offenders

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NCA deputy director Paul Foster, head of its National Cyber Crime Unit, said the case highlighted the challenges posed by a small number of highly capable offenders.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

Oil, gas and chemical companies, many in Louisiana and Texas, top the list of repeat offenders, according to the Journal analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said neighbourhood officers were using new technology to quickly identify and arrest "the small number of offenders responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime".

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

Helen Dickinson, from the British Retail Consortium, said "too many offenders still face little meaningful consequence".

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

Another Reagan appointee, Judge Stanley Marshall, told a reporter, “I’ve always been considered a fairly harsh sentencer, but it’s killing me that I’m sending so many low-level offenders away for all this time.”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander