Child sex trafficking ring from Vietnam to Laos busted
Several victims were rescued as part of the operation.
Crime
Incidents of domestic violence unchecked in Nepal’s Achham
As many as 129 cases of domestic violence were registered at the police over the past 28 months. Many have gone unreported.
$200-million forex scam by Vietnamese TikToker uncovered
They orchestrated their scam by instructing seven accomplices in Vietnam to establish multiple shell companies in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, and other provinces.
‘Modern slavery’: Thousands of Indonesians in clutches of scam syndicates
Many have been rescued and repatriated, but dozens still languish in scam compounds in other Southeast Asian countries, forced to trawl social media sites and apps for victims.
Identity fraud cases in Philippines surged 119% this year — study
In Asia-Pacific, the cybersecurity firm Sumsub estimated a 121-percent surge in identity fraud this year. Singapore saw the most increase at 207 percent, followed by Thailand with…
Embassy works with Singaporean authorities to investigate knife attack killing Vietnamese woman
Singaporean authorities confirmed that the woman was Dao Thi Hong, a 34-year-old Vietnamese national and a mother of three.
Philippine justice department urged to look into evidence proving human rights violations during drug war
A statement by the Makabayan coalition said in commemoration of the International Human Rights Day 2024, surviving families and groups submitted evidence of the alleged violations…
2 Chinese men held for ‘human trafficking’
Police have arrested two Chinese nationals in separate raids on charges of human trafficking after a 21-year-old woman escaped her alleged traffickers at Hazrat Shahjalal…
1 soldier martyred, 15 terrorists killed in operation in Balochistan’s Zhob district: ISPR
A large quantity of weapons, ammunition and explosives were also recovered from the killed terrorists, the statement said, adding that a sanitisation operation was being conducted…
Over 100 kilos of uranium seized in three Philippine cities
The depleted uranium was detected in 80 kg of metal blocks, 6 kg of powder, and about 20 to 30 kg of other materials, according to officials.