Crime & Anti-Crime, TAO-Ṣāʿ
This category explores both sides of crime, delving into many different aspects and cases of unlawful conduct. It includes perpetrators as well as victims and those who fought against crime in an effort to establish a safe community environment.
Crime & Anti-Crime Encyclopedia Articles By Title
Taoka Kazuo
Taoka Kazuo was Japan’s major crime boss (oyabun), who, after World War II, rose to head a giant crime organization,......
Taruc, Luis
Luis Taruc was a Philippine leader (1942–54) of the communist Huk (Hukbalahap) movement. The son of poor peasants,......
Tate murders
Tate murders, the shocking and grisly murders of actress Sharon Tate and four other people by followers of cult......
Tenji
Tenji was the 38th emperor of Japan, from 668 to 672, and the ruler who freed the Japanese court from the domination......
Texas Tower shooting of 1966
Texas Tower shooting of 1966, mass shooting in Austin, Texas, on August 1, 1966, in which Charles Whitman, a student......
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X, the fiery and controversial American Muslim leader, was shot and killed on February 21, 1965, in the......
The Osage Nation Murders: The Story Behind Killers of the Flower Moon
In the long history of the relationship between Native Americans and the European settlers and their descendents......
Throckmorton, Francis
Francis Throckmorton was an English conspirator, the central figure in the unsuccessful Throckmorton Plot to overthrow......
Tianjin Massacre
Tianjin Massacre, (June 21, 1870), in Tianjin (Tientsin), China, violent outbreak of Chinese xenophobic sentiment......
Timeline of the Holocaust
Even before the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, they had made no secret of their antisemitism. As early......
Tiradentes Conspiracy
Tiradentes Conspiracy, (1789), plot organized in the captaincy of Minas Gerais, Brazil, against the Portuguese......
Tokyo subway attack of 1995
Tokyo subway attack of 1995, coordinated multiple-point terrorist attack in Tokyo on March 20, 1995, in which the......
Torrio, Johnny
Johnny Torrio was an American gangster who became a top crime boss in Chicago and one of the founders of modern......
Touhy, Roger
Roger Touhy was a Chicago-area bootlegger, brewer, and gambling boss during the Prohibition era. In 1934 Touhy......
Trebonius, Gaius
Gaius Trebonius was a Roman general and politician who had been one of Caesar’s most trusted lieutenants before......
Tren de Aragua
Tren de Aragua, Venezuela’s most powerful and far-reaching criminal organization. The organization emerged in the......
Tupamaro
Tupamaro, Uruguayan leftist urban guerrilla organization founded in about 1963. The group was named for Túpac Amaru......
Turpin, Dick
Dick Turpin was an English robber who became celebrated in legend and fiction. Son of an alehouse keeper, Turpin......
Tyrrell, Sir James
Sir James Tyrrell was an English soldier and royal official alleged by the 16th-century Humanist Sir Thomas More......
Tyson, Mike
Mike Tyson is an American boxer who in 1986, at age 20, became the youngest heavyweight champion in history. In......
Távoras, Conspiracy of the
Conspiracy of the Távoras, (1758–59), event in Portuguese history that enabled the Marquis de Pombal, chief minister......
Uganda, Martyrs of
Martyrs of Uganda, group of 45 Anglican and Roman Catholic martyrs who were executed during the persecution of......
Umarov, Doku
Doku Umarov was a Chechen separatist and guerrilla leader who declared himself emir of the so-called Islamic Caucasus......
United Airlines flight 175
United Airlines flight 175, domestic passenger flight that was hijacked on the morning of September 11, 2001, as......
United Airlines flight 93
United Airlines flight 93, domestic passenger flight that was hijacked on September 11, 2001, as part of a coordinated......
USA PATRIOT Act
USA PATRIOT Act, U.S. legislation, passed by Congress in response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks......
USS Cole attack
USS Cole attack, attack by Muslim militants associated with the organization al-Qaeda against a U.S. naval destroyer,......
Ustaša
Ustaša, Croatian fascist movement that nominally ruled the Independent State of Croatia during World War II. In......
Uvalde School Shooting
May 24, 2022, began as a day of celebration at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Students and parents had......
Uzan, Cem
Cem Uzan is a Turkish businessman and politician known for launching the first private television channel in Turkey......
Valachi, Joseph
Joseph Valachi was an American gangster and a member of the Genovese crime family who turned informer in 1962.......
Veerappan
Veerappan was an Indian bandit, poacher, and smuggler who carried out his activities in the forests of the southern......
Vendôme, César, Duke de
César, duke de Vendôme was a leader in several aristocratic revolts during the reign of King Louis XIII of France......
Videla, Jorge Rafael
Jorge Rafael Videla was a career military officer who was president of Argentina from 1976 to 1981. His government......
Virginia Tech shooting
Virginia Tech shooting, school shooting at the Blacksburg, Virginia, campus of Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007,......
Wall Street bombing of 1920
Wall Street bombing of 1920, bombing that struck Wall Street in New York City on September 16, 1920, killing 38......
Walsingham, Sir Francis
Sir Francis Walsingham was an English statesman and diplomat who was the principal secretary (1573–90) to Queen......
Wang Ching-wei
Wang Ching-wei was an associate of the revolutionary Nationalist leader Sun Yat-sen, rival of Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang......
war on terrorism
war on terrorism, term used to describe the American-led global counterterrorism campaign launched in response......
Warren Commission
Warren Commission, commission appointed by U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson on November 29, 1963, to investigate the......
Wesselényi Conspiracy
Wesselényi Conspiracy, (c. 1664–71), group of Hungarians, organized by Ferenc Wesselényi, that unsuccessfully plotted......
What Were the September 11 Attacks?
The September 11 attacks were a series of airplane hijackings and suicide attacks committed in 2001 by 19 terrorists......
Whiskey Ring
Whiskey Ring, in U.S. history, group of whiskey distillers (dissolved in 1875) who conspired to defraud the federal......
Whitman, Charles
Charles Whitman was an American mass murderer responsible for the deadly Texas Tower shooting of 1966. On August......
Wild Bunch
Wild Bunch, a collection of cowboy-outlaws who flourished in the 1880s and ’90s in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and......
Wild, Jonathan
Jonathan Wild was a master English criminal of early 18th-century London, leader of thieves and highwaymen, extortionist,......
Wilmington coup and massacre
Wilmington coup and massacre, political coup and massacre in which the multiracial Fusionist (Republican and Populist)......
World Trade Center bombing of 1993
World Trade Center bombing of 1993, terrorist attack in New York City on February 26, 1993, in which a truck bomb......
Wounded Knee Massacre
Wounded Knee Massacre, (December 29, 1890), the slaughter of approximately 150–300 Lakota individuals by United......
Wuornos, Aileen
Aileen Wuornos was an American serial killer who murdered at least seven men in 1989–90 while working as a sex......
Wyoming Massacre
Wyoming Massacre, (July 3, 1778), during the American Revolution, the killing of 360 American settlers in the Wyoming......
Yale, Frankie
Frankie Yale was an Italian-born American gangster and national president, during its heyday (1918–28), of the......
Yalin-Mor, Nathan
Nathan Yalin-Mor was an Israeli journalist and political figure best known as a leader of the Stern Gang, a Zionist......
Years of Lead
Years of Lead, a period of sociopolitical unrest in Italy that began in the late 1960s and continued through the......
Younger Brothers
Younger Brothers, four Midwestern American outlaws of the post-Civil War era—Thomas Coleman (“Cole”; 1844–1916),......
Yousef, Ramzi Ahmed
Ramzi Ahmed Yousef is a Kuwaiti-born militant who masterminded the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He was part......
Zawahiri, Ayman al-
Ayman al-Zawahiri was an Egyptian physician and militant who became one of the major ideologues of al-Qaeda. Zawahiri......
Zetas, Los
Los Zetas, Mexican crime syndicate formed in 1997 as the enforcement arm of the drug-trafficking Gulf Cartel; it......
Zhao Gao
Zhao Gao was a Chinese eunuch who conspired to seize power on the death of Shihuangdi, first emperor of the Qin......
Zhelyabov, Andrey Ivanovich
Andrey Ivanovich Zhelyabov was a Russian revolutionary and a leading Narodnik. Born to a family of serfs shortly......
Zheng Chenggong
Zheng Chenggong was a pirate leader of Ming forces against the Manchu conquerors of China, best known for establishing......
Zheng Zhilong
Zheng Zhilong was a Chinese pirate leader who achieved great power in the transitional period between the Ming......
Zodiac killer
Zodiac killer, is an unidentified American serial killer who is believed to have murdered at least five people......
Zong massacre
Zong massacre, massacre of more than 130 enslaved Africans by the crew of the British slave ship Zong on and in......
Épernon, Jean-Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, Duke d’
Jean-Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, duke d’Épernon was one of the most powerful new magnates in French politics......
Öcalan, Abdullah
Abdullah Öcalan is the leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a militant Kurdish nationalist organization,......
ʿAlī Ḥasan al-Majīd
ʿAlī Ḥasan al-Majīd was an Iraqi Baʿth Party official and a cousin of Iraqi Pres. Ṣaddām Ḥussein. During his career......
Ḥabash, George
George Ḥabash was a militant Palestinian and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).......
Ṣāʿiqah, al-
al-Ṣāʿiqah, Syrian guerrilla force sponsored by the Syrian government with the purpose of promoting the interests......