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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
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CASE 041 | 2 unidentified Asian brothers | April 25, 2018 | UAE
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DATABASE RECORD
id 41
date April 25, 2018
original_date April 25, 2018
year 2018
month 4
quarter 2018-Q2
victim 2 unidentified Asian brothers
location Dubai, UAE
country UAE
scenario P2P Trade Gone Wrong
description Gang of 10 robbed two brothers of AED 7m ($1.9m) in cash who were looking to buy Bitcoin
kidnappings 0
violence_torture 0
drugs_alcohol 0
weapons 0
theft 0
life_taken 0
money_wanted (null)
coin_type (null)
reports Arabian Business
notes setup of fake p2p trade, cash stolen
has_processed_date 1
created_at 2025-11-13 05:44:45
(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 [generated at bulk import, NOT verified against sources]
**Victim:** 2 unidentified Asian brothers
**Attackers:** Gang of 10 perpetrators
**Attack Method:** P2P Trade Gone Wrong
**Violence Used:** Threats/intimidation
**Crypto Stolen:** No theft completed
**Status:** Investigation ongoing
LINKED SOURCES
[url] https://www.arabianbusiness.com/industries/banking-finance/395302-dubai-gang-steals-aed7m-in-bitcoin-scam
NOTES ON THIS FILE
* matched to sheet row 42: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides
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ARTICLE 1
Source Arabian Business
URL https://www.arabianbusiness.com/industries/banking-finance/395302-dubai-gang-steals-aed7m-in-bitcoin-scam
Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 42, column "Articles"
Length 1,166 chars
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Gang steals $1.9m in Dubai Bitcoin scam
Artificial intelligence integrated in Dubai Police’s most recent security systems helped solve the case
An Asian gang which stole AED7m ($1.9m) in an armed robbery related to a Bitcoin scam has been arrested by Dubai Police.
The gang, led by a Gulf national, assaulted and robbed two Asian brothers at gun point on April 25 after luring them into a trading office, which they had seized from the owner, with the aim of selling them Bitcoin for the agreed amount.
Authorities said they had identified the Gulf gang leader just four hours after the incident, which helped them arrest the 10 members in as fast as 48 hours, despite initial lack of evidence.
The money was then returned to the brothers.
Dubai Police chief Abdullah Al Marri urged traders to follow the right legal procedures when trading in order to avoid being targeted by gangs.
Major general Khalil Al Mansoori praised the team’s fast response time and gave thanks to Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Ajman Police for their cooperation in solving the case.
He said artificial intelligence integrated in Dubai Police’s most recent security systems helped solve the case.
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ARTICLE 2
Source Arabian Business
URL (no URL recorded for this column)
Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 42, column "Article 2"
Length 1,980 chars
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Bitcoin heist: Dubai Police arrest 10, recover Dh7 million
Amira Agarib /Dubai
Two Asian brothers were lured by the gang members to their office.
Dubai Police have recovered Dh7 million and arrested a gang of 10 who deceived two brothers who wanted to buy Bitcoin.
Police said in statement on Saturday that two Asian brothers were lured by the gang members to their office. After assaulting the brothers, the gang stole the money and left the scene.
Lt Colonel Adel Al Joker, Director of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at Dubai Police, said the operation room received information about the case occurred in Al Muraqabbat area on April 25.
The brothers were looking for someone to buy Bitcoin. The gang lured the two, claiming that they can sell Bitcoin.
In the meantime, the head of the gang deceived a commercial shop owner in Al Muraqabbat area, who put an advertisement to sell his office and trade license.
The gang leader told him that he wanted to buy his office and license, and the owner gave him the key to check his office after 8pm. Using this opportunity, the gang lured the two brothers to the office.
Six members of the gang met the two brothers inside the office while the rest waited outside the office.
Once the brothers reached the office, the gang members assaulted the two and tied their hands, locked them inside the room and escaped with the money.
Major General Abdullah Khalifa Al Merri, Commander-In-Chief of Dubai Police, praised his officers who arrested the gang in short time despite the fact that the thieves had left no evidence behind.
The police officials managed to identify the GCC mastermind within four hours.
Major General Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Criminal Investigation Affairs, said the police have used the smart programme and artificial intelligence technology to trace the gang in record time.
"The Analysis Centre helped the officers to arrest all gang members," he pointed out.
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FETCHED ARTICLE 1 [AUTO-TRIMMED — UNREVIEWED]
!! Furniture was cut by a script keyed on this case's record, not by a person.
!! It may still carry passages about OTHER cases from a round-up article.
!! The full page extract is kept in staging/ if a cut needs revisiting.
Source arabianbusiness.com
URL https://www.arabianbusiness.com/industries/banking-finance/395302-dubai-gang-steals-aed7m-in-bitcoin-scam
Field url
Retrieved 2026-09-05T13:32:08+00:00 via Wayback Machine snapshot 20251104185959, deterministic extraction (HTTP None)
Language unknown
Kept paragraphs headline [0] + 5-17 of 18
Length 1,605 chars
Integrity sha256 8be4a82ed0211e973bc21e0f710dc78722d490651ca765538d3a638efb54a23b
Trimmed AUTO-TRIMMED, unreviewed: kept paragraphs 5-17 plus headline [0]; dropped 4 leading and 0 trailing paragraphs. Case-term hits on page: 17.
Note live URL was BLOCKED on the first pass; text comes from an archived copy dated 2025-11-04
Archive http://web.archive.org/web/20251104185959/https://www.arabianbusiness.com/industries/banking-finance/395302-dubai-gang-steals-aed7m-in-bitcoin-scam
Caveat retrieved from a Wayback Machine snapshot, not the live page. The
snapshot date is in the method line; the live URL was unreadable.
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ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved)
Gang steals $1.9m in Dubai Bitcoin scam - Arabian Business: Latest News on the Middle East, Real Estate, Finance, and More
An Asian gang which stole AED7m ($1.9m) in an armed robbery related to a Bitcoin scam has been arrested by Dubai Police.
The gang, led by a Gulf national, assaulted and robbed two Asian brothers at gun point on April 25 after luring them into a trading office, which they had seized from the owner, with the aim of selling them Bitcoin for the agreed amount.
عملية #ساعة_الصفر لـ #شرطة_دبي تطيح بعصابة السطو المسلح… pic.twitter.com/EINIGuvl6q
— أخبار الإمارات (@Akhbar_Alemarat) April 28, 2018
Authorities said they had identified the Gulf gang leader just four hours after the incident, which helped them arrest the 10 members in as fast as 48 hours, despite initial lack of evidence.
The money was then returned to the brothers.
Dubai Police chief Abdullah Al Marri urged traders to follow the right legal procedures when trading in order to avoid being targeted by gangs.
Major general Khalil Al Mansoori praised the team’s fast response time and gave thanks to Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Ajman Police for their cooperation in solving the case.
He said artificial intelligence integrated in Dubai Police’s most recent security systems helped solve the case.
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