The Latest Scams You Need to Know—and Where to Track Them In a world that’s increasingly digital and connected, scammers are evolving faster than ever. From phishing emails to fake investments, tech support hoaxes to text message cons, the methods used to steal your money—or your identity—are becoming more sophisticated and harder to detect. Whether…
How States Define Murder Differently A Look at U.S. Criminal Codes and Classifications Table of Contents Understanding the Degrees of Murder Most states divide murder into at least two degrees: However, not all states use the same definitions or even recognize the same degrees. Some states don’t have a second-degree murder statute at all, while…
Over 600,000 Americans go missing each year. This equates to over 6 million people every 10 years or 2% of the current U.S. population. This is a striking figure but consider that the number of missing persons each year increases. The chance of you, a loved one, someone you know or someone in your community…
The FBI’s National Crime Information Center (NCIC) has released the 2019 Missing and Unidentified person statistics. With 609,000 newly reported missing persons documented by law enforcement, there are nearly 87,000 active missing person records. This does not mean there are just 87,000 people missing. This figure represents those law enforcement is still actively looking for…
Human trafficking is a $150 billion industry and the second-largest criminal enterprise in the world. Human traffickers supply males and females to their customers for sex, labor, ritual practices, or organ harvesting. Sexual exploitation makes up 66% of global profits in human trafficking. According to a report in 2017 by the State Department Trafficking in…
What is it and why is it important? Thousands of people have spent time in prison for crimes they did not commit. Since 1989, 225 people have been exonerated after serving time in prison. Since the 1970’s, 123 people have been exonerated from death row. Eye witness misidentification, jailhouse informants that lie, poor forensic science,…