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While extortion has been pervasive throughout the Russian business arena, a number of schemes are only now emerging as popular tactics and are considered new risks to foreigners and businesses operating in Russia. Some of the current schemes include podstavkas, raiderstvo, new virtual extortion techniques, police extortion schemes, and legal industry extortion scams. ...moreActs of piracy have dramatically risen off Somalia's lawless coasts in recent months. There have already been over 60 attacks that have brought pirates some US$30 million in ransom money in the first nine months of 2008. This comes after Somalia saw a record high in pirate attacks in 2007, with almost 30 reported in the first nine months of 2007, compared to only eight in the same period a year earlier, an increase of 275%. The number of actual incidents is thought to be even higher, as analysts believe as many as 30% of attacks in the region go unreported. The recent increases in piracy off Somalia's coast and the lawlessness along the country's shores have made these waters the most dangerous in the world. ...moreThe response by private security guards to the September 2008 suicide attack at the Islamabad Marriott hotel highlights a number of security protocol deficiencies, which may exist outside of Pakistan. This report analyzes the specific operational errors that were made during the attack and in the immediate aftermath. ...moreOn July 9th, gunmen killed two police officers before being shot to death themselves outside the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, in what was the first attack on a diplomatic mission since 2003. Turkish officials immediately described the attack as terrorist in nature; upon further investigation, it has become more apparent that the group perpetrating the attack had connections to Al-Qaida. This report provides an examination of the attack and the potential connections to international terror. ...moreWhile being routed from its stronghold in Iraq, Al-Qaida appears to be redirecting material, manpower, and other capabilities from the U.S-occupied area to a new front – the Levant. Evidence, including increasing attacks and rhetoric, and changing militant tactics, indicates that Al-Qaida may be laying the foundations for a future Levantine campaign. ...more
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