Criminal

Thursday, February 16 was the first time in six years that South Korea has referred to North Korea as its “enemy” and reported an increase in Pyongyang’s stockpile of weapons-grade plutonium. The yearly white paper provides a peek of the secretive North’s expanding nuclear and conventional military arsenals. The North Korean dictatorship and military were referred to as “our adversary” …

Friday, investigating sources said that a guy accused of orchestrating a spate of thefts throughout Japan from the Philippines also reportedly committed fraud remotely from Thailand. Yuki Watanabe, 38, and another suspected senior member of the organization, Tomonobu Kojima, 45, were deported to Japan from the Philippines this week and turned over to prosecutors on Friday. One of the robberies …

Mr. Mehrtens, age 37, was kidnapped after the plane he was flying in, which also contained five other people, was ambushed shortly after landing in the isolated mountainous region of Nduga. According to his captors, the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), he is “safe.” This information was provided to BBC Indonesian. On the other hand, they claim that they …

In 2022, Singaporean scam victims lost a total of $660,7 million, up from $632 million in 2021. In the past two years, according to the numbers revealed by the police on Wednesday, almost $1.3 billion was lost to fraud. Contrary to popular opinion, scam victims were not predominantly old. More than 53 percent of victims of fraud were between the …

Monday, February 6 in the Edinburgh High Court, a jury convicted Andrew Innes, 52, guilty of murdering Bennylyn Burke, 25, and her 2-year-old daughter, Jellica. He has been condemned to life in jail and will not be eligible for parole until he has served at least 36 years. Innes struck Bennylyn in the head many times with a hammer and …

Hours after intercepting a rocket fired from Gaza and in response to U.S. calls for a cessation of the rising violence in Israel and the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military claimed to have attacked Gaza in the early hours of Thursday, February 2. No initial reports of significant casualties were received. In reaction to Wednesday’s missile launch, the military …

Thursday, January 26th, Haitian police officers barricaded roadways and forced their way into the country’s main airport to protest the recent murder of policemen by armed gangs strengthening their control over the Caribbean nation. According to a Reuters witness, protesters in civilian attire who disguised themselves as police stormed the official house of Prime Minister Ariel Henry before flooding the …

A Senate investigation on January 25 found that an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who said he was trafficked to Cambodia to work for a cryptocurrency fraud enterprise was provided authentic paperwork from the Philippine government that permitted him to fly to the questionable employment opportunity abroad. During a joint hearing of the Senate committees on women, children, family relations and …

Overseas Filipino worker (OFW) rights organization Migrante Philippines demanded justice for the killing of 35-year-old Filipino domestic worker Jullebee Ranara, who was discovered dead in Kuwait on January 24. The charred bones of Ranara were discovered in the desert, Kuwaiti media reported on January 22. Tuesday, Migrant Workers Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople told DZBB that the suspect, the 17-year-old son …

The Supreme Court (SC) found in favor of five riders who claimed their employer, Lazada, fired them unjustly in 2017. In a decision issued on September 21, 2022, but released to the media on January 20, 2023, the Supreme Court challenged the rulings of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) and the Court of Appeals, which concluded that there was …