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Temporary marriages in Indonesia spark outrage as rural women become $500 brides for foreign tourists

Temporary marriages in Indonesia spark outrage as rural women become $500 brides for foreign tourists

Poor young women in rural areas are becoming temporary wives to foreign male visitors, receiving a bride price in return, leading to online outrage.
Man jailed for selling girlfriend abroad for money

Man jailed for selling girlfriend abroad for money

Vietnamese man escapes from Golden Triangle scam gang, spends days on Mekong River

Vietnamese man escapes from Golden Triangle scam gang, spends days on Mekong River

Teenage girls sell minors to karaoke bars

Teenage girls sell minors to karaoke bars

Five females aged 15-19 have been taken into custody for selling two 12-year-old girls to karaoke bars in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.
August 13, 2024 | 03:30 am PT
Eight die from suffocation in refrigerated truck in China

Eight die from suffocation in refrigerated truck in China

Eight people died after suffocating in a refrigerated truck in central China's Henan province, investigators said.
June 16, 2024 | 08:01 pm PT
Man arrested for smuggling 19 people to Taiwan by fishing boat

Man arrested for smuggling 19 people to Taiwan by fishing boat

Police in the central Quang Tri Province have arrested a local man for illegally taking 19 Vietnamese to Taiwan by disguising them as fishermen.
May 5, 2024 | 09:26 pm PT
Southeast Asia human trafficking grows into $3-trillion global network: Interpol

Southeast Asia human trafficking grows into $3-trillion global network: Interpol

Organized crime rings who fueled an "explosion" of human trafficking and cyber scam centers during the pandemic have expanded from Southeast Asia into a global network making up to $3 trillion a year, the head of Interpol said on Wednesday.
March 28, 2024 | 06:58 pm PT
Karaoke waitress trafficked for refusing to drink with customer

Karaoke waitress trafficked for refusing to drink with customer

Four people in the Central Highlands' Dak Lak Province were arrested for trafficking a karaoke parlor waitress after she refused to drink beer with customers.
March 19, 2024 | 03:27 pm PT
Woman wanted for trafficking five people from Myanmar to Laos

Woman wanted for trafficking five people from Myanmar to Laos

Police in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai are looking for a local woman who tricked and trafficked five people from Myanmar to Laos and sold them to an online human trafficking ring.
January 22, 2024 | 03:34 pm PT
Police stop woman from selling sister to China in nick of time

Police stop woman from selling sister to China in nick of time

A woman in central Vietnam has been imprisoned for tricking her parents into selling her 13-year-old sister so that a Chinese man could marry her.
January 16, 2024 | 12:05 am PT
Ireland opens trafficking inquiry after 14 migrants including Vietnamese found in container

Ireland opens trafficking inquiry after 14 migrants including Vietnamese found in container

Irish police said Wednesday they have opened an investigation into human trafficking after 14 migrants were found inside a refrigerated shipping container in the southeastern port of Rosslare.
January 10, 2024 | 07:42 pm PT
Man poses as rescuer, extorts thousands of dollars from trafficking victims in Cambodia

Man poses as rescuer, extorts thousands of dollars from trafficking victims in Cambodia

A man in southern Binh Duong Province has been arrested after extorting money worth thousands of dollars from human trafficking victims in Cambodia that he promised to "rescue."
December 25, 2023 | 02:30 am PT
Trafficked woman home after 30 years in China

Trafficked woman home after 30 years in China

Little did Le Thi Phuong know that the day in 1993 she and her mother went “north for work” would be the beginning of the darkest days of her life.
December 24, 2023 | 09:02 pm PT
UK jails last gang member in Vietnamese truck tragedy

UK jails last gang member in Vietnamese truck tragedy

The final member of a people-smuggling gang linked to the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants found in the back of a truck in southeast England was jailed for seven years in the U.K. on Thursday.
November 30, 2023 | 06:51 pm PT
14-year-old girl sold off by employer for $1,500

14-year-old girl sold off by employer for $1,500

A 14-year-old girl in central Quang Nam Province was sold off for VND38 million ($1,567) by her employer at a karaoke parlor.
November 27, 2023 | 11:36 pm PT
Task force curbing traffic of newborns to China

Task force curbing traffic of newborns to China

Officials and police in a remote central Vietnamese district are working to prevent pregnant women from crossing the border and selling their newborns to Chinese buyers.
November 22, 2023 | 03:42 pm PT
China says ringleader in Myanmar telecom fraud committed suicide

China says ringleader in Myanmar telecom fraud committed suicide

The Myanmar ringleader of a gang engaged in telecom fraud killed himself while on the run from authorities in the southeast Asian nation, Chinese police said, as they intensify a crackdown on scams targeting their citizens.
November 17, 2023 | 04:05 am PT
France seeks 10 years jail for 4 accused in Vietnamese migrant truck tragedy

France seeks 10 years jail for 4 accused in Vietnamese migrant truck tragedy

Prosecutors called on Tuesday for jail terms of 10 years for four men accused of manslaughter over the death of 39 Vietnamese migrants found in a truck in England in 2019.
November 7, 2023 | 07:03 pm PT
Philippine police hunt for six kidnapped Chinese nationals

Philippine police hunt for six kidnapped Chinese nationals

Philippine authorities were trying to track the whereabouts of six Chinese nationals who were abducted in the capital region this week, police said on Thursday.
November 3, 2023 | 01:45 am PT
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