Law and Crime

Laos Seizes Major Drug Hauls, Arrests Over 4,000 in Six Months

Laos arrested 4,025 suspects in connection with 1,786 drug cases during the first six months of 2026 as authorities intensified a nationwide crackdown on narcotics, Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone told the National Assembly on 6 July. Laos has been stepping up in its anti-drug campaigns by targeting both domestic drug...

Laos Steps Up Illegal Mining Crackdown After Luang Prabang Gold Mining Cases

The Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce has ordered a nationwide crackdown on illegal...

Laos Arrests More Than 4,400 in Cybercrime Crackdown During First Half of 2026

Laos recorded more than 4,400 arrests linked to cybercrime, online scams, and illegal gambling...

Fire Incidents Cost Laos Over USD 14 Million in First Half of 2026

Fire incidents across Laos claimed eight lives and destroyed homes, businesses, and vehicles during...

Laos Seizes More Than 110 Kilograms of Suspected Wildlife Products in Luang Prabang

Lao authorities have seized more than 110 kilograms of suspected illegal wildlife products and...

Wanted Robber Steals Jewelry Worth Over USD 55,000 from Vientiane Store

A gunman who is believed to have robbed several jewelry stores in Vientiane Capital broke into yet another shop stealing numerous valuable gold items...

Three Missing People Found Dead Following Boat Capsizing Incident

Three Lao migrants who went missing after a boat capsized on the Mekong River in Khammouane's Thakek district on Tuesday were found dead on...

Thailand Cuts Power to Myanmar Border Towns’ Notorious Casinos, but They Keep Operating

BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai state enterprise that has been exporting electricity to neighboring Myanmar has cut off power to two border towns with...

Thai Police Arrest Two Men Trying to Smuggle Endangered Monkeys to Laos

Police in Udon Thani Province, Thailand apprehended two Thai men for attempting to smuggle 27 long-tailed crab-eating macaques to Laos. The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB)...

Three People Go Missing After Boat Capsizes in Thakhek

A boat carrying ten people overturned on Tuesday evening in the Mekong River in Thakhek district, Khammouane Province, leading to three individuals going missing. According...

Fatal Accident Kills Four Lao-Americans in United States

Virginia State Police responded to a call of an accident on 30 May along the I-81 Highway in North Montgomery, where investigations revealed three...