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Crime news including the latest on murder cases, the hunt for serial killers, triads, court cases and trials, shootings, burglary, armed robbery and corruption.
Three serious Hong Kong government breaches in a week are an embarrassment and highlight need for public and private sectors to eliminate latest risks.
Heartbreaking case of alleged child abuse by nanny from city neighbourhood scheme raises questions about screening, instruction and assessment.
Automatic right to screens in Hong Kong courts that spare complainants from having to face the accused would encourage victims of crime to come forward, and enhance justice.
While authorities should promote safe internet practices for the young and vulnerable, parents can strengthen the first line of defence by staying vigilant about their children’s online activities.
Care, detailed legislation and regulation are required when employing technology that may prove effective in catching criminals.
India’s intelligence activities have led to accusations against the Research and Analysis Wing by countries such as the UK, Pakistan and Canada.
Customs officers say three arrested after cannabis found in container from Thailand, but drugs delivered to warehouse for collection in sting operation.
Alice Leal Guo, mayor of small town Bamban, was unable to provide details about her early life and background during a senate hearing.
Two brothers were arrested on US charges that they carried out a cutting-edge scheme to exploit the Ethereum blockchain’s integrity and steal cryptocurrency, in what prosecutors called a first-of-its-kind caper.
The UK says its national security legislation is designed to cover areas such as espionage, sabotage, working for foreign powers, and terrorism, and introduces new offences.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was being treated in intensive care after he was shot five times in what the government called a politically motivated assassination attempt.
Robert Fico returned as PM of Slovakia, which is a member of the EU and Nato, for the fourth time last year after shifting political gears to appeal to a changing electorate.
Hong Kong’s loose visa requirements and lack of espionage laws before 2024 allowed city to become ideal location for collecting and exchanging sensitive information.
Man alleged by police to have fled empty-handed from shop raid and used taxi to flee scene before robbing driver.
A rights group in Mexico, launched by sex workers, is seeking the decriminalisation of sex work, its formal recognition as a job, access to social security for those working online and in person.
A court sentenced Tommy Soh Han Xuen, who was sacked for stealing mobile phones belonging to a vendor of the company, to six months and six weeks in jail.
Yeung Lam-lung, 59, detained by Polish authorities at international airport, Interpol told Hong Kong’s ICAC.
Suspects allegedly showed man stacks of hell banknotes and persuaded him to transfer about HK$1 million worth of USDT to cryptocurrency wallet provided by them.
Hong Kong’s market regulator has warned the public to beware of a suspected investment scam in which fraudsters claim they are trying to raise the funds to relaunch one of the city’s iconic nightclubs.
The former fixer’s own insult’s about his ex-boss – ‘Dictator douchebag’, ‘Cheeto-dusted cartoon villain’ – were used to paint him as a disgruntled turncoat.
The former adult film star was ‘paralysed with fear’ before giving testimony on her alleged sexual encounter with Trump in 2006.
French police were hunting for a group of gunmen who killed two prison officers in an attack at a motorway toll that freed a convict known as ‘The Fly’.
Project funded by the Committee of 100 and The Asian American Foundation gathers incident submissions from victims amid high concern over harassment.
Embassy in London says Beijing has lodged stern representations with Britain over case involving worker with Hong Kong trade promotion office and two others.
Those convicted of serious offences including endangering national security, ill-treating a child, rape or murder, can be permanently removed by social work regulator.
UK foreign secretary summons Chinese ambassador Zheng Zeguang to meeting after three men, including a Hong Kong trade office official, arrested in London on spying charges.
Wong Chun-keung says he agreed to all the prosecution’s allegations, which he now concedes had false information, because he wanted his sentence reduced.
Criminals withdrew cash from stooge accounts and used it to buy virtual currencies at local over-the-counter outlets in a bid to conceal flow of money, police say.
Three contractors were charged for allegedly stealing over US$1.6 million worth of metal cables as they tried to cash in on a profitable black market for the commodity.
A student from China who was lured to Thailand from Australia by a kidnap gang who threatened to force her into pornographic films, and even to sell her internal organs if her family failed to pay a ransom demand, has been found safe and well.
David McBride’s leaks to the media led to revelations about Australian soldiers’ involvement in the illegal killings of unarmed Afghan men and children.
US Senator Bob Menendez went on trial in Manhattan federal court, accused of accepting bribes of gold and cash to use his influence to deliver favours that would help three New Jersey businessmen.
Donald Trump’s one-time fixer and the star prosecution witness at the former president’s criminal trial testified how the then-Republican candidate directed him to pay a porn actress to bury revelations of an alleged tryst.
Trio alleged to have gathered information, carried out surveillance and forced entry into residential address in United Kingdom.