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Dec 1, 2023 | 
insider.com | Carter Thallon |Margaret Guzman |Ju Shardlow
Some of the top experts across the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines rate battle scenes in movies and television shows for realism. Dakata Brodie flew for the US Coast Guard for 13 years as a search-and-rescue helicopter pilot and the US Army for eight years as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter pilot. He breaks down several Coast Guard rescues. Former Royal Marines Commando Gareth Timmins dissects "Jarhead," "Sicario: Day of the Soldado," and other desert-warfare scenarios.
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Oct 16, 2023 | 
insider.com | Kyle Desiderio |Ju Shardlow
Jeff Turner counterfeited over $1 million in US currency. He forged the 1996-series $100 bill and later the 2013 "blue note." He was indicted on federal conspiracy charges in 2019 and cooperated with the Secret Service, eventually serving 10 months in prison. According to Turner, the Secret Service said the bills he was manufacturing were the highest quality they'd seen in over 25 years. Turner speaks with Insider about the materials and processes required to make fake money.
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Oct 2, 2023 | 
insider.com | Dylan Brzezinski |Ju Shardlow
Shaun Attwood is a former drug smuggler who ran a successful ring trafficking MDMA pills in the US in the '90s. He's been dubbed "the Walter White of the ecstasy market in Arizona," and he was arrested in 2002 and served six years in US jail. Attwood speaks to Insider about how ecstasy is processed, smuggled, and sold. He recounts his work with the New Mexican Mafia and rivalries with "Sammy the Bull" Gravano and the Gambino crime family.
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Sep 20, 2023 | 
insider.com | Kyle Desiderio |Ju Shardlow
Robert Mazur is a former government agent for the US Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service intelligence division, and the Customs Service. He posed as an Italian American businessman named Robert Baldasare to go undercover to expose international money-laundering networks associated with the Cali cartel, gathering evidence via secret recordings and transfers. At its peak, the Cali cartel is estimated to have produced 80% of the world's cocaine supply.
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Sep 13, 2023 | 
insider.com | Ju Shardlow
Archery expert Grizzly Jim looks at Jennifer Lawrence's skill as Katniss Everdeen in "The Hunger Games" (2012). Jim is a British archer who provides workshops, seminars, and one-on-one instruction in traditional archery. He previously worked on the archery YouTube channel Merlin Archery and now works on the channel Archery Adventures. Find out more: https://www.grizzlyjim.co.uk/
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Sep 13, 2023 | 
insider.com | Ju Shardlow
Professional swordsman Dave Rawlings rates the skill of Henry Cavill in season one of "The Witcher."Rawlings has over 15 years of experience teaching Western swordsmanship. He has been featured in the documentary series "Warriors" and "Bloody Tales of the Tower." He advised The Wallace Collection on its exhibition "The Noble Art of the Sword," and he teaches longsword at the London Longsword Academy. Find out more: https://www.londonlongsword.com/about-us/
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Sep 5, 2023 | 
insider.com | Dylan Brzezinski |Ju Shardlow
John "Boxer" Mendoza is a former high-ranking member of the Nuestra Familia. He was part of the organization from 1994 to 2007 and was incarcerated at various California prisons, such as San Quentin, Pelican Bay, and Corcoran. Mendoza speaks with Insider about rivalry with the Mexican Mafia and Aryan Brotherhood, corrupt prison guards, attacks, and uprisings. He offers his opinions on San Quentin reform and rehabilitation.
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Aug 29, 2023 | 
insider.com | Dylan Brzezinski |Ju Shardlow
John "Boxer" Mendoza is a former high-ranking member of the Nuestra Familia. He was part of the organization from 1994 to 2007 and was incarcerated at various California prisons, such as San Quentin, Pelican Bay, and Corcoran. He was a member of the Nuestra Raza before rising to the rank of commander in the Nuestra Familia. Mendoza speaks with Insider about rivalry with the Mexican Mafia and Aryan Brotherhood, corrupt prison guards, attacks and uprisings, weapons, and yard fights.
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Jul 3, 2023 | 
insider.com | Ju Shardlow |Dylan Brzezinski
Description Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Mike Moy says he was a member of a gang in New York City's Chinatown. He was recruited at his school's gates and then got involved in a gang in the 1970s. Moy claims he was involved in gambling houses, counterfeit money, bootleg kung fu movies, gunrunning, and credit-card fraud. He then joined the New York City Police Department as an officer in 1995 and he worked there for 26 years.
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May 23, 2023 | 
insider.com | Dylan Brzezinski |Ju Shardlow
Description Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Jimmy Tsui is a former member of Tung On in New York City's Chinatown and of the Sun Yee On triad in Hong Kong. In 1985 in New York, he was arrested and charged with robbery and homicide, with a $1.5 million-dollar bail. The case was later dismissed. This led to his transition into Sun Yee On, where he became a "426 general" in 1988.
