As reported by Setimes.com countries in Southeast Europe intensified the struggle against smuggling and counterfeit consumer goods across country borders, paying special attention to falsely branded goods produced in some of the regional countries. Read Article
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As reported in Mumbaimirror.com the Mumbai Crime Branch and central intelligence agencies are investigating two south Mumbai residents for their suspected role in counterfeiting and funding terrorist activities. The police found fake currency in their possession when they arrested the two from a south-central Mumbai lodge on January 16. Read Article
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Bangkokpost.com reported that the arrest last week of a US national suspected of stealing cash and valuables from a resort marked the start of an ambitious campaign by immigration police to crack down on transnational criminals this year. The Immigration Bureau has declared it will weed out as many transnational criminals as it can in [...]
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According to securitywatch.pcmag.com, While the global nature of cyber-crime means the criminals can be anywhere, we tend to think of Eastern Europe and Russia as the hotbed of criminal activity. Trend Micro believes criminals will increasingly shift their operations over to Africa in 2013. “Africa will become a new safe harbor for cybercriminals,” Raimund Genes, [...]
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BBC.CO.UK reported that Sweden has issued international arrest warrants for two Britons suspected of illegally importing 10m euros (£8m) worth of garlic into the EU via Norway. Why would criminals do that? Swedish state prosecutors claim to have cracked one of Europe’s more seemingly strange, if lucrative, smuggling rings. They say two British men are [...]
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According to belfasttelegraph.co.uk, thousands of British people have fallen victim to a multimillion-pound Indian call center and internet fraud. Investigators believe the number of Britons deceived by the scam, up to 60,000, makes it one of the biggest such crimes carried out in the UK from abroad, the Daily Mail reported. Read Article
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The summer shopping spree for bicycle thieves in Ocean City has begun — and as usual, they’re choosing from a wide selection of unlocked bicycles and unlocked garages. The increase in stolen bicycles is typical for this time of year with more visitors and more bicycles in town. The crimes are often made easy by [...]
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Victor Teodorescu attorney from Brasov, RO was sentenced to 25 years in prison for paying Ervin Victor Presmereanu to murder his wife. The motive behind the murder was a sum of 150,000 EU insurance money. The victim, Violeta Teodorescu was stabbed to death on March 29, 2011. The murderer, Presmereanu received a 16 year sentence. [...]
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Thailandnews.co reported, Chon Buri police arrested a Lithuanian man for allegedly forging credit cards, with his gang being suspected of having caused Bt10 million in losses.Police said the suspect, Antanas Chmieliauskas, 24, was a member of the gang, which used fake credit cards to buy goods, especially gold ornaments from gold shops in Pattaya. Read [...]
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Five Philippine policemen forced a German tourist to buy them laptop computers by threatening him with false drug and terrorism charges, a police chief said yesterday. The incident, which took place in Manila’s upscale financial district of Makati, is the latest embarrassment for the country’s police force. Read Article
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