Telegram app hosts ‘underground markets’ for Southeast Asian crime gangs, UN says
Southeast Asia's powerful criminal networks are making extensive use of the messaging app Telegram, which has fundamentally changed the way organized crime conducts large-scale illegal operations, the United Nations said in a report on Monday. The report comes after France accused its boss, Pavel Durov, of allowing criminal activity on the platform using tough new […]
Guests can tour the underground tunnels of Milestii Mici, the largest wine cellar in the world
The world's largest wine collection is located in Moldova, with millions of bottles stored in the underground tunnels of Milestij Mici. Milesti Mici has the same name as the city in which it is located. It is the largest wine cellar in the world, measured by the number of bottles it contains. Milesti Mici was […]
Small copper compass found in underground tunnels that could have once belonged to a famous Polish astronomer
Tiny ancient tools dating back 500 years have been unearthed in the Sacred Gardens of Frombork, Poland. The discovery was an unusual copper compass, shaped somewhat like a wishbone, with two prongs that meet at the top in a V-shape. The discovery was announced by Warminska Grupa Eksploracyjna, the organization responsible for the finders, in […]
Police find human remains in neighbor’s underground bunker after couple disappears from home in SoCal nudist colony
Police in California said a search for a couple who went missing from their home in a nudist neighborhood led them to a neighbor's house where human bones were discovered. Stephanie Menard, 73, and Daniel Menard, 79 Reported Missing A friend found the unlocked car near the Menard family's home Sunday in an unincorporated area […]
Israel says underground Hamas weapons workshop destroyed in airstrike
The Israel Defense Forces released a new video on Wednesday showing forces discovering and then destroying in airstrikes an underground factory allegedly used by Hamas to manufacture weapons. The discovery of the Hamas underground workshop came during a multi-week operation by the IDF’s 7th Brigade Combat Team in the Bani Suheila area of Khan Younis […]
Hamas Names October 7 Architect Yahya Sinwar, Hiding Underground, as New Leader
Hamas announced on Tuesday that it had appointed Gaza-based leader Yayha Sinwar as its new leader to replace political leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed while attending a presidential inauguration in Tehran last week. Sinwar, who Hamas believes to be the mastermind behind the Oct. 7 terror attacks that killed 1,200 Israelis, is thought to […]
‘Miracle’ dog found alive in underground Virginia cave
A group of cavers in Virginia made a miraculous discovery Sunday when they found a dog that was still alive while exploring an underground cavern littered with animal skulls and bones. Dave Jackson and Jesse Rochette of CaveSim, a Colorado-based educational cave simulator company, told The Associated Press that they were exploring Giant Cave with […]
Sinaloa Cartel Laundered Money with Help from Chinese Underground Bankers
Federal authorities have found that members of the Sinaloa Cartel used an underground banking network in China to launder more than $50 million in drug proceeds. This week, the U.S. Department of Justice Ten indictments were unsealed. It indicted 24 men on charges of participating in an international conspiracy involving individuals from California, Mexico and […]
Mexican cartel worked with US-based group linked to Chinese underground banking to launder drug money: DOJ
The Justice Department announced on Tuesday that a five-year investigation has revealed that Mexican drug cartels worked with a U.S.-based group with ties to underground Chinese banks to launder drug trafficking funds. a press release The Department of Justice said Operation Fortune Runner uncovered a money laundering network linked to the Sinaloa drug cartel that […]
How underground storage tank spills are cleaned up, and why they leak in the first place
Leaking underground storage tanks remain a major cause of groundwater contamination after more than 500,000 have been cleaned up. According to the most recent Environmental Protection Agency data, roughly 81 million people live within a quarter mile of an underground storage tank that has experienced at least one leak. Nearly half of Americans rely on […]