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Tag: extortion

Posted inAT Finance, Indonesia

Man lured by ‘widow’ bashed, robbed by gang

by Asia Times staff March 28, 2019February 18, 2020

A 21-year-old Indonesian man was beaten and robbed after being lured to house in Depok in West Java on Sunday by a woman on Facebook. The man, named Yogi, was lured to the home of Barbie Arlifsyani Botan, also 21, who told him she was a widow. The two agreed to meet at her residence, […]

Didi Chuxing. Photo: Flickr
Posted inChina

Didi adds customer service personnel to work with police

by Asia Times staff October 5, 2018February 18, 2020
Japanese police take gun control seriously. This regional police poster from Kagawa prefecture  urges, "Banish All Firearms!”
Posted inJapan, Northeast Asia, World

Japan’s gun control laws so strict the Yakuza turn to toy pistols

by Jake Adelstein December 7, 2017February 18, 2020
Photo: iStock / Getty
Posted inBeijing, China, World

Nerves on Canadian campuses after Chinese students burnt in scams

by Matt Moir November 29, 2017February 18, 2020
Chinese nationals (in orange vests) who were arrested over a suspected Internet scam are escorted by Chinese police before being deported at Phnom Penh International Airport on October 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Samrang Pring
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, South Asia, Taiwan

Cambodia deports 61 Chinese extortion scam suspects

by Reuters October 28, 2017February 18, 2020
Iqbal Ibrahim Kaskar, brother of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim. Photo: The Hindu
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Notorious Mumbai gangster’s younger brother arrested

by Asia Times staff September 19, 2017February 18, 2020
Delhi police are hunting a woman suspected of running a blackmail ring, after an MP was allegedly targeted. Photo: iStock
Posted inIndia, Middle East, South Asia

Woman ‘lures MP into extortion honeytrap’

by Asia Times staff May 1, 2017February 18, 2020

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