
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### has 3 other source(s) on file
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- **case 484** `THIN` · January 13, 2026 · "RATIRL", League of Legends streamer · Sweden
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<https://bo3.gg/lol/news/armed-intruders-attack-ratirl-and-demand-crypto>
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- **case 480** `BLOCKED` · August 22, 2026 · Family · France
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<https://www.ouest-france.fr/societe/faits-divers/info-ouest-france-une-famille-sequestree-par-erreur-pour-des-cryptomonnaies-pres-de-rennes-une-enquete-ouverte-0b30fa26-a7a9-11f1-8a27-1e0c4eb5e395>
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- **case 463** `BLOCKED` · July 12, 2025 · Two French crypto millionaires in their 20s · UK
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<https://www.cryptopolitan.com/london-jury-convict-crypto-torture-blackmail/>
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- **case 451** `THIN` · July 20, 2023 · 56-year-old woman · France
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<https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/pays-de-la-loire/sarthe/le-mans/un-proces-aux-assises-requis-apres-l-enlevement-dans-la-sarthe-du-pere-de-l-influenceur-teufeurs-3286131.html> archive: <http://web.archive.org/web/20260527225633/https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/pays-de-la-loire/sarthe/le-mans/un-proces-aux-assises-requis-apres-l-enlevement-dans-la-sarthe-du-pere-de-l-influenceur-teufeurs-3286131.html>
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- **case 410** `THIN` · February 5, 2026 · 8 Chinese nationals (ages 25-45) · Malaysia
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<https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/02/1380692/12-cops-arrested-over-crypto-robbery-watch> archive: <http://web.archive.org/web/20260401052130/https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/02/1380692/12-cops-arrested-over-crypto-robbery-watch>
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- **case 402** `BLOCKED` · January 31, 2026 · Two adults · USA
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<https://bitcoinethereumnews.com/tech/california-teens-arrested-in-scottsdale-home-invasion-over-66m-cryptocurrency-holdings/>
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- **case 390** `DEAD` · January 10, 2026 · 60 y/o female physician · Belgium
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<https://www.gva.be/regio/antwerpen/regio-antwerpen/zoersel/gangsters-zoeken-naar-cryptomunten-en-binden-bewoonster-60-vast-in-zoersel-virtuele-munten-steeds-vaker-beoogde-buit/122929883.html>
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- **case 390** `DEAD` · January 10, 2026 · 60 y/o female physician · Belgium
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<https://www.gva.be/regio/vrouw-60-slachtoffer-van-home-invasion-in-zoersel-antwerps-parket-start-gerechtelijk-onderzoek-naar-onbekende-daders/122895454.html>
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- **case 318** `BLOCKED` · November 4, 2024 · Crypto Forum Moderator · Canada
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<https://www.theblock.co/post/333253/bitcoin-kidnapping-torture-attempt>
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### has 4 other source(s) on file
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- **case 468** `BLOCKED` · August 7, 2026 · Harry Chun Tak Yeh · Paraguay
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<https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/chinese-crypto-investor-harry-chun-tak-yeh-found-dead-after-falling-from-thirty-storey-building-in-paraguay/>
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- **case 446** `THIN` · May 11, 2026 · Undisclosed · France
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<https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/grand-est/bas-rhin/strasbourg-0/un-homme-vise-par-deux-tentatives-d-enlevement-apres-des-transactions-en-cryptomonnaies-3349861.html> archive: <http://web.archive.org/web/20260605101507/https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/grand-est/bas-rhin/strasbourg-0/un-homme-vise-par-deux-tentatives-d-enlevement-apres-des-transactions-en-cryptomonnaies-3349861.html>
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- **case 445** `THIN` · May 10, 2026 · Undisclosed · France
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<https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/grand-est/bas-rhin/strasbourg-0/un-homme-vise-par-deux-tentatives-d-enlevement-apres-des-transactions-en-cryptomonnaies-3349861.html> archive: <http://web.archive.org/web/20260605101507/https://france3-regions.franceinfo.fr/grand-est/bas-rhin/strasbourg-0/un-homme-vise-par-deux-tentatives-d-enlevement-apres-des-transactions-en-cryptomonnaies-3349861.html>
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- **case 405** `BLOCKED` · February 12, 2026 · David Princay, CEO of Binance France · France
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<https://bitcoinethereumnews.com/tech/binance-france-ceo-targeted-in-chaotic-double-home-attack-report/>
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- **case 363** `BLOCKED` · December 28, 2024 · Daniel, (17 y/o) and his girlfriend · USA
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<https://bitcoinethereumnews.com/bitcoin/former-lapd-officer-convicted-in-violent-350k-bitcoin-heist/>
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- **case 258** `BLOCKED` · October 10, 2025 · unknown · Ukraine
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<https://archive.is/El9EI>
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### has 5 other source(s) on file
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- **case 476** `BLOCKED` · August 26, 2025 · Aleksandr, 28 y/o Russian national · Thailand
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<https://www.cryptopolitan.com/thai-authorities-apprehend-crypto-criminal/>
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## Special: La Provence, paywalled (serves cases 457 AND 458)
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We hold only the opening 25%. The rest is behind the paywall and unreachable by any tool.
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If you can read the full article, paste it and I'll file it into both case files. The missing
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portion likely contains the Gignac-la-Nerthe detail (458) and any answer on the plate question.
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<https://www.laprovence.com/article/faits-divers-justice/2193885092828214/quatre-hommes-arretes-en-plein-braquage-sur-fond-de-cryptomonnaies-pres-de-marseille>
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- **Case 391** (Chinese national rescue, 2 arrested) — its only linked source (abs-cbn.com) is JS-rendered and returned no article body. Needs a manual/browser fetch or a replacement source. No usable article on file otherwise.
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## Cases with no article text — fresh search 2026-09-06
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Seven of the ten were found by web search and filed as extra sources (marked "NOT on the DB record"
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in the dossier; add the URLs to the record if you agree): 258 Kharkiv (Ukrinform, Hromadske Radio,
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Sud.ua, ATN — also gives the victim's age 32, a Mercedes Vito, 14,600 EUR cash taken first, and one
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active serviceman among the three), 260 Nate Geier (Mothership), 358 Bangkok (Khaosod English —
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victim attacked 1 November on Mahaseth Road, not 10 November; the DB date is the first arrest),
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365 Las Vegas (The Defiant; 8 News Now is the original but blocks fetches — it is already the source
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on case 323, the duplicate record), 388 Verneuil-sur-Seine (Actu17, Mantes Actu), 390 Zoersel (VRT NWS,
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NNieuws, In de Gazette — VRT says two intruders, firearm, facial injuries, Korte Maalstraat, 10 January),
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430 Homestead (Decrypt, Fortune; the DOJ press release is the primary source but fetches as an empty
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shell — copy it by hand from justice.gov/usao-mdnc, "Twelve Defendants Sentenced ... Cryptocurrency").
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Still nothing on file for three cases:
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- **case 11** (Josoj, London 2017): the only source is a podcast episode (ivoox, Bitcoin Uncensored).
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No text article exists that I could find. Options: transcribe the episode (would be a derived
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text, label it so), or link the LocalBitcoins forum thread where the victim posted, if you know it.
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- **case 66** (East Lansdowne BTM, May 2020): the only source is the East Lansdowne Police Facebook
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video. Search Delaware County local press (Delco Times, 6abc, NBC10) for "bitcoin ATM" "East
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Lansdowne" May 2020, or ask the police department for the incident number.
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- **case 399** (Dominican Republic, Oct 2025): reported directly to Gart Research by the victim; there
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is no public source. File the victim's own account as the source, labelled as a first-person report.
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## New cases pulled from stats.gart.io on 2026-09-09 (ids 463-487)
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Twenty-five records added to the export from the live API (they lack the notes / reports /
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original_date fields, which the API does not serve). Dossiers built, linked sources fetched and
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trimmed. Items for you:
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- **Case 476** (Aleksandr, 28, Phuket, Aug 2025) is the Phuket robbery that
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cases-missing-from-database.json said was absent; sheet row 252's article is now filed under it.
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Row 252's URL is still the wrong French link.
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- **Case 479** (North Richland Hills, Texas) — `kidnappings` (detention) is 0 but three men forced their
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way in and assaulted the homeowner: set to 1 under the forced-entry rule.
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- **Case 468** (Harry Yeh, Asunción) — detention flag is null; nothing on file shows he was held. Set 0.
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- **Case 188** was edited on the site since the July export (victim name, violence and weapons
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flags, summary); the merged export now carries the live values.
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- **Case 481** (Meléndez family, Mexico) — the summary's "Five homicides, including a pregnant woman, a
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three-year-old child, the family dog, and a domestic worker" miscounts: the prosecutor charges four
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homicides (Jonathan Meléndez, his wife four months pregnant, their daughter aged 3, a 21-year-old domestic
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worker), plus termination of the pregnancy and animal cruelty as separate offences (the dog Nala was shot).
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Reword to "four people killed, the unborn child, and the family dog". `life_taken` = 5 counts the unborn
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child, not the dog; keep 5 if that is the policy, and say so in DEFINITIONS.md.
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- The live API does not expose `notes`; if the site holds notes for the new cases, they are not in
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the dossiers.
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## Round-up articles needing per-case passage isolation (Claude to do, your review)
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One article covers several different cases; each case file must keep only its own passage.
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- Known set: 68, 315, 422, 445, 450.
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- **375** (Trincity, Trinidad) — its cryptonews article bundles several separate Trinidad incidents (a St. Joseph car theft at para 17 is a different victim) then goes global. Left UNTRIMMED pending isolation.
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- **Newly found: 423 and 424** — both link the SAME San Francisco Chronicle article (byte-identical), a multi-victim wrench-attack round-up. Left UNTRIMMED pending isolation so the two files don't cross-contaminate.
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## Wrong-source / mismatched cases (the linked article does not describe this record)
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- **Case 248** — the linked leparisien.fr article is a DIFFERENT incident (a woman assaulted at home in
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Suresnes, France), NOT the Oslo Norwegian-family home invasion this record describes. That Suresnes
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event is **case 242**, which already has a BFMTV source — move the Le Parisien URL to 242.
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**UPDATE 2026-09-05:** Oslo sources found by web search and filed into 248 (marked "NOT on the DB
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record" in the dossier): Document.no 09.08.2025 (the detailed account: Haugerud, Foodora disguise,
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parents in their 40s, children 4/8/12 taped up, mother threatened with being shot, crypto demanded,
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four men from Sweden aged 18-22), Avisa Oslo 06.08.2025 (police statement, incident reported 23:53
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on Tuesday 5 August), NRK 30.08.2025 (nine charged, one man in his late 20s remanded four weeks,
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straw men rented a hideout flat), Document.no 04.09.2025 (nine charged for aggravated robbery and
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deprivation of liberty, three adults and two minors bound, one threatened with a firearm, one
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subjected to serious violence, two arrested abroad on international warrants). Decisions for you:
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(a) add these URLs to the record; (b) `date` = August 6 but police log the call at 23:53 on
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**5 August** — pick one and say "night of 5-6 August"; (c) the record's "Ledger wallet" search and
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"handler / third-party DB leak" notes do not appear in any Oslo source found — the handler detail
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is a Suresnes fact and probably leaked in from the wrong article; Document.no instead says police
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suspect the job was ordered by people close to the family. Confirm or drop; (d) Document.no says
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three adults were bound per police, while the record says a family with three children — the
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police count (3 adults + 2 minors) and Document's (2 parents + 3 children) disagree; keep both
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with attribution.
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- **Case 441** — its fetched sources (url_2, url_3) actually describe case 438 (same Montreal
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home-invasion cluster, wrong incident). Decide: drop them, or move to 438.
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- **Case 295** — the Forbes source (url_3) predates the event it is filed under, so it cannot be
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reporting on it. Decide: drop or replace.
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- **Case 358** — the DB url points to an unrelated thethaiger dog-in-floods story, not the Bangkok
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kidnapping. Correct the URL and find the real source (also in the source-gap list — it is sourceless).
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## Probable duplicate record
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- **Case 323 ≡ Case 365** — almost certainly the same incident: three teenagers, a crypto-event host
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kidnapped at gunpoint on the way home, driven to a remote desert (~1 hr out, White Hills AZ), ~$4M in
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crypto + NFTs, released in the desert, victim walked ~5 miles to a gas station, a 4th person on
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speakerphone. 323 (8News, court records) names the charged teens (Belal Ashraf, Austin Fletcher, both
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16, Pasco County FL) and puts the event in **Downtown Las Vegas** — so 365's `notes` "Downtown LA" is a
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typo. Decide whether to merge 365 into 323. (365's summary drops the city to avoid asserting the error.)
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## DB record / flag corrections (surfaced while writing summaries — apply on the website)
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Authoritative correction lists already exist: `corrections-register.json` (35 fixes, with status) and
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`corrections-for-database.json` (per-record: id 321 victim, id 307 description, id 258 archive link,
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id 460 name/ownership/amount/scene-list/weapons, id 462 weapons note, sheet row 18 scenario, sheet
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row 252 wrong URL / Phuket case). Additional items found during the summary pass:
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- **Case 67** (Ellis Pinsky, Irvington NY, May 2020) — `description` says "2 men commit home invasion of hacker"; the
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Daily Voice source only reports an indictment for conspiracy to commit the robbery, and the owner confirms the
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plan was foiled. Reword to "planned home invasion, foiled; two indicted for conspiracy". Flags stay 0.
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- **Case 334** — bulk summary said "Victim deceased"; WRONG. The victim (unnamed São Paulo businessman)
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survived (thrown from the car, 3 fractured ribs, rescued by a truck driver); `life_taken = 2` is two
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SUSPECTS killed by police. Also clarify whether `life_taken` counts perpetrator deaths (your earlier
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rule was "counts victims", under which 2 would be wrong here).
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- **Case 353** — `money_wanted` "100 million rubles" is misattributed (that figure is an unrelated
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Irkutsk case in the same article's tail); this robbery took 100 GPUs / 4 containers, damage only
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"could significantly exceed 1 million" (currency unspecified).
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- **Case 301** — bulk summary "180 BTC" was wrong: it was 180 bitcoin mining MACHINES (ASICs).
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- **Case 299** — `money_wanted` lists the four amounts as "Euros"; the Guardian source says POUNDS (£).
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- **Case 290** — `description` says "$100,000" but the sums taken were Dhs300,000 + Dhs63,000.
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- **Case 298** — `description` says "$1,000,000" while `money_wanted`/source say Dh4.12m.
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- **Case 219** — `description` "beaten with a stick" contradicts the article (bag simply snatched from
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behind, no violence); the flags (violence/weapons = 0) already match the article.
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- **Case 218** — (a) `notes` say the husband fired, but the Daily Star article quotes Amouranth herself
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("I believe I shot one of them"); (b) `theft = 0` but a MacBook WAS taken (she tracked it via Find My).
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- **Case 221** — `date` = March 23 but the article says March 24 (twice); reconcile the day.
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- **Case 252** — `description` "tortured for 4 days" and "possible mistaken identity" are not in the
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linked Bitcoin.com article (it says only: held several days, found tied up). Confirm or soften.
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- **Case 253** — flags all = 0 but the source shows an abduction, assault (hospitalised), firearm threat
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and a forced crypto transfer → should be kidnappings 1, violence 1, weapons 1, theft 1.
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- **`weapons` = 0 but a weapon was involved:** 321, 323 (gunpoint); 290 (knifepoint/blunt objects); 242
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(knives + cleaver seized); 243 (tased); 245 (weapon recovered).
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- **`theft` = 0 but property was taken:** 303 (Dh183k + phones/cheques); 297 (Dh1.7m cash); 273 (dog,
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MacBook, jewellery); and see 218 above.
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- **`kidnappings` flag — RULE CHANGE 2026-09-06.** The flag is the DETENTION flag (victim held against
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their will, any place, any duration), not "abduction". Please rename the DB field `kidnappings` to
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`detention` and the sheet column "Kidnappings" to "Detention"; the scenario name "Kidnapping" stays.
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Full rule: README-START-HERE.md, "Definitions". Per-case proposals with evidence:
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`detention-flag-review.md` / `detention-flag-corrections.json` (40 records; on 2026-09-06 the owner ACCEPTED all 30 set-to-1 proposals (rule clarified: detention of
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anyone, guards or staff included, counts); on 2026-09-07 the owner set 354, 355 and 124 to 0 and
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withdrew the other set-to-0 proposals under the forced-entry rule; no open items). This REPLACES the earlier item
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"`kidnappings` = 1 but no abduction: 293, 271, 273, 298" — under the detention rule 293 and 271 stay 1
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(held at gunpoint / forced back inside), 273 goes to 0 (stabbed, not held), 298 needs a source check.
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- **Case 237** — `violence_torture` = 0 but the source says he was beaten; `theft` = 1 though nothing was
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taken (released once found "broke").
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- **Case 228** (NYC SoHo torture) — the linked ABC source withholds the victim's name; the DB `victim`
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field carries "Michael V.T. Carturan". Confirm the name against a primary document before relying on it.
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## Sheet-article furniture trim — deferred / accepted items (from the 2026-08-26 pass)
|
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Most furniture was removed cleanly. A few items were left, deliberately:
|
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- **Salford cluster (162, 169, 307, 354, 355)** — these share one Manchester Evening News
|
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article (sheet row 164) embedded via the special shared-source path, so the furniture
|
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trimmer did not touch it. It carries a few photo captions ("(Image: GMP)", "(From top left
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to right) - Scott Armstrong…"). Low severity; trim row 164 once, and all five inherit it.
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- **Other-case CONTENT (not furniture) left in, to revisit with the round-up bucket:**
|
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235 Article 2 (France24 arrest piece names the Balland/Noizat incidents — see case 209),
|
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254 Article 2 (references the Las Vegas case 323 and a France case as context). These are
|
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coherent articles about a suspect/trend, so cutting is a judgment call, not furniture.
|
|
- **Accepted intra-line furniture (cannot remove without editing inside a line, which would
|
|
break the verbatim-line guarantee):** case 204 (a Thai "read the original" link is appended
|
|
to the last body sentence), case 218 ("Article continues below"/"View 4 Images" prefixes are
|
|
fused onto body sentences).
|
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- **Residual furniture the automated scan missed (add to sheet-trim-decisions.json next pass):**
|
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362 (sheet row 259: "Share / Article / Suggestions" nav lines); 353 (sheet row 133: a trailing
|
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"Подробнее на Bits.media: <url>" line); 244 (sheet row 245, Article 2: a truncated "Read more at
|
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<url>" stub).
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## Source gaps found by the reconciliation sweep (add to manual queue)
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|
- **Case 66** (Exxon Gas Station, East Lansdowne PA, 2020) — DB url is a Facebook video (facebook.com/watch), not an article. Find a text source.
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|
- **Case 260** (Nate Geier, Singapore, Oct 2025) — DB url is the victim's own X post (x.com/nategeier). Not an extractable article; find reporting or treat the post as a primary quote.
|
|
- **Case 358** (35-y-o Chinese man, Bangkok kidnap, Nov 2025) — DB url is WRONG: it points to an unrelated thethaiger dog-in-floods story. Correct the URL AND find the real source.
|
|
- **Case 399** (Young trader, Dominican Republic, Oct 2025) — no url in the DB at all and no spreadsheet article. Sourceless; find one from scratch.
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## Corrections logged 2026-09-13 (apply on the website)
|
|
- **Case 223** (Anson Que and driver, Bulacan, March 2025) — `coin_type` says "$4 million (~₱200 million) via cryptocurrency" and the
|
|
bulk summary repeats "approximately $4 million (~₱200 million)". Neither source supports $4 million. The GMA/PNP report
|
|
(Fajardo) says the family "paid around P200 million through cryptocurrency in several tranches"; the Tulfo column says a
|
|
total of ₱160 million, "first by paying ₱60 million, followed by another ₱100 million". ₱200 million was about US$3.5
|
|
million at 2025 rates, ₱160 million about US$2.8 million; the `description` line "received over $3M in multiple tranches"
|
|
is consistent with the PNP figure. Proposed wording for `coin_type` and the summary's Crypto Demanded/Stolen line:
|
|
"around ₱200 million (about US$3.5 million) paid in cryptocurrency in several tranches, per PNP; Tulfo reports ₱160
|
|
million in two payments (₱60 million, then ₱100 million)". Record-vs-source conflict (₱200M vs ₱160M): both figures kept,
|
|
each attributed; do not pick one. Delete the "$4 million".
|
|
- **Case 371** (Chinese businessman "K", Philippines, 12 to 18 December 2022) — the live DB still carries the short
|
|
bulk-import summary ("Chinese businessman ... $100 million USDT ..."). The reviewed and source-verified summary is in
|
|
`summary-overrides.json` under key "371" and in the dossier `sources/371_Chinese-businessman.txt` (block marked
|
|
"revised on review"). Replace the live `summary` with that text verbatim. Two field notes from the same review: `money_wanted`
|
|
"$100 million USDT" is the opening demand, negotiated down through $50M and $20M to an undisclosed final figure, and the
|
|
payment was cash withdrawn by the wife and converted to USDT in a Manila casino the gang used, so `coin_type` should read
|
|
"USDT (converted from cash by the family)"; `victim` should read "Chinese businessman, nickel-mining contractor" rather
|
|
than the bare "Chinese businessman".
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