StellarCrowandClaude Fable 5.1
439e83a4cb
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
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CASE 399 | Young trader | October 31, 2025 | Dominican Republic
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DATABASE RECORD
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id 399
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date October 31, 2025
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original_date October 31, 2025
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year 2025
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month 10
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quarter 2025-Q4
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victim Young trader
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location unknown
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country Dominican Republic
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scenario Malicious Invitation - SocialEng
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description A young trader got lured into an apartment under the pretext of a cash trade with a "novice bitcoiner," only to fall into an ambush. Lost all his crypto savings to a gang of 5 thugs. This case was reported to Gart Research by the victim himself.
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kidnappings 1
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violence_torture 1
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drugs_alcohol 0
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weapons 1
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theft 1
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life_taken 0
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money_wanted $750,000
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coin_type various cryptocurrencies
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reports Direct report from victim to our Research
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notes
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has_processed_date 0
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created_at 2026-01-30 11:19:16
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(flag legend: 'kidnappings' is the DETENTION flag — 1 when the victim was held against
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their will at any point, tied, locked in, held at gunpoint or taken away; it is NOT the
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same as the 'Kidnapping' scenario, which means taken away and held. See README, Definitions.)
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AI SUMMARY [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
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**Victim:** Young trader
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**Attackers:** A gang of five Dominicans
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**Attack Method:** This case involves P2P Trade Gone Wrong, Kidnapping, and Social Engineering (malicious invitation). The victim's bank blocked his transfer to buy property in DR. Desperate to complete the purchase, he joined a Telegram trading group to find a local buyer. After calls and voice messages with a seemingly decent trader, they arranged to meet at a restaurant. The victim brought friends, but when an attacker appeared, it wasn't the person from the calls. Deal off. The search continued. Another "crypto novice" approached him. An introductory meeting in a public space with cameras went well, so the victim agreed to trade the next day. The attacker invited him to his "family house," where 5 armed men ambushed him. Beaten and strangled with a towel, he was forced to unlock both phones and transfer all his crypto. They changed his clothes, drove him in his own car to a remote location, and abandoned him.
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**Violence Used:** Detention, torture, threatened with weapons
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**Crypto Stolen:** $750,000 worth of cryptocurrencies
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**Status:** Investigation ongoing
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LINKED SOURCES
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(none recorded)
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generated from attacks-export-Gart-website.json + reported_K&R | case 399
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