All news on the topic: Crackdown

Cambodian authorities have deported 156 Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in cyber scams. According to a Thursday statement by the General Department of Immigration (GDI), the group was also accused of being involved in illegal employment activities.

Shabana Mahmood pledged to “track down the vile rapists” behind the grooming gang scandal as she announced £100m in funding for police investigations.

In an unprecedented crackdown across the Middle East and North Africa, Interpol announced Monday that authorities have arrested 201 individuals linked to cross-border cybercrime networks.

Bogus barbers, sweet shops, and vape stores are being targeted in a fresh crackdown on both illegal working and serious criminal organizations using the high street as a front for criminal activity.

Nutella maker Ferrero has been raided by EU officials as part of an investigation into possible uncompetitive practices.

Ministers are reportedly working covertly with Labour MPs who are concerned about a proposed immigration crackdown.

Human rights groups warn of a climate of fear in Guinea-Bissau following military takeover and crackdown on critics

New data shows that over one-third of the 222,000 people ICE arrested in Trump’s first nine months had no criminal record, despite claims of targeting violent offenders.

Myanmar’s military has arrested 346 people during a raid on a scam center in the Shwe Kokko area along the country’s border with Thailand, the Ministry of Information stated Wednesday.

Georgia’s prime minister, Irakli Kobakhidze, has announced a sweeping crackdown on dissent, accusing demonstrators who tried to storm the presidential palace of aiming to topple his government and blaming the European Union for interference in his country.

North Korea’s security services have launched a harsh crackdown on women with ‘capitalist’ breast implants, according to sources.

A UK crackdown targets Balkan gangsters who used fraudulent Bosnian documents—only weeks after Bosnian journalists exposed the extent of the identity theft scheme.

Over the past year, thousands of UK companies have been removed from the Companies House register as part of a crackdown on corporate entities suspected of facilitating criminal activities in the UK and abroad.

Libya is continuing its crackdown on human trafficking gangs that torture migrants attempting to travel from Africa to Europe.

California leaders have sued President Donald Trump for deploying soldiers to deal with violent protests in Los Angeles, after he called for the governor to be arrested.

A relentless crackdown over the past 18 months has eradicated any semblance of independent media from authoritarian Azerbaijan.

New York’s proposed legislation equates private key fraud to PIN theft, aiming to protect crypto investors.

US authorities seized $26 million in illicit assets in the operation targeting Russian-linked Garantex crypto exchange.

Azerbaijani authorities have rearrested Toplum TV journalist Farid Ismayilov, accusing him of violating movement restrictions imposed following his March 2024 arrest during a sweeping crackdown on civil society.

Harley Sandoval, an evangelical pastor, real estate agent and mining entrepreneur, was arrested in July 2023 for illegally exporting 294 kilos of gold from Brazil’s Amazon to the United States, Dubai and Italy.

A new police unit has for the first time mapped the gangs targeting shops around the country to see where they’re operating.

A global police operation has shut down one of the largest illegal streaming services, used by millions worldwide.

Operation Serengeti, a joint effort with Afripol, the African Union’s police agency, took place from September 2 to October 31 across 19 African countries.