カテゴリー: Organised crime
Not enough support for freed victims, say aid agencies, with growing numbers sleeping on the streets, unable to travel home without passports or moneyCharities and aid workers have called for urgent international government support for victims of sout…
People trafficking among allegations against six people who face measures including property freezes and travel bansThe US and UK have seized $15bn (£11.3bn) in bitcoin and frozen London properties owned by the alleged leaders of scam centres in Cambod…
A lucrative sector is spreading fast as criminal enterprises force abused and trafficked workers to cheat othersA Chinese court last month sentenced 11 people to death over their roles in a illegal scam empire along the border with Myanmar. But it won’…
Operated by crime syndicates and fostered by the country’s military junta, the number of vast complexes such as KK Park on the Thai-Myanmar border has doubled since 2021Five years ago, the land now home to KK Park – a vast, heavily guarded complex stre…
A mental health crisis on a busy Tokyo street set one-time dealer and debt collector Yoshitomo Morohashi on a path to redemption, and life as a lawyerYoshitomo Morohashi is every inch the lawyer, from his three-piece suit and designer glasses to the su…
Attack on patrol in the Rahim Yar Khan district that was targeting robbers also left seven woundedGunmen armed with rocket-propelled grenades have ambushed a police convoy in eastern Punjab province, killing at least 11 officers and wounding seven othe…
Arrests in killing of Canadian Sikh activist offer glimpse of the nexus of underworld crime and alleged Indian hit squadsLess than half an hour after the prominent Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead outside a temple in British Co…
Malaysian foreign ministry says 43 of its citizens were freed in Lima after being forced to take part in ‘Macau scam’More than 40 people from Malaysia have been rescued by police in Peru after they fell victim to a human trafficking syndicate operating…
Richard Wakeling, 55, had been on the run since he fled the UK before his trial for drug smuggling in 2018A British organised crime boss has been arrested in Thailand after being on the run for five years.Richard Wakeling, 55, from Brentwood, Essex, tr…
Investigation reveals more than 150 fake firms, many with ties to China, are targeting people online, breaking their hearts – and emptying their bank accounts.A woman meets a man online. They flirt. Then, after a few weeks, they begin imagining a futur…
Non-binding opinion says UK allowed criminal gangs to flood Europe with cheap Chinese-made clothesA senior EU lawyer has concluded that the British government was negligent in its failure to tackle customs fraud that allowed criminal gangs to flood Eur…
Overfishing and smuggling of this crucial animal are affecting biodiversity and the livelihood of local fishers in Sri LankaIt’s after sunset in Jaffna when Anthony Vigrado dives into the waters of Palk Bay, scanning the seafloor to collect what seems …
More than half of yakuza are now over 50 – and 10% are over 70 – as a result of an ageing population and police crackdownsA double-whammy of skewed demographics and legal crackdowns has forced Japan’s yakuza crime syndicates to call on middle-aged men …