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Italian Mafia Fugitive Tracked Down After Posting Cooking Videos on YouTube

黑手黨秀廚藝遭逮

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Italian Mafia Fugitive Tracked Down After Posting Cooking Videos on YouTube
洩密的刺青
An Italian mafia fugitive, Marc Feren Claude Biart, was caught in the Caribbean after police tracked him down through cooking videos he had uploaded on YouTube.
義大利黑手黨逃犯比亞特在YouTube上秀出廚藝影片,隨後在加勒比遭警方逮捕。
upload(v.)上傳
Though he managed to conceal his face, his distinctive tattoos were a dead giveaway.
儘管他未在影片中露臉,但身上的刺青還是出賣了他。
conceal(v.)隱藏;隱瞞;匿藏The murderer tried to conceal evidence from the police.distinctive(adj.)與眾不同的;獨特的Most leopards are light-colored with distinctive dark spots.a dead giveaway=洩露秘密;露出馬腳He pretends to be a native speaker, but his accent is a dead giveaway.
Biart fled to Costa Rica and then to the Dominican Republic more than five years ago.
五年多前,比亞特先後逃到哥斯大黎加與多明尼加共和國。
flee(v.)(flee-fled-fled)逃離;逃亡
He and his wife resided in the beach town Boca Chica, a popular destination for Italian tourists.
他與妻子在義大利遊客常去的觀光勝地博卡奇卡低調度日。
reside(v.)居住
They kept their distance from their compatriots, though in their free time they appeared to have uploaded several cooking tutorials for Italian recipes to YouTube, including ones that revealed Biart’s tattoos.
雖然他們與同鄉夥伴保持距離,但他們似乎在閒暇時會上傳義大利料理的烹飪影片到YouTube上,其中包括了洩漏比亞特刺青的影片。
keep distance from...=與...保持距離compatriot(n.)夥伴;同鄉appear to RV=好像;似乎tutorial(n.)輔導課;教學影片reveal(v.)透露;揭露;洩露
Biart, who is accused of trafficking cocaine into the Netherlands, had been wanted on drug trafficking charges since 2014.
比亞特被控走私古柯鹼到荷蘭,自2014年起即以毒品非法交易罪遭通緝。
be accused of=被控...traffic(n.)(v.)非法交易;販賣(人口);走私The man was charged with drug trafficking.
The International Criminal Police Organization, Interpol, believe he is a member of the ‘Ndrangheta, a powerful and brutal crime syndicate that originated in Calabria, the “toe” of Italy’s boot-shaped peninsula.
國際刑警組織Interpol認為他是強大且殘暴的黑手黨組織「光榮會」的成員之一,該組織源於義大利卡拉布里亞,該地區位於義大利形似靴子的國土上「腳趾頭」的位置。
brutal(adj.)殘暴的;野蠻的crime syndicate=犯罪組織originate(v.)起源;發源
It is an extensive organization that is believed to be “the only Italian mafia organization present on every world continent.”
光榮會可能是現今唯一遍及全球的義大利黑手黨。
extensive(adj.)大面積的;覆蓋範圍廣的present(adj.)存在的;在場的
With a vast network based on familial ties, the ‘Ndrangheta’s influence extends from South America to Canada and throughout Europe, where it supposedly controls most of the cocaine market.
光榮會的家族人際網路甚廣,從南美洲擴及加拿大,遠至歐洲各地都是他們家族的勢力範圍,他們掌控著歐洲多數的古柯鹼市場。
vast(adj.)巨大的;廣大的influence(n.)影響(力)supposedly(adv.)大概;想像上
According to a 2013 study, the group’s business revenue, which is largely from drug trafficking and a garbage disposal operation, amounted to 3.5% of Italy’s GDP.
根據一份2013年的研究,該組織從走私毒品與處理廢棄物所獲得的收益,佔義大利國內生產毛額的3.5%。
revenue(n.)收益garbage disposal operation=廢棄物處理作業amount to=加總為...This season’s sales amount to one million dollars.
At present, the ‘Ndrangheta is the subject of one of Italy’s biggest organized crime trials.
光榮會是義大利目前最大的組織犯罪審理案。
be the subject of sth.=成為...的話題或主題trial(n.)審判;審理
The BBC reports that 355 suspected mobsters and political officials face charges including murder, drug trafficking, extortion and money laundering.
根據英國廣播公司的報導指出,355名涉嫌的犯罪團夥成員與政治官員被控謀殺、走私毒品、勒索以及洗錢。
suspected(adj.)涉嫌的mobster(n.)犯罪團夥charge(n.)(v.)指控extortion(n.)敲詐;勒索She was found guilty of extortion from the elderly.money laundering=洗錢
The trial is expected to involve more than 900 witnesses and last more than two years.
該審理程序預計牽涉900多名證人,並為期兩年以上。
witness(v.)(n.)目擊(者);證人last(v.)持續

📚 重點單字片語

fugitive(n.)
逃犯;逃亡者
Hundreds of fugitives have fled the country.
track down=
追查到;追捕到
upload(v.)
上傳
conceal(v.)
隱藏;隱瞞;匿藏
The murderer tried to conceal evidence from the police.
distinctive(adj.)
與眾不同的;獨特的
Most leopards are light-colored with distinctive dark spots.
a dead giveaway=
洩露秘密;露出馬腳
He pretends to be a native speaker, but his accent is a dead giveaway.
flee(v.)(flee-fled-fled)
逃離;逃亡
reside(v.)
居住
keep distance from...=
與...保持距離
compatriot(n.)
夥伴;同鄉
appear to RV=
好像;似乎
tutorial(n.)
輔導課;教學影片
reveal(v.)
透露;揭露;洩露
be accused of=
被控...
traffic(n.)(v.)
非法交易;販賣(人口);走私
The man was charged with drug trafficking.
brutal(adj.)
殘暴的;野蠻的
crime syndicate=
犯罪組織
originate(v.)
起源;發源
extensive(adj.)
大面積的;覆蓋範圍廣的
present(adj.)
存在的;在場的
vast(adj.)
巨大的;廣大的
influence(n.)
影響(力)
supposedly(adv.)
大概;想像上
revenue(n.)
收益
garbage disposal operation=
廢棄物處理作業
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