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Eleven French nationals have been arrested in Thailand since summer for transporting cannabis, allegedly duped into acting as drug mules through fake holiday offers. French authorities are investigating the trafficking network.
Thai police are investigating the deaths of five people in Chonburi province—a Russian brother and sister and a three-person Thai family—allegedly killed by a gang posing as police officers. Two suspects are in custody; authorities are hunting two others.
The UN's International Organisation for Migration has flagged online scam centres as one of the world's fastest-growing trafficking operations, targeting educated job seekers across 80 countries and generating annual losses between US$88 billion and US$114 billion.
A gambling empire controlled by influential Cambodian businessman Lim Heng leased buildings to criminal syndicates running industrial-scale fraud and human trafficking operations from a casino compound near the Thai border.
Kelantan authorities have arrested a 29-year-old man during a vehicle pursuit in Kampung Pulau Panjang, recovering 400,000 sticks of suspected smuggled cigarettes valued at RM813,000.
Malaysian police have dismantled an organized World Cup betting operation in central Kuala Lumpur, detaining 11 suspects including six South Korean nationals. The raid targeted a sophisticated call centre in Taman Desa, Brickfields.