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Thai authorities have launched one of the country’s largest crackdowns on transnational scam operations, targeting two notorious Cambodian scam kingpins and a South African fixer alleged to have deep ties with criminal networks across Southeast Asia. The Anti-Money Laundering Office
A major counterfeit goods operation was shut down in Samut Prakan after a police raid uncovered more than 160,000 fake face masks and cosmetic products being sold online. The raid was led by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), which traced
Ten foreign nationals were arrested on December 2 during a police raid on an illegal poker game in Koh Phangan district, Surat Thani. The operation took place around 10pm after officers from Division 5 of the Tourist Police Bureau received
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced on Wednesday that his administration would intensify Thailand’s nationwide campaign against online scams following the massive seizure of assets worth more than 10 billion baht. The assets were linked to major suspects operating from Cambodia
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Thai authorities are investigating the deaths of two foreign tourists—an American and an Austrian—in separate incidents at resort destinations in Chonburi and Phuket. Police say
Thai authorities have carried out one of the country’s largest anti-scam crackdowns to date, seizing more than 10 billion baht (US$313 million) in assets linked
Thai authorities have arrested a 26-year-old Italian fugitive who had been hiding in Bangkok under Thailand’s newly launched Destination Thailand Visa (DTV), a five-year visa
Actress and model Rybena “Nana” Intachai was arrested at her home in Bangkok’s Watthana district on Wednesday morning following allegations of large-scale fraudulent borrowing. Officers
The Derby child sex abuse ring was a horrific case of systematic grooming and sexual exploitation that came to light in 2010. A group of
The Tsuyama massacre, known in Japan as the Tsuyama jiken (津山事件), remains one of the most horrific mass killings in the nation’s history. On the
Cold Case Breakthrough: Human Remains Found, Man Charged over Susan Goodwin’s 2002 Disappearance A dark shadow has lingered over Port Lincoln, South Australia, for more
The Tragic Case of Sarah Payne: A Turning Point in UK Child Protection The disappearance and murder of eight-year-old Sarah Payne in July 2000 became
In 1985, Japan was shaken by a series of mysterious and deadly poisonings that became known as the “Vending Machine Murders” or the “paraquat murders.”
Jack “Legs” Diamond, a notorious American gangster of the Prohibition era, was found shot dead in the Albany, New York, apartment of his mistress on
The desert city of Tucson, Arizona, has seen its share of crime stories, but few are as baffling as the death of Charles “Chuck” Morgan
MI6 ‘Spy in a Bag’ Mystery Few cases in modern British history have generated as much intrigue as the death of Gareth Williams, the 31-year-old
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