Howard Master and Alberto Orozco discuss how shifts in U.S. foreign policy, particularly under the new administration, are amplifying the risk of extortion for global businesses. They address the ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

Extortion appears to be increasing in Honduras as smaller gangs fill the gap left by larger groups who are retreating from the criminal economy. At the same time, arrests for extortion are falling, ...

Authorities have been at a loss about how to rein in extortion in Latin America. Is El Salvador's harsh crackdown the only way? A new report has delved into the inner workings of extortion techniques ...

When the director of the Illinois Board of Elections, Steve Sandvoss, was targeted in an online extortion attempt last week, he reportedly took the matter directly to the Illinois State Police. That ...

The federal government and the B.C. government have committed $500,000 each to improve services for people directly affected by extortion incidents and extortion-related threats in the province. B.C.