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Seven injured in Southern Philippines bus bombing

30 Dec 2012

A powerful bomb exploded on a passenger bus wounding at least seven people in the country’s south in an attack by suspected extortion gangs, according to Philippine police on Sunday.

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Boys 9, 10, sought by police over extortion

11 Jul 2012

Police are looking for two primary school pupils who are accused of extorting HK$1,500 from an eight-year-old schoolmate who stole from his grandmother to pay them.

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Loan sharks lure gambler to Macau with honey trap

1 Oct 2011

A casino loan-shark gang used a 'honey trap' racket to lure a Hong Kong man to Macau where he racked up gambling debts of HK$180,000 in a day, police revealed yesterday.

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Four suspected loan sharks held

12 Sep 2009

Police have arrested four men, aged between 20 and 42, who allegedly ran a loan-sharking syndicate that targeted gamblers with offers of free ferry tickets to Macau and discounted accommodation....

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Raids nab loan sharks charging victims 540pc

31 Jul 2009

A clerical worker who borrowed HK$8,000 from a loan shark in 2007 was told she still owed HK$70,000 even after making more than HK$40,000 in interest payments.

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Crackdown on loansharks after debtors tortured in Malaysia

4 Jun 2009

The horrific ordeal of three debtors who were chained to a wall, beaten and starved for two months has prompted a crackdown against illegal loansharks in Malaysia.

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Crackdown on loansharks after debtors found chained and tortured in Malaysia

The horrific ordeal of three debtors who were chained to a wall, beaten and starved for two months has prompted a crackdown against loansharks in Malaysia.

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In Brief

Holdup at boutique latest in spate of armed robberies

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Police smash HK$8m loansharking gang

Kwai Tsing district police have smashed an HK$8 million loansharking syndicate and arrested six men and four women.

More than 60 debtors have fallen prey to the gang, which has been...

1:31AM

Stand and deliver - it's the Beccle bouncers

At Operation Santa Claus we like to keep all fund-raising efforts strictly above board and legal.

But blackmail, extortion, trading on guilt and any other dodgy tactics are fine by us...

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Frantic debtors driven to suicide by tactics of illegal money lenders

Former Malaysian goldsmith S. Shanmuga lost his house, two cars and went into debt to stave off the threats of illegal money lenders. But he is one of the lucky ones.

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Special police team probes bomb threat

A special police team will investigate an extortion case in which at least one property company was threatened with a bomb attack.

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