#syndicates — Public Fediverse posts

Thailand seeks to arrest fugitive Chinese businessman over illegal crypto mining
🧐"Wang Yicheng was te subject of 2023 Reuters report.. statement described Wang, a former leader of a #ThaiChinese #trade #association, as a key figure in a group of #Chinese #investors allegedly using #illegal #crypto mining to launder proceeds fr #scams & online gambling. #Thailand & other SE Asian nations hv in recent months intensified #crackdowns on largely #Chinese-run scam #syndicates"
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-seeks-to-arrest-fugitive-chinese-businessman-over-illegal-crypto-mining

#Singaporean man who fled to Thailand while on #bail for alleged vice-related offences to be charged
⚠️"“ #Vice #syndicates hv leveraged #tech to facilitate their operations & extended their reach across national borders,” said Senior Assistant #Commissioner Yeo Yee Chuan, covering director of #CID.. adding tt the #Singapore #police will take tough #enforcement actions against such syndicates"✅️
👆 The #courts need to step up & mete out tougher #deterrent #sentences too!🧐
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/sporean-man-who-fled-to-thailand-while-on-bail-for-vice-related-offences-to-be-charged

Mile-high #crime club: #theft #syndicates target #Asia’s #airlines
🧐"rising menace.. mainly by #Chinese #gangs targeting flights across Asia to pilfer cash, credit cards & luxury handbags.. “Te rise in onboard thefts appears to be #organised & largely run out of #China,” Nick Careen, SVP #IATA.. Te criminals usually operate in a trio, scouring for high-value unattended items, w one identifying & acquiring valuables while another acts as a lookout to signal when to pounce"
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3338155/mile-high-crime-club-theft-syndicates-target-asias-airlines

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#jeuxVideo #Rockstar #Toronto #travail #syndicates

👇Hi-time to beat scams w #ZeroTolerance

Singapore’s #caning of #scammers reaffirms ‘moral’ severity of #crime
"scammers as well as members & recruiters of #scam #syndicates will be punished w 6-24 strokes of te cane. Te harsher penalties aim to enhance #deterrence against scams, which r te most prevalent form of crime in #Singapore.. Other offences in 🇸🇬 tt carry te penalty of caning incl #rape, which warrants at least 12 strokes, #drug #trafficking & illegal moneylend'g"
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3331531/singapores-caning-scammers-marks-distinction-between-moral-betrayal-and-technical-wrongs

🤔I will believe it only when I see it happening.
#ActionNotWords #Scam #scamfactories #moneylaundering #crime #corruption

#China, #Myanmar, #Thailand reach consensus to #eradicate #telecom #fraud #centres
"authorities from Myanmar, China, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam agreed to #arrest #leaders of #criminal #syndicates, dismantle telecom fraud centres, and "make every effort" to coordinate the #rescue of those trapped there, according to CCTV"
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/china-myanmar-thailand-reach-consensus-to-eradicate-telecom-fraud-centres

#AliceGuo saga exposes #Philippine agencies & electoral system’s potential flaws
"officials revealed tt more than 1500 fake birth certificates were issued to foreigners fr 2016-23 in Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur province.. Guo’s case wasn't isolated & was “part of an elaborate malign influence effort to undermine of institutions & corrupt our public officials”. There are still links to #Chinesecriminal #syndicates to consider, #moneylaundering, #violations of #election #law"
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3274783/alice-guo-saga-exposes-philippine-agencies-and-electoral-systems-potential-flaws

#Philippine police raid alleged #cybercrime buildings and rescue 2,700
"workers told #investigators that when they tried to quit they were forced to pay a hefty amount .. or they feared they would be sold to other #syndicates, #police said, adding that workers were also forced to pay fines for perceived infractions at work. #Workers were #lured with #highsalary offers & ideal working conditions in #Facebook #advertisements but later found out the promises were a ruse" @AP
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/world/article/philippine-police-raid-alleged-cybercrime-18172558.php