News about crime

Malaysia seizes methamphetamine disguised as tea Malaysian authorities have seized nearly 50 kilograms (around 100 pounds) of methamphetamine disguised as Chinese tea at Kuala Lumpur's main airport.

14 July 2013 11:00

Kazakhstan students' trial in Boston postponed A new deadline for the trial over Kazakhstan students accused of conspiring to destroy evidences in the Boston bombings case has been set to August.

12 July 2013 13:18

Hong Kong fortune teller appeals Nina Wang will conviction A former Hong Kong fortune teller has filed an appeal against his 12-year jail term for forging the will of late billionaire Nina Wang in a bid to steal her fortune.

11 July 2013 17:16

Japan mob publishes magazine for gangsters: reports Japan's biggest yakuza organised crime group has published a magazine for its members that includes a poetry page and senior gangsters' fishing diaries.

10 July 2013 13:52

Kazakhstan and China exchange economic crime suspects Kazakhstan and China have exchanged two economic crime suspects.

10 July 2013 00:20

Ablyazov holds two fake Kyrgyz passports Former head of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov who fled Kazakhstan to avoid justice illegally obtained two Kyrgyzstan passports registered to another persons names.

09 July 2013 23:52

Elderly shoplifters outstrip teenagers in Tokyo The number of elderly people caught shoplifting in Japan's capital city has outstripped that of teenagers for the first time since records began.

08 July 2013 10:39

Ex-fortune teller jailed for forging will in Hong Kong A Hong Kong court Friday sentenced a former fortune teller who claimed to be the lover of late billionaire Nina Wang to 12 years in jail after finding him guilty of forging her will.

05 July 2013 19:36

Kazakhstan journalists attacked in Lebanon A camera crew of Channel 1 Eurasia has been attacked in Beirut, Lebanon during shooting of a movie about the Arab Spring.

02 July 2013 01:06

Oil trafficking funds Kazakhstan's religious extremists Illicit trafficking in oil and oil products fuels Kazakhstan's shadow economy and provides funding to organized criminal groups, including radical religious movements: official.

01 July 2013 22:53

Clashes erupt in Tripoli, bomb kills Libya army officer Fighting erupted in Tripoli when gunmen tried to free comrades seized by ex-rebels, and an army officer was assassinated in Benghazi.

27 June 2013 17:29

US makes major bust of global synthetic drug ring US officials announced the largest-ever bust of a global synthetic drugs ring Wednesday, seizing thousands of pounds of illicit drugs and arresting 225 people in five countries and 35 US states.

27 June 2013 14:05

US fines 'Hezbollah' bank $102 mn for laundering A Lebanese bank accused of laundering money from drugs and other operations for clients tied to Hezbollah militants agreed Tuesday to pay US authorities $102 million to settle the charges.

26 June 2013 15:01

Human trafficking more frequent in Kazakhstan We have been registering a growth in the number of crimes related to human trafficking from year to year: official.

25 June 2013 19:11

Cambodian ex-governor sentenced over protest shooting A Cambodian court sentenced a former governor to 18 months in prison for shooting three female workers at a factory supplying sportswear giant Puma.

25 June 2013 18:39

Most of children raised in Kazakhstan orphanages turn to prostitution or crime 70 percent of the boys raised in the system end up in jail and 60 percent of girls turn to prostitution: Dariga Nazarbayeva.

24 June 2013 19:02

Atyrau citizen raised her son a suicide bomber Atyrau citizen was sentenced to 7 years in jail for beating up her step son in an attempt to make him a suicide bomber.

24 June 2013 18:25

British killer found in Australia after 15 years on the run A British man who killed his aunt by stabbing her 70 times and who has been on the run for 15 years after escaping from prison in England has been arrested in an Australian town.

24 June 2013 10:56

Ablyazov may be in France: media Kazoravda analyzed German and Austrian media that performed their own investigations over exile Kazakhstan tycoon.

19 June 2013 16:44

Abducted border control service captain in Almaty hospital The abducted National Security Committee border control service captain has been delivered to one of Almaty hospitals.

19 June 2013 15:32

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