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South Korea's police have announced a three-month crackdown on organised crime starting Monday, targeting young gang members engaged in fraud, money laundering, and drug trafficking, following a significant surge in criminal activity.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is considering launching a public inquiry into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's activities within Britain, according to the government's victims minister.
Indonesia's Forestry Ministry has arrested a suspect connected to an international pangolin trafficking operation in Central Java. The arrest follows major seizures of pangolin scales valued at nearly Rp230 billion in recent months.
A foreigner who lodged a police report claiming extortion by officers is now under investigation after Interpol checks revealed he was wanted in China for fraud-related offences.
Sixteen suspects including 14 foreign nationals have been arrested in Kuantan for operating a sophisticated call centre targeting victims in the United States, marking another major success in combating international fraud networks.
Malaysian authorities arrested 16 people in Kuantan linked to a sophisticated scam targeting US residents. The operation allegedly used romance and investment schemes to defraud victims across multiple countries.
Malaysian police have established connections between a 23-year-old arrested in Sri Lanka for cocaine smuggling and an organized international drug trafficking syndicate, marking a significant development in regional drug enforcement efforts.
An Indian tourist has been jailed for over two years after stealing a S$200,000 diamond from a Singapore jewellery store using a carefully planned counterfeit swap scheme. His accomplice's case remains pending.
Malaysian police have initiated steps to secure an Interpol Red Notice following the failure of businessman Tamim Dahri to appear at a scheduled court date, according to Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.
Filipino immigration authorities arrested a 72-year-old Canadian national in Laguna following notification from Canadian law enforcement about his alleged history of child sexual offenses across Southeast Asia.
A South Korean appellate court has increased the prison sentence to 22 years for a Chinese man convicted of fatally beating his 14-year-old daughter at their home in Ansan. The court rejected mitigating factors and condemned the extreme brutality of the attack.
Thai police have issued an arrest warrant for a woman known as 'RoseRose' accused of running a cross-border heroin network. The suspect fled Thailand through an unofficial border crossing as investigators closed in on her operation.
Thai police have arrested a man suspected of serving as an intermediary in a heroin smuggling ring targeting Australia. The arrest expands a criminal investigation spanning multiple provinces and implicates a broader trafficking network allegedly coordinated by handlers communicating through encrypted chat platforms.
Thai police have arrested a husband-and-wife team in Loei province as part of an expanding investigation into an international heroin smuggling operation. The case centres on a Thai Airways flight attendant detained in Melbourne with approximately one kilogram of heroin.