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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.
1 Chinese, 25 Vietnamese caught trying to enter Taiwan
Published on 20/03/2018
» TAIPEI: Taiwanese authorises said on Tuesday that one Chinese national and 25 more Vietnamese were detained the previous day on suspicion of attempting to enter Taiwan illegally.
Indonesian man rescued from human trafficking in Africa
Kyodo News, Published on 08/03/2018
» JAKARTA: The Indonesian government and a migrant labour union have managed to rescue a young Indonesian man who was trafficked to Africa to work on a Chinese fishing boat, with as many as 29 others possibly still be in danger, officials said Thursday.
Police boast of anti-trafficking achievements
News, Published on 22/01/2018
» Thai police boasted several achievements in fighting human trafficking last year, highlighting prosecution against wrongdoers including government officials.
Concurrent boat, fishing licences to ease owner woes
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 20/01/2018
» Fishing boat-owners will now be able to renew or apply for their boat and fishing licences at the same time, after the Marine Department and the Fisheries Department announced Friday the two licences will expire at the same time starting from this year.
Vietnamese fish poachers seized, crews arrested
Nujaree Raekrun, Published on 12/01/2018
» NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: Four Vietnamese trawlers were seized and 30 crew members arrested for fishing illegally in Thai waters off this southern province early on Friday.
Police arrest N. Korean fishing boat crew for theft
Published on 09/12/2017
» SAPPORO: Police in Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's main islands, said Saturday they had arrested three of the crew members of a North Korean fishing boat on suspicion of plundering a remote fishing hut.
4 bodies, likely from N. Korea, found along Japan coast
Kyodo News, Published on 04/12/2017
» TOKYO: Four bodies, suspected of being from North Korea, were found Monday along Japan's northern coast on the Sea of Japan, local authorities said.
13 dead after fishing boat capsizes off S. Korean coast
Kyodo News, Published on 03/12/2017
» Thirteen people were killed and two are missing after a fishing boat with 22 people aboard collided with a tanker and capsized off the west coast of South Korea on Sunday, local media quoted the coast guard as reporting.
12 missing after Chinese fishing vessel collides with tanker
Kyodo News, Published on 05/10/2017
» Twelve people are missing after a Chinese fishing vessel collided with a Hong Kong-flagged tanker on Thursday, some 400 kilometres north of the Oki Islands in western Japan.