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PHNOM PENH: Cambodia cracked down on 197 human trafficking and sexual exploitation cases in 2024, up 20 per cent from 164 cases in the previous year, a senior official said on Thursday (March 27).
A nationwide crackdown targeting organised criminal activity involving foreign nationals which will run until June 30 has been launched by the National Police Agency.
KOTA KINABALU: Smuggling subsidised items out of Sandakan is not just a crime — it's stealing from the poor, say enforcement officers as they ramp up patrols in local waters.
SEREMBAN: Eleven of the more than 500 express buses inspected by the Road Transport Department (JPJ) in a seven-day operation have been slapped with non-roadworthy notices, says Anthony Loke.
Eleven pregnant women are among the more than 2,400 people stuck in limbo on after being pulled out of illicit scam compounds in Myanmar and are in urgent need of medical treatment in Thailand, a civil society group said on Friday.
BANGKOK, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The Thai government's measures have significantly impacted criminal networks operating call-center scams, with a notable decline in cybercrime cases following the intensified crackdown since early February, officials said on Monday.
HANOI: With just a smartphone or tablet, consumers can now shop for their favourite products virtually anywhere.
(Reuters) - Drivers competing in the World Rally Championship (WRC) will stay silent, or speak only in their own languages, in stage-end interviews at this week's Kenya Safari Rally in protest at the governing FIA's ban on swearing.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Google was hit with two charges of breaching landmark EU rules on Wednesday, while Apple was ordered to help rivals connect with its iPhones and iPads, as Europe's antitrust regulators continued a crackdown against Big Tech.
YANGON: A total of 7,968 foreign nationals have been repatriated to their home countries in the past 30 days since the launch of a crackdown on human traffickers and illegal businesses in Shwe Kokko New City, the Border Guard Force (BGF) in Karen state announced on Friday (March 14).
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The leader of a Turkish nationalist party has said he was arrested and detained on political grounds as part of an opposition crackdown that contradicts the government's purported effort to boost democracy while ending a Kurdish militant insurgency.
KUALA LUMPUR: Some 4,168kg of subsidised cooking oil worth RM40,000 were seized with six men arrested in an alleged smuggling attempt.
PUTRAJAYA: The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry has inspected 308 premises and opened 99 investigation papers under Ops Campur, an enforcement operation targeting rice importers and packers over the issue of mixing imported and local rice.
The nation said it has forcefully cracked down on the fentanyl trade and condemned US President Donald Trump's tariffs, as the world's two largest economies remain at odds over the conditions for any talks to cool tensions.
(Reuters) -More than 1,000 people have been killed in two days of clashes between gunmen and security forces linked to Syria's new Islamist rulers and fighters from Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect in the country's coastal region, a war monitor said on Saturday.
BANGKOK: A total of 693 suspects were arrested during the nationwide police crackdown on e-cigarettes and laughing gas from February 26 to March 4, with confiscated items valued at over 42 million baht (US$1.25 million), the Royal Thai Police announced.
KOTA KINABALU: Residents in parts of Sabah say they have no choice but to install water pumps due to years of unreliable water supply, only to now face possible enforcement action under a new directive by the Sabah Water Department.
KUALA LUMPUR: The crackdown on illegal e-waste recycling operations must continue despite criticism directed at the Federal Government, say non-governmental organisations (NGO).
Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Phumtham Wechayachai urges foreign governments to repatriate nearly 7,000 detained foreigners in Myanmar after call-centre scam crackdowns, warning of a potential mass exodus if swift action is not taken.
A letter from JIM PUCKETT, Basel Action Network, and MAGESWARI SANGARALINGAM, Sahabat Alam Malaysia
