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Chinese Gang Arrested for Staged Kidnapping in Thailand
Bangkok Post4d ago

Chinese Gang Arrested for Staged Kidnapping in Thailand

Thai police have arrested four Chinese nationals, including the boyfriend of a 19-year-old woman, for allegedly staging her kidnapping to extort ransom money from her father. The boyfriend was also wanted for an online scam in China.

Meta Disables 150,000 Accounts in Crackdown on Southeast Asian Scam Networks
TechnologyThe GuardianSCMPobservador1mo ago3 sources

Meta Disables 150,000 Accounts in Crackdown on Southeast Asian Scam Networks

Meta has disabled over 150,000 accounts and launched new tools to combat scam networks in Southeast Asia, leading to 21 arrests by Thai police in a sweeping international crackdown that targeted people around the world, with US citizens reportedly losing over $10 billion to these online and phone…

Thai police go undercover as lion dancers to catch thief
PoliticsThe Guardian2mo ago

Thai police go undercover as lion dancers to catch thief

Officers devise unusual plan to arrest man suspected of stealing about $64,000 worth of Buddhist artefacts Thai police donned a lion dance costume during this week’s lunar new year festivities to arrest a man accused of stealing about $64,000 worth of Buddhist artefacts. Dressed as a red-and-yellow lion, officers made the arrest on Wednesday evening after responding to a report this month of a home burglary in the suburbs of Bangkok. Continue reading...