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US begins 'unprecedented' auction of Silk Road bitcoins
Jun 27, 2014 (AFP)
The bitcoin world kicked into high gear Friday as the US government began auctioning some of the virtual currency seized in an FBI investigation of dark Web baz...
Malaysian navy foils pirate attack in South China Sea
Jun 15, 2014 (AFP)
Malaysia's navy has fought off a pirate attack on a tanker off its east coast in the South China Sea, the International Maritime Bureau said Sunday. The Malaysi...
Kidnapped Chinese, Filippino rescued in Malaysia
May 31, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese tourist and a Filippino worker have been rescued nearly two months after they were abducted from a Malaysian dive resort, Prime Minister Najib Razak s...
Chinese worker kidnapped in Malaysia's Borneo island
May 06, 2014 (AFP)
A Chinese national has been seized in Malaysia's Borneo island by Filipino gunmen, a security official said Tuesday in the wake of tension between Kuala Lumpur ...
Vietnam says 7 killed in shooting on China border
Apr 18, 2014 (AFP)
Seven people were killed in a gun battle between border guards and Chinese illegal migrants at a remote frontier crossing in northeast Vietnam, authorities said...
Kidnappers demand $11 mln for Chinese tourist
Apr 10, 2014 (AFP)
Kidnappers based in the southern Philippines have demanded more than $11 million in ransom for a Chinese tourist abducted from a Malaysian dive resort, a senior...
Malaysia kidnappers telephone Chinese victim's family
Apr 06, 2014 (AFP)
Kidnappers holding a Chinese tourist who was abducted from a resort on Malaysia's Borneo island have made a phone call to her family in China, a senior security...
China presses Malaysia to rescue kidnapped tourist
Apr 03, 2014 (AFP)
China pressed Malaysia on Thursday to rescue a Chinese tourist who was abducted along with a Filipina from a diving resort by gunmen, further straining relation...
Japanese mobsters launch own website
Apr 02, 2014 (AFP)
Japan's biggest organised crime syndicate has launched its own website, complete with a corporate song and a strong anti-drugs message, as the yakuza looks to t...
Facebook announces steps to stop illegal gun sales
Mar 05, 2014 (AFP)
Facebook is taking aim at people who are using the social network or Instagram photo-sharing platform to sell guns. Under pressure from gun safety advocates, th...
French navy arrests pirates suspected of oil tanker attack
Jan 20, 2014 (AFP)
A French navy ship intercepted a hijacked dhow off the coast of Oman, arresting five suspected pirates who had taken hostage an all-Indian crew, French defence ...
Mexican vigilantes accuse army of killing four
Jan 14, 2014 (AFP)
A spokesman for vigilante forces in western Mexico accused soldiers on Tuesday of killing four people after deploying to the region to disarm civilians who have...
Gunmen kill two soldiers in troubled Mexican state
Jan 06, 2014 (AFP)
Gunmen ambushed a military patrol in western Mexico, killing two soldiers in a tense state gripped by a standoff between a drug cartel and vigilantes, a prosecu...
China smugglers dig tunnel into Hong Kong: media
Dec 25, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese smugglers dug a "professional" concrete tunnel into Hong Kong equipped with lights, vents, steel reinforcements and even rails to transport goods, domes...
Mexican military seeks to oust cartel from port
Dec 08, 2013 (AFP)
Soldiers standing on the back of pick-up trucks patrol Lazaro Cardenas, one month after ousting the municipal police in this major Mexican port that had become ...
Spain jails six Somalis for piracy
Oct 30, 2013 (AFP)
A court in Madrid on Wednesday convicted six Somalis for piracy and sentenced them to between eight and 12 and a half years in jail for attacking a Spanish wars...
Pirates kidnap two American sailors off Nigeria
Oct 24, 2013 (AFP)
Pirates have stormed an oil supply vessel off southern Nigeria and kidnapped two American crew members, Nigeria's navy and US defence officials said Thursday, t...
Seaman Guard owner to fight arrest of ship's crew in India
Oct 21, 2013 (UPI)
The owner of a ship detained by Indian authorities said he is taking his case to the courts to free the vessel's 35 crew members from arrest. Indian police have...
Somali pirates on trial for seizing French yacht
Oct 14, 2013 (AFP)
Three Somali pirates went on trial Monday for the 2009 hijacking of a French yacht which prompted a rescue operation by elite forces in which the skipper died. ...
Accused Silk Road mastermind to be sent to New York for trial
Oct 09, 2013 (AFP)
A US judge on Wednesday ordered the accused mastermind of the nefarious online black market Silk Road sent to New York to stand trial. Ross William Ulbricht, sp...
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