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Google is tracking you even when you say 'Don't'
Associated Press, Published on 14/08/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO: Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.
Alleged wildlife smuggling kingpin jailed
Associated Press, Published on 12/05/2018
» A court has sentenced a man believed to be a kingpin in the illicit wildlife trade to two years in prison for smuggling rhinoceros horns, according to an organisation that works with police to combat trafficking.
Brands say Alibaba punished them for refusing exclusivity
Associated Press, Published on 23/04/2018
» SHANGHAI: It was looking like a banner year for business in China. The US clothing company was expecting a 20% jump in online sales on Alibaba's Tmall, thanks to the e-commerce giant's massive reach.
Indonesia pulp giant tied to firms accused of fires
Associated Press, Published on 20/12/2017
» JAKARTA: Despite its denials, one of the world's biggest paper producers has extensive behind-the-scenes ties and significant influence over wood suppliers linked to fires and deforestation that have degraded Indonesia's stunning natural environment, The Associated Press has found.
African study: Ivory demand surges in Laos
Associated Press, Published on 29/09/2017
» JOHANNESBURG: A new report says the illegal sale of African ivory in Laos is surging even as neighbouring China phases out its own legal ivory market.
What drug-dealing 'darknet' sites have in common with eBay
Associated Press, Published on 21/07/2017
» NEW YORK -- AlphaBay, the now-shuttered online marketplace that authorities say traded in illegal drugs, firearms and counterfeit goods, wasn't all that different from any other e-commerce site, court documents show.
Canadian's suicide shut 'world's biggest darknet' drug site
Associated Press, Published on 21/07/2017
» PARIS - Two of the world's most notorious darknet marketplaces have been knocked out in a one-two punch that officials say yielded a trove of new intelligence about the drug merchants that operate out of the hidden corners of the internet.
Sex traffickers took hundreds from Thailand to US
Associated Press, Published on 26/05/2017
» MINNEAPOLIS -- Hundreds of women were brought from Thailand to the US and forced to be “modern day sex slaves”, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday that charges high-level members of what authorities called a sophisticated sex-trafficking ring that concealed millions of dollars in earnings.
Philippine police make more child cybersex arrests, rescues
Associated Press, Published on 12/05/2017
» MANILA -- Authorities in the Philippines have rescued four girls and arrested a mother and two other women for allegedly livestreaming sexually exploitative videos of children to men paying by the minute to watch from the United States.
Big child webcam sex bust in Philippines
Associated Press, Published on 09/05/2017
» MABALACAT, Philippines -- The suspected paedophile could see people banging on his front door through his security cameras. Were they neighbours? Cops?