26 h. ago US man who faked death and fled to UK gets at least 5 years for rape

An American who faked his own death and fled to Scotland to evade justice was sentenced Monday to five-years-to-life in prison for raping his ex-girlfriend 17 years ago. Nicholas Rossi, 38, who potentially could spend the rest of his days behind bars, went to great lengths to conceal his identity and flee after committing the rape in the western state of Utah in 2008, authorities said. State Judge Barry Lawrence pointed to this as an “aggravating factor” as he handed down the sentence in a Salt...

Events

4 d. ago Kidnapped, trapped, forced to scam: inside Cambodia’s Chinese

Rows of grey buildings with thick iron bars line the streets of Sihanoukville, about 250km (155 miles) southwest of Phnom Penh. Near the city’s Chinatown stands Cambodia’s largest so-called yuanqu – a slang term in Chinese criminal circles meaning “scam compound”, derived from yuanqu, or industrial estate. Inside these complexes, online crimes such as voice phishing and romance scams are part of daily life. Young people from South Korea and other countries are kidnapped or lured by Chinese-run...

Events

7 d. ago Singapore jails woman who stabbed husband to death in ‘rash’ scuffle

A woman who stabbed her husband in a scuffle at a void deck in Singapore, causing his death, was sentenced to a total of 31 months’ jail on Tuesday. Baniyah Shap, a 52-year-old Singaporean, was given the sentence for a variety of offences. She pleaded guilty to seven charges, three of which relate to the stabbing: a rash act causing death, possessing a foldable knife and perverting the course of justice by washing the knife after the stabbing and hiding it. The other four charges are unrelated...

Events

1 week ago Singapore executes Malaysian diamorphine trafficker Pannir Selvam

Singapore has executed 38-year-old Malaysian Pannir Selvam Pranthaman for smuggling drugs into the island republic in 2014. Singapore-based non-governmental organisation Transformative Justice Collective member Rocky Howe confirmed the execution on Wednesday. “Pannir Selvam has been executed this morning,” he said. He was convicted by the High Court on May 2, 2017, for importing not less than 51.84 grams of diamorphine into Singapore in 2014 and was sentenced to the mandatory death penalty. The...

Politics

2 w. ago Scam Compound Operators: Members of The Four Great Families sentenced to death in China

Scam Compound Operators: Members of The Four Great Families sentenced to death in China  Security Boulevard

Events

3 w. ago China Sentences 16 Members of Myanmar Crime Syndicate to Death Over Cyber Scams

China Sentences 16 Members of Myanmar Crime Syndicate to Death Over Cyber Scams  Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project | OCCRP

Events

3 w. ago China sentences 11 criminal gang leaders to death for scam operations

China sentences 11 criminal gang leaders to death for scam operations  The Washington Post

Events

3 w. ago China sentences 11 members of mafia family to DEATH over ‘scam factories’

China sentences 11 members of mafia family to DEATH over ‘scam factories’  The Sun

Events

3 w. ago Chinese court sentences 16 people linked to Myanmar crime family to death

A Chinese court sentenced 16 people linked to a notorious Myanmar-based telecoms fraud group to death on Monday for crimes including fraud, drug trafficking and prostitution. According to state broadcaster CCTV, prosecutors in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang found that since 2015 the Ming family crime gang had used its influence in Myanmar’s Kokang region to set up a number of “parks” and collude with financial backers to carry out criminal activities. Those activities – encompassing...

Events

3 w. ago China sentences former agri minister to death on corruption charges

China sentences former agri minister to death on corruption charges  Inquirer.net

Politics

3 w. ago China sentences former agriculture minister to death for taking $38m bribe

China sentences former agriculture minister to death for taking $38m bribe  TRT Français

Politics

3 w. ago China's former agriculture minister Tang Renjian gets suspended death sentence for bribery

China's former agriculture minister Tang Renjian gets suspended death sentence for bribery  CNA

Politics

3 w. ago China's former agriculture minister Tang Renjian sentenced to death with reprieve for bribery

China's former agriculture minister Tang Renjian sentenced to death with reprieve for bribery  Deccan Herald

Politics

3 w. ago China's former minister of agriculture sentenced to death with reprieve

China's former minister of agriculture sentenced to death with reprieve  ecns.cn

Politics