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'Serpent' a huge TV draw
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 16/05/2021
» The Netflix limited series The Serpent has revisited the crime spree of conman and killer Charles Sobhraj who was linked to the unsolved murders of Western tourists on the so-called Hippie Trail of Southeast Asia in the early 1970s.
Cracking down on meth
News, Published on 06/10/2019
» The large hauls of drugs seized in Thailand, Australia and New Zealand earlier this year have renewed calls for crackdowns, which go beyond just those three countries.
Tracking Huawei: a years-long US espionage probe
Reuters, Published on 07/03/2019
» The surprise arrest of Huawei's chief financial officer in December quickly turned the executive, Meng Wanzhou, into a central figure in a trade war between two economic superpowers.
Detention of football player ‘historic test’
New York Times, Published on 01/02/2019
» The global sports market is worth hundreds of billions of dollars a year. Now, this powerful industry is coming together to promote an unlikely cause: human rights.
Hardline preacher finds refuge in Malaysia as extremism grows
Reuters, Published on 02/11/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR: When Zakir Naik emerged from a prominent Malaysian mosque last month fans swarmed about him, seeking selfies with the Indian Muslim televangelist whose hardline views have sparked a criminal investigation back in his home country.
Stopping trafficking movement in its tracks
Spectrum, Published on 26/02/2017
» The transnational crime plaguing Thailand in recent years is being treated seriously by authorities, says a government expert. Panitan Wattanayagorn, an adviser to Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwon, says the government is actively trying to fix these issues, placing special focus on fighting human trafficking crimes.
Trump 'troubled' by Manning commutation
Published on 19/01/2017
» WASHINGTON - The incoming Trump administration criticised President Barack Obama's commutation of the 35-year prison sentence for Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence analyst convicted of leaking classified material.
'Top online pirate' arrested in Poland, charged in US
AFP, Published on 21/07/2016
» WASHINGTON - A Ukrainian alleged to be the ringleader of the world's biggest online piracy site, Kickass Torrents, was hit with US criminal charges Wednesday, accused of distributing over $1 billion worth of illegally copied films, music and other content.
On the trail with the paedophile hunter
Spectrum, Published on 20/12/2015
» When he learned last month a convicted Australian paedophile was teaching at a school in Thailand, Glen Hulley had an important decision to make. The former Melbourne detective was in Manila negotiating an MOU with Philippines police and justice officials on how his NGO, Project Karma, would investigate paedophile cases involving foreign nationals and locals.
Football: What happened to the World Cup voters?
AFP, Published on 02/12/2015
» Five years ago on Wednesday, Fifa's executive committee chose Russia to host the 2018 World Cup and Qatar for 2022 in one of the most controversial votes in sporting history.