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The Robbery Starts at 8:01]]></title><description><![CDATA[Crews of young Chilean criminals, known to police as burglary tourists, have found a favorite way to see the US: They travel far and wide to plunder the houses of star athletes.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-08-07/burglary-tourists-are-traveling-to-the-us-to-rob-star-athletes-homes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-08-07/burglary-tourists-are-traveling-to-the-us-to-rob-star-athletes-homes</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Franklin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 10:00:35 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDJWNqfiGBuc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDJWNqfiGBuc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Secret Agents Enter the Battle Against Wildlife Smugglers Backed by Drug Cartels]]></title><description><![CDATA[As profits for poachers have soared, drawing more organized criminal groups into the trade, an "intelligence agency for Earth" is tracking the operation across borders.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-05-23/former-secret-agents-enter-the-battle-against-wildlife-smugglers-backed-by-drug-cartels</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-05-23/former-secret-agents-enter-the-battle-against-wildlife-smugglers-backed-by-drug-cartels</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Franklin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 11:00:15 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/isEDpir83T5k/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/isEDpir83T5k/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Mexican spider monkeys, victims of the illegal wildlife trade, have found a home at Brookfield Zoo Chicago. </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Stolen Car Is in a Shipping Container, Bound for Africa]]></title><description><![CDATA[Criminal gangs take orders for specific models, use teenagers to grab them and quickly export them through ports up and down the East Coast.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-teen-carjacking-gangs-gta/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-teen-carjacking-gangs-gta/</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Franklin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 10:00:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The World Needs So Many Test Monkeys Poachers Are Ripping Them From Trees]]></title><description><![CDATA[Long-tailed macaques are selling in the US for $50,000 and more, and there still aren’t enough. 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