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Authorities attempting to eliminate transnational criminals using Thailand as base of operations

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 2013 after some of them were found to have used Thailand as a base to commit crimes, bureau chief Panu Kerdlappol said.Harris Jay Vertlieb, a 53-year-old businessman, was nabbed on Jan 9 on Sukhumvit Soi 13 in Bangkok by immigration and Koh Samui police. Read Article

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China: man sells 100 million dollars of pirated high priced U.S. software

Mercurynews.com reported that Xiang Li was proud of his growing business, his lawyer said. From his home in central China, he prowled the Internet for sophisticated stolen American industrial software — products retailing for an average of $181,000 — and resold them to black market buyers in 61 countries from 2008 to 2011. Read Article

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Romania: Census Department employees under investigation for false passport scheme

Adrian Toma, secretary chief of the Census Register, died of heart attack when he heard his subordinates are under investigation for falsifying Romanian passports to citizens of Republic of Moldova.  About 50 officials are investigated for being involved in this scam. The passports were supposed to give these citizens access to Western Europe. Read Article 

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