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Crime news including the latest on murder cases, the hunt for serial killers, triads, court cases and trials, shootings, burglary, armed robbery and corruption.
Kim Kardashian attends an event in New York in February. Photo: Getty Images/TNS
Fame and celebrity

Kim Kardashian to face ‘grandpa robbers’ at US$11 million jewellery heist trial

The US star, then 35, was bound and gagged at gunpoint by a group of elderly robbers while staying in Paris in 2016.

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China-Africa relations

Women protesters attack Chinese-run mine in Guinea Bissau

Vietnam

Vietnam tycoon on death row has life sentence cut to 30 years in laundering case

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El Salvador

El Salvadore’s Bukele suggests prisoner swap with Maduro for Venezuela deportees

Proposal comes as El Salvador has come under international scrutiny for accepting Venezuelans and Salvadorans deported by the US.

Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador, at the White House in Washington on April 14. Photo: EPA-EFE
Gun violence in the US

Man who fatally shot 23 at Texas Walmart to plead guilty to murder 6 years on

Patrick Crusius expected to receive life sentence with no possibility of parole for the 2019 racist attack near the US-Mexico border.

Thailand

Chinese executive linked to Bangkok tower collapse arrested

The 30-storey tower was reduced to rubble when a quake struck neighbouring Myanmar last month, killing 47 people and leaving 47 missing.

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Sri Lanka

Buddha tooth relic photo sparks Sri Lankan police investigation

Photography is prohibited during the viewing of the highly venerated relic, which went on display this month for the first time since 2009.

Security officials help devotees avoid chaos during a gathering for a public exposition of the sacred Tooth relic of the Buddha at the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy on Friday. Photo: AFP
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong woman arrested over mishandling body, running gambling operation

Body of man, 65, had allegedly been moved from building to outside hair salon on Yee Kuk Street in Kowloon.

South Korea

‘The law didn’t protect me’: South Korea’s losing battle against AI sex crimes

Victims lament a lack of police help to resolve their cases, while sex educators call for a change in gender attitudes to tackle the scourge.

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Africa

Caught: Indian man trying to move US$2.8 million in cash and gold out of Zambia

Those involved in transnational organised crime activities will be punished, Zambian officials warn.

Stacks of money and what is suspected to be gold bars found on an Indian national at Zambia’s international airport. Photo: Facebook/Drug Enforcement Commission
Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest 4, seize HK$38 million of cocaine in drug crackdown

Officers discover 48kg of suspected cocaine after raiding 2,000 sq ft drug storage warehouse in Ta Kwu Ling.

The suspected cocaine found were packed into airtight bags to evade detection, police said. Photo: Handout
Pakistan

Mob in Pakistan beats to death man from persecuted minority

The minority Ahmadiyya community are considered heretics by the Pakistani government and have been persecuted for decades.

Crime in Hong Kong

E-commerce head urges scam arbitration for safer online shopping in Hong Kong

Consumers more at risk when using bank accounts for online transactions rather than third-party processors such as PayPal or credit cards.

Americas and the Caribbean

‘Horrifying’: US hijacker shot dead by passenger on Belize flight

Akinyela Sawa Taylor threatened the pilot, stabbed two passengers soon after the plane took off from the town of Corozal.

Tourists board a Tropic Air plane at the airport in Belize City on April 17. Photo: AFP
Fame and celebrity

Haley Joel Osment charged with cocaine possession and being drunk in public

The Oscar-nominated actor, 37, who starred as a child in films AI and The Sixth Sense, was arrested on April 8 at a California ski resort.

Haley Joel Osment in Los Angeles in March. The Oscar-nominated actor has been charged with public intoxication and cocaine possession. Photo: Invision / AP
Gun violence in the US

Florida State University shooting: 2 dead, 4 wounded; suspect in custody

Police said the 20-year-old suspected gunman, believed to be a student at the university, is the son of a sheriff’s deputy.

United States

Ex-Harvard morgue manager pleads guilty to selling stolen body parts

Cedric Lodge was arrested in 2023, accused of stealing, selling organs and other body parts donated to the university for medical research.

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Singapore

Singapore’s ‘sugar daddy’ scammer jailed for exploiting underage victims

A Singaporean scammer was sentenced for exploiting 31 victims, including underage girls, in a ‘sugar daddy’ scam, manipulating them into sending explicit content.

The Singapore skyline. The city state sentenced a man to nearly seven years in prison for exploiting underage girls via “sugar daddy” scam. Photo: Shutterstock
South Korea

South Korean man arrested for killing 5 family members due to fears over debt

The deaths have sparked calls for harsher penalties for familicides, which make up a significant proportion of murders in the country.

Japan

Japan weighs new legislation to tackle illegal gambling via online casinos

High-profile scandals involving baseball stars and comedians have exposed a ‘shocking’ lack of public awareness about the law, observers say.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Money lost to online shopping scams rises by 87% in Hong Kong to HK$356 million

Woman swindled out of nearly HK$1 million in concert ticket fraud among 11,559 online scam cases recorded last year.

Police recorded 11,559 online shopping fraud cases last year, marking a 29.2 per cent rise from 8,950 cases in 2023
Japan

Oh, deer: Japan’s Nara boosts police patrols to curb animal abuse

The move follows a video of a tourist in Nara’s main park kicking one of the animals, considered sacred in the ancient city.

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Tourists and deer at Todaiji Temple in Nara. Cases of deer abuse by visitors have led to more police patrols in the Japanese city. Photo: Shutterstock
US-China relations

Ex-New York police sergeant sentenced to 1.5 years for acting as Chinese agent

Michael McMahon was convicted of stalking a US resident as part of the Beijing-backed ‘Operation Fox Hunt’.

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Italy

Chinese couple shot dead in Rome in mafia-style execution, Italian police say

The killings of underworld figure Zhang Dayong and partner Gong Xiaoqing could be linked to a turf war between Chinese criminal factions.

Donald Trump

Judge finds cause to hold Trump admin in contempt for El Salvador deportations

The administration did not turn around planes carrying deportees to a notorious prison despite an order from the court.

Salvadoran police officers escort an alleged member of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Centre in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in March. Photo: Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia via Reuters
Indonesia

‘Risking our lives’: Indonesians warn of dangers in Cambodian scam compounds

Indonesians promised employment in Cambodia say they were instead forced to work long hours in shadowy compounds scamming victims.

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Indonesian authorities say there were 515 reported cases “related to online scams” from Cambodia in the first six months of 2023. Photo: Shutterstock
Germany

Berlin doctor charged with murder of 15 palliative care patients

He allegedly administered an anaesthetic and a muscle relaxer to the patients without their knowledge or consent.

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Myanmar

Trafficked workers from Myanmar scam hubs say death better than going back

‘We will kill ourselves instead of going back to them,’ said one of the dozens who attempted a mass escape from their Myanmar detention.

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