Thai authorities have uncovered a transnational network that exploited... the country’s civil registration system to fraudulently obtain citizenship, exposing deep-rooted corruption risks and links to large-scale financial crime. In a coordinated crackdown dubbed “Operation Reverse Dragon Scales,” anti-corruption agencies raided multiple locations in Bangkok’s Thon Buri area, including a district registration office, and arrested six suspects — among them a state official, two Chinese nationals and three Thai accomplices. The group is accused of forging birth certificates to grant Thai nationality to ineligible individuals, in a case investigators say is linked to a broader Chinese scam and money-laundering network. Link - Video - Raid on corrupt officials at a district registration office in Bangkok’s Thon Buri area. #Thailand #China #Corruption #Scammersshow more

A coordinated anti-illegal mining operation has led to the... arrest of several suspects, including two Chinese nationals, at Ntabanu and Nyameadom in the Ahafo Ano South West District of the Ashanti Region, as authorities dismantled an organised galamsey network operating in the area. The taskforce also seized multiple assets, comprising four vehicles and an excavator, following a rapid enforcement sweep that intercepted suspects attempting to flee mining sites where extensive environmental destruction ocurred, including pollution of the river mankran. [📸: Erastus Asare Donkor]show more

Inside Bangkok’s $27,000-a-Month Scam Mansion Thai immigration police raided... a luxury mansion in Bangkok’s Bang Bon district this week and found an alleged call-center operation targeting people in Japan. Four Japanese nationals were among 14 people detained. Police say Japanese members were making calls into Japan while others handled the operation. The scam allegedly started with someone posing as a delivery company and telling the target that an illegal parcel was linked to their name. The call would then be handed over to someone pretending to be Japanese police. Inside the mansion, officers found Japanese-language scripts, fake police uniforms and equipment used for the calls. One script reportedly told operators to type on a disconnected keyboard so victims would hear office noise in the background. The property itself was enormous, with more than 2,500 square meters of usable space and rent reportedly around $27,000 a month. Thai Immigration told TV Asahi that the Japanese police impersonation method was “the same system” seen in Poipet, although there is no confirmed link between this group and an operation in Cambodia.show more

JUST IN: Chinese anti-corruption officials raided the home of... senior Communist Party leader Zhang Qi and uncovered thousands of gold bars worth up to £520 million. They also found £30 billion in suspected bribes in his accounts. Zhang, a former top official in Hainan Province, has been sacked and is now under investigation for serious violations. This is why I keep asking for an audit into the gold at Fort Knox. I wonder how many U.S. officials have stacks of the gold at their homes.show more

Karen Julieth Ojeda Rodriguez, 23, known as "La Muñeca"... or "The Doll," has been arrested in connection with multiple gang-related murders in #Colombia. Authorities apprehended her in Barrancabermeja, where she is suspected of leading a feared network of hitmen linked to the Los de la M gang. Her arrest follows the ambush killing of her ex-boyfriend, Deyvy Jesus, who was shot while meeting her under the pretense of resolving a financial dispute During the operation, police captured Rodriguez along with two alleged accomplices and seized high-caliber weapons, including a revolver and a 9mm pistol. Rodriguez is accused of orchestrating murders that have instilled fear in the region, with law enforcement stating that her capture has brought a sense of calm to the area 🙏#TrueCrime Please share to spread awareness DISCLAIMER: The information shared is based on initial reports, may not be fully verified, & is presented as alleged. Details are subject to change as investigations proceedshow more

A Ransom Was Paid and Two Chinese Executives Were... Killed in Manila, the Suspect Fled to the USA Xia Ke Fu and his Chinese-American partner went to Manila in June 2024 for what they were told was a business deal. Their families paid 3 million RMB to get them back, and both were killed anyway, their bodies left in a ravine in Camarines Sur. On July 20 the man China calls the ringleader, named only as Liu, walked off a commercial flight at Beijing Capital Airport in handcuffs, repatriated from the United States. The Ministry of Public Security says Liu led a group that repeatedly kidnapped and killed Chinese nationals in the Philippines. He fled to the US after the 2024 killings. Beijing issued an Interpol Red Notice, shared evidence with US law enforcement, and the US arrested him in October 2024. MPS is presenting the handover as a product of the Xi-Trump summit and a China-US win against transnational crime. Xia was a marketing director at Suzhou RainMed Medical Technology; his partner held US citizenship, and a friend reported the kidnapping to the FBI's Los Angeles office. Philippine police named eight persons of interest in 2024, five foreigners and three Filipinos, but the man Beijing wanted was already in the US. MPS gave no charge against Liu and did not say under what legal mechanism the US sent him back.show more

A new war is approaching: Heavy fighting broke out... on the border between Thailand and Cambodia, — CNN. The Royal Cambodian Army shelled several Thai border towns with multiple rocket launchers. In response, Thailand closed its border with Cambodia because of these attacks. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said the shelling was in response to actions by the Thai army near temples in the provinces of Oddar Meanchey, Preah Vihear, and Ubon Ratchathani. At least one civilian was killed, and seven soldiers were injured by gunfire and artillery fire. Fighting was reported at six locations along the disputed border with northeastern Thailand. The Thai army said it carried out airstrikes on two Cambodian military installations. Relations between the two countries have escalated in recent months due to an armed conflict in territory claimed by both sides. The conflict is part of a decades-long border dispute, particularly over the Preah Vihear temple. Similar clashes occurred in 2008 and 2011.show more

Former Armenian president Robert Kocharyan and his son Sedrak... have been detained The former president was taken to the National Security Service. Early in the morning, security forces also searched the home of his other son, opposition MP Levon Kocharyan. Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Committee said the case is related to corruption. Kocharyan’s office called the developments another attack by the authorities. The detention came a day after a heated exchange between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Levon Kocharyan in parliament. Pashinyan threatened to strip the family of property that, according to him, was acquired illegally and should not be passed on to their children and grandchildren. Pashinyan had previously promised to return that property to the state and imprison the former president over the events of March 1, 2008.show more

Update: Person Detained in Seattle Festival Shooting New photos... are circulating that appear to show a young person being taken into custody by Seattle police following yesterday’s deadly shooting at the Bite of Seattle festival. Police have confirmed that one suspect is in custody and described the individual only as a “young person.” A second suspect remains at large. Officials have not released a name, age, or official photo. Three people were killed and four others injured, including a toddler, after gunfire broke out near the Space Needle on Sunday evening. Investigators believe the two individuals were shooting at each other. (Video: AI) Authorities say there is no ongoing threat to the public at this time. More details are expected as the investigation continues.show more

Happening Now 🚨 Anti-Drug Activist Philly Moloto Appears in... Court on Malicious Damage Charges Prominent Limpopo anti-drug, gangsterism and crime rehabilitation founder Philly Moloto (51) appeared in the Seshego Magistrate's Court today, Tuesday after his arrest on Monday. Moloto is facing two counts of malicious damage to property linked to incidents that allegedly occurred in the Seshego and Westenburg policing areas on 28 June 2026. Police allege the incidents involved the burning of a rehabilitation centre's signboard and a Toyota Hilux, with the fire spreading to a nearby house. The damage is estimated at about R800,000. He was arrested during an intelligence-driven operation at his home in Welgelegen, Polokwane, after investigators allegedly linked him to both incidents. Police say investigations are ongoing.show more

While President Zelenskyy is attending the World Economic Forum... in Davos, Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies continue to carry out high-profile raids and investigations into alleged large-scale corruption involving people who were once close to him. These include: - a former deputy head of the Presidential Office, suspected of money laundering involving approximately UAH 141 million (roughly $4 million at the time, depending on the exchange rate); - the former head of the State Border Guard Service, accused of facilitating or benefiting from closed military procurement tenders worth around UAH 100 billion during the ongoing war. While the investigations are still ongoing and no final verdicts have been issued, the emerging pattern is troubling: many of those implicated appear to have belonged to the president's inner circle or been closely associated with his former chief of staff.show more

❗️ UKRAINE DRONE BOMBS A BEACH full of CHILDREN... THE EXPLOSIVE Head was full of BALL BEARINGS and metal shards , intended for Human targets ! Six killed, 40 injured in Ukrainian drone strike on Russia’s Gelendzhik beach Authorities say a drone crashed onto a beach in the Russian resort city — killing six people, including three children In Gelendzhik, a Ukrainian drone deliberately crashed onto a beach where people were relaxing. According to preliminary information, six people, including three children, were killed. Another 47 were injured, and some of them were taken to hospitals in Gelendzhik, the Tuapse district, and Gorky Gorodok. . The attack was captured on video. The footage shows no signs of an uncontrolled crash. The drone approaches the shore and deliberately targets people. The attack is of a terrorist nature and is aimed at the civilian population.show more

Inside Kenya’s Multi-Million Smuggling Web: KRA Officials, Dual Citizen... in High-Stakes Tax Evasion Syndicate A major tax evasion and smuggling scandal is unfolding in Kenya, placing senior officials from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) under intense scrutiny alongside a Kenyan–US dual citizen accused of orchestrating a sophisticated contraband network that could expose deep-rooted weaknesses in the country’s customs enforcement systems. According to sources familiar with the investigation, detectives from Interpol have launched a probe into an elaborate scheme involving the importation and illegal clearance of goods into the Kenyan market. The operation allegedly exploited loopholes within customs systems and involved collusion with insiders, pointing to what investigators fear could be a well-organized cartel operating across borders. The mastermind, Peter Mwaniki Maina, is now on the police radar alongside his second wife, Stacy Wangari Njiri. Njiri is believed to be the key figure handling the local operations of the syndicate both have been advertising the company Arisilva logistics on different social media outlets. She reportedly resides along the posh Kiambu Road in a house allegedly purchased by Mr. Maina, from where authorities suspect coordination of logistics, storage, and distribution of the smuggled goods has been taking place. How the Scheme Allegedly Worked Investigations reveal that a suspicious container—number MAGU5438993 was cleared through the Compact Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Nairobi under questionable circumstances. The clearance is said to have been facilitated by senior KRA officials within the verification department, raising serious concerns about internal controls and possible compromise of key clearance procedures. However, in a dramatic twist, internal whistleblowers within KRA reportedly leaked the irregularities to the Commissioner General’s office. Acting swiftly, enforcement officers tracked and seized the container while it was being offloaded at Viken Thirty Industrial Park in Kamakis, Nairobi an operation that insiders describe as a “near miss” in stopping what could have been a massive circulation of contraband into the Kenyan economy. Authorities say the shipment, valued at millions of shillings, contained undeclared goods. Even more alarming are suspicions that the consignment may have included counterfeit products and possibly illicit substances, widening the scope of the investigation from tax evasion to potential public health and safety risks. A Growing Pattern of Smuggling Through Kenyan Ports This case highlights a broader and persistent challenge facing Kenya’s trade and border control systems. The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), particularly the Port of Mombasa, has long been identified as a critical entry point vulnerable to contraband smuggling despite increased surveillance and digitization efforts. Over the years, authorities have intercepted a wide range of illegal imports, including: * Counterfeit electronics and textiles flooding local markets and undermining legitimate businesses * Untaxed luxury goods falsely declared as household items to evade customs duties * Restricted pharmaceuticals and narcotics posing serious health and security threats * Vehicles imported under the “returning residents” scheme using falsified documentation Experts note that criminal networks often exploit tax exemptions, insider collusion, and weak verification mechanisms. In some cases, forged passports are used to falsely qualify for tax waivers, while bribery within clearance chains enables goods to pass undetected through official systems. The Alleged Mastermind At the center of the investigation is a Kenyan national with dual US citizenship, accused of running a highly coordinated smuggling ring with both international and local linkages. Detectives believe the suspect used fake identities and manipulated the “returning residents” tax exemption scheme to evade millions in taxes while maintaining a low profile behind legitimate-looking business operations. Authorities further allege that close associates, including Njiri, played a crucial role in logistics overseeing the deconsolidation, storage, and redistribution of goods into local markets. Social media platforms were also reportedly used to promote a logistics company linked to the network, helping to mask illicit operations under the guise of legitimate trade. A Potential Transnational Crime Case Investigators now believe the case could extend far beyond Kenya’s borders, describing it as a possible multinational smuggling syndicate with links to international supply chains. The involvement of Interpol signals the seriousness of the probe and raises the likelihood of coordinated cross-border arrests and asset tracing. If proven, the suspects could face serious charges under international law, including tax fraud, organized crime, and trafficking of illegal goods offenses that carry heavy penalties and could trigger extradition proceedings.show more

China has asked Japan to remind its citizens to... respect Chinese laws. That is the funny part. Japan loves performing “civilization” against Asian tourists. A Thai tourist eats instant noodles before paying? National scandal. Two Chinese tourists deliberately dance outside a convenience store early in the morning to avoid disturbing others? Moral collapse. An Asian traveler charges a phone in a public restroom? Civilizational crime. Chinese tourists buy strawberries with their own money but don't eat the stems? Public shaming. But two Japanese nationals are detained in China over rare-earth-related export violations? Suddenly it becomes “Chinese discrimination” and “bullying of Japanese people.” So this is Japan’s civilization: policing tourists over noodles, phones, videos, and strawberry stems — while its own citizens are caught violating Chinese law over strategic materials. Japan does not get to lecture Asia about manners while treating Chinese rare-earth products like something it can quietly steal. Respect the law. Or go back to your own cesspool.show more

🇨🇳🇹🇼 BREAKING | China has announced the launch of... a special naval operation against Taiwan 🟦 The operation simultaneously involves several maritime agencies, navigation, and rescue services. ▪️ “The purpose of the operation is to comprehensively exercise China’s jurisdiction in the field of maritime administrative law enforcement, strengthen the capabilities for patrolling the open sea and maintaining order, control movement in key waters, ensure the safety of maritime transport, and protect national interests,” — the publication quotes the statement of the Ministry of Transport of the People’s Republic of China. This announcement signals a significant escalation of Chinese pressure on Taiwan. Framing it as a “special naval operation” for law enforcement and jurisdiction allows Beijing to increase military activity around the island without formally declaring a blockade, while testing international reactions and Taiwan’s response. The involvement of multiple agencies suggests a coordinated, large-scale effort. Video is generated by grok AIshow more

♦️ICYMI♦️ Human Trafficking and Kidnapping Syndicate Dismantled A multi-disciplinary... operation led by the JMPD Tactical Response Unit (TRU) and other law enforcement partners successfully dismantled an inter-provincial human trafficking network operating between Limpopo and Gauteng. Intelligence revealed that the syndicate was trafficking Ethiopian nationals, relocating them across various sites within Johannesburg. Victims were transported from Makhado, Limpopo, in a white Hyundai Venue, then moved to a suspected holding site at 02 East Street, East Town. After sustained surveillance, officers executed a coordinated tactical raid, arresting three suspects and rescuing 58 victims found in deplorable conditions. Recovered items included a replica firearm, asylum documents, and multiple cellphones used in the operation. This successful takedown underscores the City’s unwavering commitment to combatting organized crime, protecting vulnerable individuals, and ensuring that Johannesburg remains safe for all. #NomakanjaniManjeNamhlanje #AskPublicSafetyMMCshow more

At 10:00 am (December 24, 2025), the Thai military... used T-50 fighter jets to drop four bombs into a civilian residential area deep into Cambodian sovereign territory in Banan district, Battambang province, along the route to Pailin Province, before continuing toward Chanthaburi Province. The T-50 is an aircraft manufactured in South Korea. So far, the Thai military has used three types of aircraft—made in the United States, Sweden, and South Korea—to carry out attacks on Cambodia.” Source: Footage from the school showing students running out of the school & Puy Kea. #CambodiaNeedsPeace #JusticeForCambodiashow more

Former City of Ekurhuleni city manager, Imogen Mashazi, says... she believes the State does not have a strong case against her, while suspended City of Ekurhuleni head of legal services, Kemi Behari, claims the case against them is a set-up. The pair, along with their co-accused, appeared in the Germiston Magistrate's Court after being arrested on Wednesday on charges including corruption and defeating the ends of justice. They were granted bail of R50,000 each. Tune in to #eNCA, channel #DStv403.show more