Laos recorded more than 4,400 arrests linked to cybercrime, online scams, and illegal gambling operations during the first six months of 2026, according to figures presented by Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone at the ongoing Extraordinary Session of the National Assembly on 6 July.
Speaking to lawmakers, Sonexay said authorities carried...
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The Lao government has officially ended the use of administrative fines for crimes involving natural resources, replacing them with criminal prosecution.
The Office of the...
Lao and Vietnamese police have arrested 59 Vietnamese nationals involved in a high-tech fraud ring based in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in...
AFP - The Trump administration on 16 July announced the third-country deportation from the United States of five "criminal illegal aliens" to the small...