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Myanmar rebels fire top officials wanted by China for online scams
Oct 18, 2023 (AFP)
With a standing force of around 25,000, the United Wa State Party commands one of the world's largest non-state militaries, conscripting a member from each hous...
China opposes sanctions, says fentanyl crisis 'rooted in' US
Oct 04, 2023 (AFP)
The US administration of President Joe Biden announced sanctions Tuesday against 25 individuals and entities based in China, alongside three other parties in Ca...
Myanmar junta angry at China over crime blockbuster 'tarnishing'
Sep 29, 2023 (AFP)
Chinese thriller "No More Bets" tells the story of a computer programmer who is trafficked to an unnamed Southeast Asian country and forced to work as an online...
Guatemala sends troops to drug-infested border with Mexico
Sep 28, 2023 (AFP)
The soldiers have been mobilizing since Tuesday in the departments of San Marcos and Huehuetenango -- mountainous zones inhabited mainly by Indigenous Mayans. M...
Hong Kong arrests 6,400 in anti-triad bust
Sep 27, 2023 (AFP)
The operation involved more than 83,000 police officers and was coordinated with authorities in neighbouring casino hub Macau and the Chinese province of Guangd...
Bitcoin machines, rocket-launchers seized in Venezuela prison
Sep 21, 2023 (AFP)
More than 11,000 police and soldiers, backed up by tanks and armored vehicles, stormed the Tocoron prison in the country's north on Wednesday. The facility had ...
China tells Myanmar junta to 'root out' online scam groups
Jul 26, 2023 (AFP)
Criminal syndicates are accused of luring or kidnapping citizens of China and other countries to lawless enclaves along Myanmar's northern and eastern borders a...
US sanctions Chinese, Mexican entities over drug equipment
May 31, 2023 (AFP)
The tools helped make illicitly produced pills, often laced with fentanyl, appear to be legitimate pharmaceuticals, according to a US Treasury Department statem...
Malaysia searches Chinese ship suspected of looting WWII wrecks
May 30, 2023 (AFP)
Officers discovered unexploded shells upon boarding the Chinese-registered vessel, which was detained for illegal anchorage at the weekend, said Nurul Hizam Zak...
People smugglers use TikTok to promote their services
Mar 23, 2023 (AFP)
Technology-savvy criminals using the popular video-sharing app are posing a growing challenge to Mexican and US authorities fighting a regional migration crisis...
Colombia's Petro accuses Gulf Clan cartel of breaking ceasefire
Mar 13, 2023 (AFP)
A group of miners destroyed an aqueduct, a toll and an ambulance in northwestern Colombia on Sunday. Authorities believe they were carrying out the orders of th...
Ecuadoran soldier killed in clash with drug traffickers
Mar 06, 2023 (AFP)
Army corporal Ronny Intriago was killed in "crossfire" in the northern Esmeraldas province, the armed forces said in a statement. The province has been under a ...
US designates Russia's Wagner military group an intl 'criminal organization'
Jan 20, 2023 (AFP)
White House national security spokesman John Kirby said Wagner, controlled by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a businessman close to President Vladimir Putin, has about 50,0...
UN alarmed at disappearance of two Mexican activists
Jan 19, 2023 (AFP)
Ricardo Lagunes, a lawyer, and Antonio Diaz, a professor, went missing in Michoacan state on Sunday after attending a community meeting. Michoacan, on central M...
Latin American cocaine cartels bring violence to Europe
Jan 16, 2023 (AFP)
"I'm like all the delivery riders speeding around Paris dropping off sushi and groceries," he smiled. "I get orders and I deliver them." Getting cocaine in many...
Global piracy acts drop to 14-year low: report
Jan 09, 2023 (AFP)
The Maritime Information Cooperation and Awareness Center (MICA), which is operated by members of the French Navy and partner navies, said there were 300 report...
Three Peru police generals, others arrested in alleged graft plot
Dec 26, 2022 (AFP)
A "mega-operation" netted the six who are suspected of involvement of "irregular promotions" in the police force, said a ministry statement. Three of the six ar...
El Salvador rounds up 185 in major gang crackdown
Dec 06, 2022 (AFP)
President Nayib Bukele, who declared a state of emergency in the country earlier this year to quash gang violence, sent 8,500 soldiers and 1,500 police officers...
In El Salvador, soldiers patrol where gangs once ruled
Dec 05, 2022 (AFP)
In his La Campanera neighborhood of the city of Soyapango, on the outskirts of San Salvador, gangsters threatened to kill him for preaching to young people. "Th...
Colombia sending troops to southern border to fight drug gangs
Nov 29, 2022 (AFP)
There will be six sectors along Colombia's borders with Ecuador, Peru and Brazil, "with 400 soldiers and officers who will be on the front line of operations......
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