Less than 3 years after Sabri Nakhnoukh, one of Egypt’s most famous thug bosses, became chairman of Falcon Security Group—the country’s largest private security firm, controlling about 67% of the market—he was arrested and first detained for four days, then for an additional 15.

In Syria, children’s identities were erased in the basements of the Assad regime's prison, then further obscured by placing them in care institutions and tampering with their official documents.