cannibalism continued to the present day
between 2009 and 2011 a berlinskoe russia resident and serial killer alexander bychkov engaged in numerous acts of cannibalism targeting people he had previously lured into his house
on 6 january 2015 a reuters report revealed that the mexican la familia michoacana and knights templar cartels were forcing potential recruits to eat the hearts of their victims as part of an initiation rite