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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 208 | Chinese National | January 20, 2025 | South Korea
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DATABASE RECORD
id 208
date January 20, 2025
original_date January 20, 2025
year 2025
month 1
quarter 2025-Q1
victim Chinese National
location Jeju, South Korea
country South Korea
scenario P2P Trade Gone Wrong
description Gang of 6 people meet OTC trader in luxury hotel, assault and rob him of $580K in cash and crypto.
kidnappings 0
violence_torture 0
drugs_alcohol 0
weapons 0
theft 1
life_taken 0
money_wanted $580,000
coin_type crypto
reports CryptoNews
notes OTC trader assaulted after 5 previous normal deals, several crypto taken
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:** Chinese National
**Attackers:** Gang/organized group
**Attack Method:** P2P Trade Gone Wrong
**Violence Used:** Threats/intimidation
**Crypto Stolen:** $580,000 in crypto
**Status:** Investigation ongoing
LINKED SOURCES
[url] https://cryptonews.com/news/south-korean-police-arrest-gang-of-chinese-crypto-thieves-who-struck-high-end-hotel-guests/
NOTES ON THIS FILE
* matched to sheet row 209: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides
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ARTICLE 1
Source CryptoNews
URL https://cryptonews.com/news/south-korean-police-arrest-gang-of-chinese-crypto-thieves-who-struck-high-end-hotel-guests/
Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 209, column "Articles"
Length 2,474 chars
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S Korean Police Arrest ‘Gang of Chinese Crypto Thieves’ Who ‘Robbed High-end Hotel Guest’
Police
South Korea
Gang assaulted ‘crypto exchanger’ in Jeju and ‘stole $580k worth of coins,’ officers believe
Author
Tim Alper
Last updated:
January 20, 2025
S Korean Police Arrest ‘Gang of Chinese Crypto Thieves’ Who ‘Robbed High-end Hotel Guest’
South Korean police have arrested a “gang” of suspected Chinese crypto thieves accused of stealing around $580,000 worth of crypto from a guest at a luxury hotel.
The South Korean news outlet Newsis reported that the Jeju West Police Station arrested six people on “special robbery” charges.
Chinese Crypto Thieves Arrested at Airport
Police think the gang struck a deal with another Chinese national who works as an unofficial “crypto and fiat currency exchanger.”
Jeju police open a suitcase apparently filled with South Korean 50,000 won banknotes.
Jeju police open a suitcase filled with what looks like South Korean 50,000 won banknotes. (Source: Jeju West Police Station)
The “exchanger” agreed to sell the group an undisclosed amount of crypto for over $690,000 in cash as part of an over-the-counter trade.
The group reportedly gave the “exchanger” cash on seven occasions, with the “exchanger” then transferring coins to their crypto wallets.
However, in the early hours of January 16, police said, the gang traded more money for crypto.
But during this deal, they claimed that they had not received coins from the “exchanger.”
They then “assaulted” the “exchanger,” stole the cash they had given him, and “ran away” with both the cash and the crypto.
The gang may also have stolen further crypto funds from the alleged victim’s mobile phone, police think.
The alleged victim reported the incident to the police, who tracked the group down. Some members were found in another hotel room, with others at Jeju International Airport, seemingly preparing to flee the country.
Jeju International Airport.
Jeju International Airport. (Source: Bohao Zhao [CC BY 3.0])
Bogus OTC Trade?
The police think the gang “conspired in advance” to steal the victim’s crypto by “deceiving him into thinking” they wanted to exchange it for cash.
Officers say they are also investigating the “whereabouts of the cryptoassets stolen” from the alleged victim’s “mobile phone virtual currency wallet.”
Jeju police released video footage of officers opening a suitcase apparently filled with bundles of South Korean 50,000 won bills.
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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 cryptonews.com
URL https://cryptonews.com/news/south-korean-police-arrest-gang-of-chinese-crypto-thieves-who-struck-high-end-hotel-guests/
Field url
Retrieved 2026-09-05T12:49:06+00:00 via raw HTTP retrieval, deterministic extraction (HTTP 200)
Language unknown
Kept paragraphs headline [0] + 9-27 of 50
Length 2,143 chars
Integrity sha256 48cd1010d211710b15bbe4868cc2c2efb333a77b7d0da54051198a5122e103b3
Trimmed AUTO-TRIMMED, unreviewed: kept paragraphs 9-27 plus headline [0]; dropped 8 leading and 22 trailing paragraphs. Case-term hits on page: 40.
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)
South Korean Police Arrest ‘Gang of Chinese Crypto Thieves’
South Korean police have arrested a “gang” of suspected Chinese crypto thieves accused of stealing around $580,000 worth of crypto from a guest at a luxury hotel.
The South Korean news outlet Newsis reported that the Jeju West Police Station arrested six people on “special robbery” charges.
Chinese Crypto Thieves Arrested at Airport
Police think the gang struck a deal with another Chinese national who works as an unofficial “crypto and fiat currency exchanger.”
The “exchanger” agreed to sell the group an undisclosed amount of crypto for over $690,000 in cash as part of an over-the-counter trade.
The group reportedly gave the “exchanger” cash on seven occasions, with the “exchanger” then transferring coins to their crypto wallets.
However, in the early hours of January 16, police said, the gang traded more money for crypto.
But during this deal, they claimed that they had not received coins from the “exchanger.”
They then “assaulted” the “exchanger,” stole the cash they had given him, and “ran away” with both the cash and the crypto.
The gang may also have stolen further crypto funds from the alleged victim’s mobile phone, police think.
The alleged victim reported the incident to the police, who tracked the group down. Some members were found in another hotel room, with others at Jeju International Airport, seemingly preparing to flee the country.
Bogus OTC Trade?
The police think the gang “conspired in advance” to steal the victim’s crypto by “deceiving him into thinking” they wanted to exchange it for cash.
Officers say they are also investigating the “whereabouts of the cryptoassets stolen” from the alleged victim’s “mobile phone virtual currency wallet.”
Jeju police released video footage of officers opening a suitcase apparently filled with bundles of South Korean 50,000 won bills.
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