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StellarCrowandClaude Fable 5.1 439e83a4cb feat(sources): Wayback pass, automatic trimming, detention rule, ten cases re-sourced 
Second and third rounds on the dossier pipeline, reviewed locally before commit.

Retrieval
- wayback_pass.py: retries every BLOCKED/DEAD/THIN/ERROR linked source through
  the Wayback Machine; blocks carry the snapshot date, archive URL and the live
  verdict. 143 slots retried: 93 fetched, 37 no snapshot, 12 script shells, 1 PDF.
- fetch_sources.py: fetch_wayback() helper.
- add_extra_sources.py: files staged extra_* finds (web search, not on the DB
  record) into the store with a provenance note.
- Cases re-sourced by web search: 248 (Oslo: Document.no, Avisa Oslo, NRK; the
  linked Le Parisien piece is case 242 and is marked OFF-CASE), 258 Kharkiv,
  260 Singapore, 358 Bangkok, 365 Las Vegas, 388 Verneuil-sur-Seine, 390 Zoersel,
  430 Homestead. 341 of 364 cases now hold a fetched article; 11, 66 and 399
  have no public text source (podcast, police video, direct victim report).

Trimming
- auto_trim.py: case-anchored furniture cut for UNTRIMMED blocks. Finds the body
  run that mentions the case, merges across subheadings and short furniture
  gaps, drops teasers, share bars, date/URL/caption lines and subscription
  pitches; refuses pages with no record term or almost no body. 302 blocks
  trimmed; 16 left on auto-trim-review.md (7 OFF-CASE suspects). Every cut is
  labelled AUTO-TRIMMED, UNREVIEWED in the dossier; the full extract stays in
  staging/. Decisions with anchors in trim-decisions-auto.json.
- build_cases.py / verify_all.py: banners for auto-trimmed and archived blocks,
  staged-file check extended to Wayback blocks, flag legend under the record.

Detention rule
- README "Definitions": the DB field `kidnappings` is the DETENTION violence
  type (victim, guard, staff or relative held to force submission or execute
  the theft), distinct from the Kidnapping scenario (taken away and held).
- detention-flag-review.md / detention-flag-corrections.json: 40 records
  reviewed with evidence; 30 set-to-1 proposals accepted by the owner on
  2026-09-06 (listed in corrections-approved.md), 10 still open.
- apply_detention_wording.py: "Violence Used" in the 70 reviewed summaries now
  names detention explicitly (62 of 70 labelled), supported by the summary's
  own text; idempotent; supersedes the batch scripts' wording.

Worklist and docs
- sofia-worklist.md: 248 decisions, detention rule item replacing the old
  "no abduction" item, fresh-search section for the textless cases.
- README-START-HERE.md: progress notes, run commands, next steps.
- Bug fixed in passing: Wayback blocks stored in-memory text with carriage
  returns; now stored as read back from disk.

verify_all.py PASSES (2321 checks).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GZZENdTLzNGsbNy4DyF1yt
2026-09-06 19:36:45 +02:00

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CASE 297 | bitcoin trader | March ?, 2022 | UAE
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DATABASE RECORD
id 297
date March ?, 2022
original_date March, 2022
year 2022
month 3
quarter 2022-Q1
victim bitcoin trader
location Dubai, UAE
country UAE
scenario Home Invasion
description 4 men invade home, tie up man, steal $450K from safe.
kidnappings 1
violence_torture 1
drugs_alcohol 0
weapons 1
theft 0
life_taken 0
money_wanted Dh1.7 million
coin_type cash
reports Khaleej Times
notes He was restrained with rope, not injured, so on the fence of "violence"
has_processed_date 0
created_at 2025-11-14 09:05:23
(flag legend: 'kidnappings' is the DETENTION flag — 1 when the victim was held against
their will at any point, tied, locked in, held at gunpoint or taken away; it is NOT the
same as the 'Kidnapping' scenario, which means taken away and held. See README, Definitions.)
AI SUMMARY [revised on review, verified against the sources in this file. Live DB still holds the shorter bulk-import summary — apply this to it.]
**Victims:** A bitcoin trader in Dubai, UAE; the cash stolen belonged to his trading partner, who is a second victim in the case.
**Attackers:** Four Asian men who had entered the country illegally and fled afterward; all were caught, confessed, and were jointly fined.
**Attack Method:** In March 2022 a group came to his residence claiming his 'address was incorrect'; when he tried to close the door they pushed in, he fell, and they put a knife to his neck, tied him with plastic rope, took the safe key from under a table and emptied the safe.
**Violence Used:** Detention — a knife was held to his neck and he was tied up with plastic rope; he was not otherwise injured.
**Crypto Demanded/Stolen:** No cryptocurrency was taken; the robbers took Dh1.7 million in cash from a safe belonging to his trading partner.
**Status:** He freed himself and alerted his partner and police; investigators found the men had illegally infiltrated the country and fled, then caught them in a coordinated operation. They confessed and were jointly fined Dh1.7 million.
LINKED SOURCES
[url] https://www.khaleejtimes.com/crime/dubai-four-men-fined-dh1-7-million-for-stealing-cash-from-bitcoin-trader
NOTES ON THIS FILE
* matched to sheet row 121: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides
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ARTICLE 1
Source Khaleej Times
URL https://www.khaleejtimes.com/crime/dubai-four-men-fined-dh1-7-million-for-stealing-cash-from-bitcoin-trader
Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 121, column "Articles"
Length 1,556 chars
Trimmed site furniture removed on review; kept text is verbatim. Full original (1,570 chars) archived, sha256 5695131f54c270a8f28325143234df5dfd7a22273faf420e2a914998ed2c285a
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Dubai: Four men fined Dh1.7 million for stealing cash from bitcoin trader
The victim's hands and feet were tied during the robbery
by Afkar Ali Ahmed
Published: Tue 6 Sep 2022, 10:18 AM
Last updated: Tue 6 Sep 2022, 2:17 PM
Four Asian men have been jointly fined Dh1.7 million for assaulting a bitcoin trader and stealing the same amount from his residence.
Last March, a man reported that he had been attacked in his house and that Dh1.7 million had been stolen from a safe that belonged to his trading partner.
The man claimed in his testimony that a group of men reached his residence, and told him that his 'address was incorrect'. When he attempted to close the door, the men pushed him and entered the house. After the man fell to the floor, the men put a knife to his neck.
The accused then tied him up with plastic rope and retrieved a key to the safe that was placed under a table. They then proceeded to steal the amount.
After the man managed to untangle himself, he called his partner and the police to inform them of the incident.
The second victim said in his testimony that he received a call from the first victim who informed him of the crime.
After he arrived at the spot, he saw the house in a mess and the safe open, with the cash missing.
Police investigations revealed that the criminals illegally infiltrated the country and fled after committing the crime.
Authorities then undertook a coordinated operation and managed to nab the culprits after zoning down on their location.
During interrogation, the men confessed to the crimes.
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!! Do not quote from it without checking the passage belongs to this case.
Source khaleejtimes.com
URL https://www.khaleejtimes.com/crime/dubai-four-men-fined-dh1-7-million-for-stealing-cash-from-bitcoin-trader
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Retrieved 2026-09-05T12:44:33+00:00 via raw HTTP retrieval, deterministic extraction (HTTP 200)
Language unknown
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Length 2,311 chars
Integrity sha256 277e69b933215cde7d91121532703ee0e71c9672dd54085c903678e6511fbb4f
Trimmed NOT TRIMMED. Full page extract; trim on read-through.
Caveat retrieved from a live page on the date above. Unlike text copied
from the spreadsheet, there is no second copy to hash it against.
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ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved)
Dubai: Four men fined Dh1.7 million for stealing cash from bitcoin trader | Khaleej Times
Dubai: Four men fined Dh1.7 million for stealing cash from bitcoin trader
The victim's hands and feet were tied during the robbery
PUBLISHED: Tue 6 Sept 2022, 10:18 AM UPDATED: Tue 6 Sept 2022, 2:17 PM
Four Asian men have been jointly fined Dh1.7 million for assaulting a bitcoin trader and stealing the same amount from his residence.
Last March, a man reported that he had been attacked in his house and that Dh1.7 million had been stolen from a safe that belonged to his trading partner.
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The man claimed in his testimony that a group of men reached his residence, and told him that his 'address was incorrect'. When he attempted to close the door, the men pushed him and entered the house. After the man fell to the floor, the men put a knife to his neck.
The accused then tied him up with plastic rope and retrieved a key to the safe that was placed under a table. They then proceeded to steal the amount.
After the man managed to untangle himself, he called his partner and the police to inform them of the incident.
The second victim said in his testimony that he received a call from the first victim who informed him of the crime.
After he arrived at the spot, he saw the house in a mess and the safe open, with the cash missing.
Police investigations revealed that the criminals illegally infiltrated the country and fled after committing the crime.
Authorities then undertook a coordinated operation and managed to nab the culprits after zoning down on their location.
During interrogation, the men confessed to the crimes.
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generated from attacks-export-Gart-website.json + reported_K&R | case 297
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