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Autopsy results confirm a 17-year-old Thai girl discovered in a suitcase in Pattaya died of suffocation. An Australian man has been charged with her murder following her discovery in June.
The son of a Philippine town mayor has been added to the FBI's Most Wanted Fraudsters list following allegations of orchestrating a US$650 million Ponzi scheme that victimised approximately 2,000 investors across multiple US states.
Police confirm 14 Malaysians have been arrested in foreign countries since January on suspicion of involvement in drug smuggling activities, with international airports identified as key transit points.
Thai authorities are investigating the deaths of five people in Chonburi province—a pair of Russian siblings and a Thai family of three—allegedly killed by suspects posing as police officers. Two men are in custody while police search for two others.
Penang police arrested eight foreign nationals accused of operating a sophisticated online travel fraud ring from a luxury condominium, allegedly defrauding victims in China and Taiwan with fake Japan holiday packages.
Indonesia's Forestry Ministry has arrested a suspected member of an international pangolin trafficking network in Semarang, Central Java, following investigations into major smuggling operations uncovered in recent months.
A foreign suspect at the centre of an alleged extortion scheme involving 12 Kuala Lumpur police officers has been arrested along with two female accomplices from Thailand and China for passport violations.
A foreign national who filed a police complaint alleging extortion by individuals posing as officers has become the subject of investigation after Interpol confirmed he is wanted in China over a separate fraud case.
Malaysian law enforcement has documented 180 citizens detained overseas for alleged drug courier activities since early 2024, with the majority reportedly recruited through deceptive employment offers.
Argentina's football association has denied that its president Claudio Tapia and treasurer Pablo Toviggino were summoned by US courts, despite media reports of an FBI detention at JFK Airport.
Authorities in Kuantan have dismantled an international scam operation that preyed on American victims, apprehending 16 suspects including 14 foreign nationals engaged in fraudulent telephone schemes.
An Indian tourist has been sentenced to two years and two months in jail for orchestrating the theft of a S$200,000 diamond from a Singapore Chinatown jewellery store, where his partner used a counterfeit stone in an elaborate swap scheme.
Thai police have launched a manhunt for a woman identified as Chantra, known online as RoseRose, who allegedly orchestrated a transnational heroin smuggling operation concealing drugs in elephant-print bags before recruiting an air hostess to transport them to Australia.
Thai police have arrested a man alleged to be a key intermediary in a drug smuggling network that used a flight attendant to transport heroin to Australia. The case reveals a sophisticated distribution operation with multiple layers of coordination.