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Killing of Tulsiram Prajapati
Killing of Tulsiram Prajapati, also called Tulsi Prajapati: associate of Sohrabuddin Shaikh and sole surviving witness to Shaikh's 2005 abduction, shot dead in an alleged staged encounter on 28 December 2006 near the Gujarat-Rajasthan border; all 22 accused were acquitted in 2018, upheld in 2026.
Killing of Tyre Nichols
Killing of Tyre Nichols: 29-year-old Black man beaten by Memphis Police SCORPION unit officers at a January 7, 2023 traffic stop; died three days later, prompting federal convictions and DOJ findings against MPD.
Killing of Valeria Márquez
Killing of Valeria Márquez: the 13 May 2025 shooting of the 23-year-old Mexican beauty influencer and 2021 Miss Rostro winner during a TikTok livestream at her Zapopan, Jalisco salon; investigated as a femicide, with 2026 arrests linked to the CJNG's Los Rs cell.
Killing of Yuki Adachi
The killing of Yuki Adachi (安達結希) was the 2026 death of an 11-year-old boy in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture, for which his adoptive father was charged with murder.
Killings of Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley
Killings of Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley, also called the God's Misfits case: two Hugoton, Kansas women murdered March 30, 2024 in Texas County, Oklahoma during a custody dispute; five charged, Adams sentenced to life without parole.
Kilmainham Gaol
Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin's former county gaol opened in 1796 and closed 1924, held Irish nationalist leaders; fourteen 1916 Rising leaders were executed there. Now a museum with a panoptic-style 1861 East Wing of 96 cells.
Kim Anh murders
Kim Anh murders: 1995 triple murder at the Kim Anh Vietnamese restaurant, New Orleans East, by police officer Antoinette Frank and Rogers LaCaze during a robbery; victim Officer Ronald Williams II.
Kim Dotcom
Kim Dotcom (Kim Schmitz, also Kim Tim Jim Vestor), German-Finnish founder of file-sharing site Megaupload, shut down by the FBI in 2012; fighting US extradition from New Zealand since his January 2012 arrest.
Kim Foxx
Kim Foxx (born 1972) served 2016-2024 as Cook County State's Attorney, the first Black woman in the role, leading the second-largest US prosecutor's office; known for the $1,000 retail-theft felony threshold, open felony data, mass exonerations, and the Jussie Smollett controversy.
Kim M. Wardlaw
Kim M. Wardlaw, also known as Kim McLane Wardlaw, is an American jurist on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, appointed by President Clinton in 1998.
Kim Sanghwan (김상환)
Kim Sanghwan (김상환), South Korean jurist born 1966 in Daejeon; Seoul National University law graduate; Supreme Court Justice from December 2018 under President Moon Jae-in; President of the Constitutional Court of Korea since 24 July 2025.
Kimba Wood
Kimba M. Wood (born 1944, Port Townsend, WA), Southern District of New York district judge since 1988 (Reagan appointee, chief judge 2006-2009), known for the Milken sentencing, the 2010 Russian spy swap, the 1993 withdrawn Attorney General nomination, and the Michael Cohen proceedings.
Kimberly A. Moore
Kimberly Ann Moore, born 1968 in Baltimore, is an American jurist appointed by George W. Bush to the Federal Circuit in 2006 and its chief judge since 2021.
Kimberly Cargill
Kimberly Cargill (born 1966), Texas death row inmate TDCJ 999572, sentenced in 2012 for the 2010 capital murder of babysitter Cherry Walker in Smith County to stop her testimony; appeals denied through 2020.
Kimberly Sullivan case
Kimberly Sullivan case: Waterbury, Connecticut prosecution of a stepmother accused of holding her stepson captive for 20 years, exposed when he set a 2025 house fire to escape; charges, plea offers, DCF history.
Kinahan Organised Crime Group
Kinahan Organised Crime Group (Kinahan cartel): Irish-led transnational drug trafficking and money laundering organisation founded by Christy Kinahan, based in Spain and Dubai, US-sanctioned in 2022, in feud with the Hutch gang.
King's Counsel
King's Counsel (KC; formerly Queen's Counsel, QC) is the senior rank for barristers and solicitor advocates in England and Wales, awarded for excellence in advocacy since the first QC in 1597, appointed on the Lord Chancellor's advice after independent panel review, colloquially 'taking silk'.
Kingston Penitentiary
Kingston Penitentiary, the Provincial Penitentiary of Upper Canada in Kingston, Ontario, opened 1835 as Canada's first penitentiary and oldest reformatory prison; closed 2013, national historic site since 1990, now a tour and film site.
Kinkaku-ji arson
The Kinkaku-ji arson: on July 2, 1950, novice monk Hayashi Yoken burned down Kyoto's Golden Pavilion, a National Treasure; it was rebuilt in 1955 from 1904 drawings and inspired Mishima's 1956 novel.
Kirk E. Sherriff
Kirk Edward Sherriff, born 1968, is a United States district judge for the Eastern District of California since 2024, nominated by President Biden and confirmed 54 to 45.
Kirkland & Ellis
Kirkland & Ellis LLP, founded 1909 in Chicago, is an international law firm and Am Law 100 #1 by revenue; in fiscal 2025 it became the first law firm above $10 billion ($10.556B, 4,145 lawyers), with about 4,000 attorneys in 24 cities and a nearly 1,200-lawyer litigation practice.
Kisangani massacres
The Kisangani massacres were the May 2002 mass killings of civilians, soldiers, and police in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo, by RCD-Goma forces after a mutiny.
Kissimmee carjacking murders
The Kissimmee carjacking murders were the killings of two young men shot point-blank during a carjacking in Kissimmee, Florida, in 1992, the first federal carjacking prosecution.
Kiyo A. Matsumoto
Kiyo A. Matsumoto, born 1955, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the Eastern District of New York, appointed by George W. Bush in 2008.
KK Park
KK Park is a large cyber-scam compound in Myawaddy, Kayin State, Myanmar, on the Moei River border with Thailand. Built from 2020 under Karen BGF protection, it trafficked thousands of workers into online fraud until the Myanmar military's October 2025 raid and disputed demolition.
Kkangpae (깡패)
Kkangpae (깡패), Korean for gangster, combines English "gang" (kkang) with pae (group). Coined after the Korean War, originally meaning a politically tied criminal; now the informal name for South Korea's organized crime groups.
Kneecapping
Kneecapping: extrajudicial punishment by shooting a victim in the leg, originating in Northern Irish paramilitary punishment attacks (2,303 shootings 1973-2000) and later documented in Bangladesh and Gaza.
Knife legislation
Knife legislation regulates the sale, ownership, and carrying of knives. Covers the US Federal Switchblade Act and ballistic-knife ban, varied state carry rules and blade limits, UK knife-crime statutes including the Crime and Policing Act 2026, Canada's prohibited-weapons rule, and Australian scan powers.
Knights Templar Cartel
Knights Templar Cartel (Los Caballeros Templarios), Mexican drug cartel formed in early 2011 from a La Familia Michoacana split, based in Michoacán; issued a Templar code of conduct, ran meth, extortion, and iron ore, and was dismantled by autodefensas and federal forces by 2015.
Know your customer
Know your customer (KYC) is the identity-verification and risk-assessment process, part of customer due diligence, that financial institutions use to identify customers, verify beneficial owners (typically at a 25 percent ownership threshold), and apply risk-based anti-money laundering controls.