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Canada launches extradition of top Chinese executive to US
AFP, Published on 02/03/2019
» OTTAWA - Canada on Friday launched the extradition of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to the United States -- the latest move in a case that has roiled relations between the North American neighbors and China.
7,000 cryptocurrency laundering cases reported in Japan in 2018
Published on 28/02/2019
» Over 7,000 cases of suspected money laundering linked to cryptocurrency were reported to Japanese police in 2018, the National Police Agency said on Thursday.
Meth trade forges unlikely link between Rohingya and Myanmar soldiers
AFP, Published on 10/05/2018
» TEKNAF (BANGLADESH) - Huge quantities of meth are seeding unrest inside Bangladesh's refugee camps, as jobless Rohingya turn drug runners for a criminal chain that stretches back to Myanmar -- and the soldiers who drove them out.
Tom Petty died of 'accidental drug overdose'
Associated Press, Published on 20/01/2018
» NEW YORK: Tom Petty died last year because of an accidental drug overdose that his family said occurred on the same day he found out his hip was broken after performing dozens of shows with a less serious injury.
Singapore seeks to extradite Canadian 'bank robber' released from Thailand
Reuters, Published on 15/01/2018
» SINGAPORE: Singapore said on Monday it was seeking to extradite a Canadian man suspected of a rare bank robbery in the city-state, after he was detained by authorities in Britain last week.
Australia to mandate police access to encrypted messages
Kyodo News, Published on 14/07/2017
» SYDNEY -- The Australian government announced Friday it will introduce new laws that will compel social media companies like Google and Facebook help law enforcement access encrypted online messages from suspected terrorists and criminals.
Asean summit opens with concerns over threats to peace, stability
Published on 29/04/2017
» MANILA - Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) kicked off their summit on Saturday with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expressing concerns over threats to regional peace and stability, while also stressing the need to tackle pressing issues like drug trafficking and terrorism.
Japan to aid Manila 'war on drugs'
Kyodo News, Published on 13/01/2017
» MANILA - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged a 1 trillion yen ($8.7 billion) aid package, including government aid and private investment in infrastructural development in the Philippines over the next five years, as Japan moves to strengthen ties with a key nation in the Asia-Pacific region to counter China's growing maritime assertiveness and influence.
Inmates beheaded in Brazil jail riot, 60 dead
Published on 03/01/2017
» MANAUS, BRAZIL - Rioting inmates in Brazil decapitated and brutally assaulted their rivals, killing at least 60, when fighting erupted between two gangs at a prison in the Amazon region, officials said on Monday (Jan 2).
Inmates beheaded in Brazil jail riot, 60 dead
Published on 03/01/2017
» MANAUS, BRAZIL - Rioting inmates in Brazil decapitated and brutally assaulted their rivals, killing at least 60, when fighting erupted between two gangs at a prison in the Amazon region, officials said on Monday (Jan 2).