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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...

Top Laotian Times News Stories of 2022

The Laotian Times revisits the top news stories of the year 2022. With the country opening up after over two years following the Covid-19 pandemic,...

Lao Woman Fatally Shot by Police Officer in Champasack

A police officer in Pakse city, Champasack Province, shot and killed a Laotian-Vietnamese woman in her home on Tuesday. Lao Public Security magazine reports that...

Traffic Police to Enforce Strict Measures During New Year Period

Lao Security Facebook Page released a video on Monday, featuring the Head of the Traffic Police Department, General Police Department, and Ministry of Security,...

Three Nepali Women Rescued From Job Scams in Laos

Three Nepali women who fell victim to human trafficking returned home this month after having to work illegally in Laos for three months. The Nepali...

Lao Police Seize Over 1,000 Kg of Cannabis in Bolikhamxay

Police in Khamkeut District, Bolikhamxay province, apprehended a truck transporting over 1,000 kg of compressed cannabis last week. Bolikhamxay Security reports that residents in the...

Smuggled Tiger Cub Dies in Thailand

One of four tiger cubs rescued from a trafficking ring has died at the Office of Conservation Area 9 in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand. After performing...