regulation

The Journey, Episode 3: The Industry from In the Dark looks at how weak regulation of the surrogacy industry allowed a couple's plans to unfold.

Grave Concerns is a 6-episode true-crime audio documentary series hosted on Acast that investigates criminal scandals inside UK funeral homes, opening with the Legacy Independent Funeral Directors case in Hull, 2024.

Izabela Zablocka is a central figure in this episode of Grave Concerns, which investigates systemic failures in the British funeral industry. Her 15-year mystery and the subsequent murder conviction highlight a dangerous lack of regulation in the sector.

U.S. federal prosecutors charged four members of China's People's Liberation Army on February 10, 2020, with orchestrating one of the largest data breaches in history. The defendants allegedly exploited a vulnerability in Equifax's systems to steal sensitive information from approximately 145 million Americans over a two-month period in 2017.

On February 9, 1864, Colonel Thomas E. Rose of the 77th Pennsylvania Infantry led one of the Civil War's most audacious prison escapes from Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. Working in secret for 17 days, Rose and fellow officers dug a narrow 50-60 foot tunnel from the dungeon-like basement to freedom—an feat so remarkable that 109 men followed them out.

Alfred George Hinds, born in London in 1917, became one of Britain's most notorious escapees after his conviction for the 1953 Maple Jewelry Store robbery. Claiming innocence, he engineered three audacious prison escapes and ultimately won a libel case that vindicated his claims.