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Upstart gangsters shake Japan's yakuza
AFP, Published on 19/12/2025
» TOKYO - When Takanori Kuzuoka began climbing the criminal career ladder, he didn't fancy joining Japan's old-school yakuza, with their tattoos, rigid hierarchy and codes of honour.
David vs Goliath: Inside the legal battle to help Trump's deportees in El Salvador
AFP, Published on 16/07/2025
» SANTA TECLA — A small group of overstretched and outmatched lawyers is fighting for the rights of men deported by the Trump administration and held in a notorious Salvadoran prison -- a David vs Goliath battle that may end up in international courts.
Trump official visits El Salvador mega-jail housing deportees
AFP, Published on 27/03/2025
» SAN SALVADOR - US President Donald Trump’s homeland security chief on Wednesday visited the mega-prison in El Salvador where hundreds of Venezuelan migrants have been deported under contested legal grounds.
Trump veers towards courts clash over migrant flights
AFP, Published on 18/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump barreled towards a showdown with the courts Monday after his administration expelled alleged members of a Venezuelan gang under little-used, centuries-old wartime legislation.
Asean still needs detail on China offer to help combat scams in SE Asia
Online Reporters, Published on 19/01/2025
» Talks between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China to crack down on online scams need detail as the proposal from Beijing was still in an early stage, Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa said on Saturday.
French actor Alain Delon dies aged 88, French media report
Reuters, Published on 18/08/2024
» PARIS: French actor Alain Delon, who melted the hearts of millions of film fans whether playing a murderer, hoodlum or hitman in his postwar heyday, has died, French media reported on Sunday. He was 88.
Prigozhin death: more questions than answers
AFP, Published on 24/08/2023
» PARIS: The exact circumstances of the death of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin remained unclear on Thursday, although most experts believe it marks President Vladimir Putin’s vengeance for his short-lived rebellion in June.
Inside El Salvador's mega-prison holding 12,000 alleged gangsters
AFP, Published on 23/08/2023
» TECOLUCA (EL SALVADOR) - Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's relentless war on gangs is steadily filling the cellblocks of a massive prison that may be Latin America's largest.
Cambodian PM ditches Facebook for Telegram
Reuters, Published on 29/06/2023
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has stopped using Facebook to communicate with the public in favour of Telegram, switching to what he called a “better” application, as he faces a suspension from the world’s biggest social media platform.
Drug kingpin trial 'ultimate test' for Dutch rule of law
AFP, Published on 21/12/2022
» AMSTERDAM - With shootings and threats against a princess and the prime minister it sounds like a crime drama, but for the Dutch the growing menace from drug cartels is all too real.