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Law and Crime

Cambodia’s ‘Prince Group’ Accused of Global Cybercrime with Links to Laos

Laotian Times/AFP - On 14 October, US authorities unsealed an indictment against Chen Zhi, a UK-Cambodian businessman accused of running forced labor camps in Cambodia where trafficked workers carried out cryptocurrency fraud schemes that netted billions of dollars. The 37-year-old, known as Vincent, founded Prince Holding Group, a multinational conglomerate...

Laos Burns Massive Drug Hauls to Mark National Anti-Drug Day

Authorities in several provinces across Laos have destroyed significant quantities of confiscated narcotics in...

Bolikhamxay Police Arrests Two Women for Producing, Selling Drug-Laced Collagen, Coffee

On 23 September, police in Khamkeut District, Bolikhamxay Province, arrested two women for possessing...

Savannakhet Urges Tax Payment on Illegally Imported Vehicles

Savannakhet Provincial Customs has announced that owners of illegally imported or undocumented vehicles must...

Ministry of Public Security Issues Nationwide Warning on Online Scams

On 30 September, the Ministry of Public Security issued a nationwide notice warning the...

Fake Scholarship Scams Target Lao Students on Social Media

Social media users in Laos have raised concerns about a surge in suspicious scholarship advertisements that target students aspiring to study abroad, particularly in...

Laos Reports Fewer Road Accidents in May

Laos recorded a decline in road accidents in May, with incidents dropping from 734 in April to 532 nationwide. Despite the decrease, the accidents...

Regional Operation Disrupts USD 20 Million Transnational Scam Syndicates, Thousands of Bank Accounts Frozen

Authorities across Asia have arrested more than 1,800 individuals as part of a sweeping operation targeting transnational scam networks, according to the Hong Kong...

Fake Facebook News Pages in Laos Mimic Real Media to Lure Victims in Online Scams

At first glance, everything looks real, the familiar logo, the breaking news post, the comments from local readers. But behind the page isn’t a...

5.8 Kg Heroin Seized at Wattay International Airport Adds to 134 Kg Narcotics Seized in May

Lao authorities seized 5.8 kilograms of heroin on 29 May, concealed within aluminum-lined blankets inside two travel bags during a routine inspection that led...

Man Confesses to Teen Murder Driven by Obsession, Case Sent to Prosecutor

Attapeu authorities brought a 40-year-old man to the scene of a crime he allegedly committed in February, where he is accused of murdering his...