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Scientists just trained AI to spot hidden seahorses, shark fins, and sea cucumbers in airport X-ray scans, and the 86% to 96% detection rates could give customs officers a new way to catch marine wildlife smugglersWildlife traffickers hide marine species in luggage. Australian scientists created an AI system using 3D X-ray scans to find seahorses, sha...
Operation Octopus: Trapping the tentacles of India’s cyber fraud networkAmidst the alarming increase in cyber scams, the Hyderabad Police have initiated Operation Octopus, a mission aimed at dismantling the enti...
Cambodia approves draft law targeting cyberscammersThe draft law -- which aims to stamp out transnational cyberscam operations -- was approved during a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minis...
China executes 11 members of Myanmar-based scam syndicateChina has executed eleven members of a Myanmar-based crime syndicate. This group was responsible for the deaths of fourteen Chinese citizen...
CBI chargesheets 4 Chinese behind Rs 1,000 cr cyber crime racket; 111 shell companies unmaskedThe CBI has charged 17 individuals and 58 companies in a massive cyber fraud. Four Chinese nationals are among those accused. This network ...
China’s digital heist: How loan apps and crypto scams drained ₹28,000 crore from IndiaA detailed Enforcement Directorate report reveals Chinese nationals are behind most loan app and crypto scams in India, with Rs 28,000 cror...
South Korea targets Cambodia’s scam industry after kidnappings, torture and a deathWith a growing crisis at hand, South Korea is proactively seeking to repatriate its citizens from Cambodia, where an alarming number have f...
How a Tamil Nadu engineer ran cyber camps in Cambodia with Chinese help to dupe IndiansA mechanical engineer from Tamil Nadu, Vigneshwar Muruganandham, was arrested for his involvement in a Chinese cybercrime syndicate in Camb...
Criminal networks in Southeast Asia flourish in Telegram's 'underground markets': UNCriminal networks in Southeast Asia are using Telegram for large-scale illicit activities, says a UN report. The app allows trading of hack...
Whiff of Chinese crime syndicates in Northeast's drug problemIndia's northeastern states are witnessing an influx of drugs originating from Myanmar, linked to Chinese entities and insurgent groups lik...
Why is the Philippine mayor on the Run? Is there a Chinese connection?Mayor of Bamban Alice Guo is running from the law after she failed to show up for Senate hearings on offenses involving offshore gambling. ...
Indonesia arrests over 100 Taiwanese for alleged cyber fraudIndonesian police have arrested more than 100 Taiwanese at a villa in Bali over alleged cyber fraud, authorities said Friday. In 2018, Bali...
90,000 scams in 4 months: How Southeast Asia is becoming the next Jamtara; Fraudsters recruiting from Andhra, TN, OdishaIndia faces a surge in cyber fraud from Southeast Asia, surpassing domestic hotspots. Nearly half of the defrauded money comes from scams s...
Chinese syndicates to keep hurting India via loan app scams: Cyber expertChinese loan apps, operated by Chinese criminal syndicates and gangs, are causing significant financial losses in India. Pavan Duggal, a cy...
China crackdown on cyber scams in Southeast Asia nets thousands but leaves networks intactTens of thousands of people, mostly but not all Chinese, have become ensnared in cyber scam networks run by powerful Chinese criminal syndi...
Nepal PM likely to sign power pact with China during Sept tripNepal's Prime Minister Prachanda's visit to China in September could result in a power trading, according to sources in Kathmandu. A cross-...
Chinese as victims in Beijing-backed human trafficking hub in MyanmarShwe Kokko New City in southeast Myanmar’s Karen State has allegedly become a people-trafficking hub. The town, which is home to numerous C...
Arrest of Chinese tycoon in Thailand exposes dubious business model in India’s Eastern neighbourhoodThe notice also alleged that She – who heads a “criminal gang” – set up online gambling websites including Hongshulin, Yigou and Yiyou Inte...
Chinese criminal syndicates under guise of business ventures on the rise in SE AsiaSeveral Chinese syndicates are along the border between Cambodia and Thailand. The syndicates have taken advantage of COVID-19 which has re...
- MS probes to vanquish counterfeiters
Microsoft employs 75 investigators, lawyers, and analysts — many with experience in narcotics and Mafia cases — in nine labs around the wor...