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Fugitive businessman 'Fat Leonard' to seek asylum in Venezuela -reports

CARACAS - A fugitive Malaysian businessman nicknamed 'Fat Leonard' who is at the center of a major U.S. Navy bribery scandal wants to seek political asylum in Venezuela after being detained in the country last week, local media said Monday.

Reuters

Global manhunt begins for crypto boss Do Kwon after stablecoin loses $45 billion in value

South Korea’s special financial crimes unit began an investigation into Kwon’s Terra after a group of five investors filed criminal complaints

Evening Standard

Interpol issues red notice for Terra crypto founder: Seoul

Interpol has issued a red notice for a South Korean cryptocurrency founder who is accused of fraud over the company's $40 billion collapse, prosecutors said Monday.

Bangkok Post

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CBI launches 'Op Meghachakra' against online child sexual abuse in 20 states and UTs

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday launched 'Operation Meghchakra', in 20 states and UTs, across the country, against the circulation and sharing of child sexual abuse material online. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Model who criticized Myanmar's military fears repatriation

A model from Myanmar denounced her country’s military rulers last year from the stage of a beauty pageant in Thailand

The Independent UK

‘Fat Leonard’ arrested in Venezuela, ending 16 days on the run

Leonard Glenn Francis, the Malaysian defense contractor known as “Fat Leonard” who fled home arrest in San Diego earlier this month, was arrested Tuesday morning in Venezuela as he attempted to board an airplane at the Caracas international airport, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.

Tribune News Service

Thailand bars anti-junta Myanmar model

A Myanmar model and beauty pageant contestant who took refuge in Thailand after speaking out against the military coup in her homeland has been denied entry after a trip abroad and detained at Suvarnabhumi airport, immigration authorities said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

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Thailand denies entry to model who denounced Myanmar junta in pageant speech

A Myanmar model who took refuge in Thailand after speaking out against a military coup in her homeland has been blocked from returning to Bangkok, Thai authorities said on Thursday, over what her manager said was an Interpol notice.

Reuters

Venezuela arrests 'Fat Leonard' contractor in U.S. Navy bribery case

Venezuelan police have arrested a fugitive Malaysian businessman nicknamed 'Fat Leonard' who is at the centre of a major U.S. Navy bribery scandal, as he prepared to leave the country for Russia, Venezuelan Interpol said.

Reuters

‘Fat Leonard’ nabbed in Venezuela after fleeing US Navy trial

Leonard Glenn Francis fled the US earlier this month ahead of sentencing for his role in a massive bribery scandal.

Al Jazeera

S. Korea requests Interpol's help in Terraform Labs probe

South Korean prosecutors have asked Interpol to issue a fugitive alert for the founder of Terraform Labs as they investigate a $40 billion crash of the firm’s cryptocurrency that devastated retail investors around the world

The Independent UK

South Korea asks Interpol to prevent Terra founder from fleeing extradition

Do Kwon denied he was ‘on the run’ as cryptocurrency sector slides in wake of ethereum merge

The Guardian - UK

New Zealand ‘suitcase’ murders: South Korea suspect denies charges

The 42-year-old, whose name is suppressed, tells reporters outside police station: ‘I didn’t do it’

The Guardian - AU

FAI issues statement following match-fixing arrests around League of Ireland games

Today’s three arrests - from the Dublin and Eastern regions - bring the total number arrested as part of Operation Brookweed to 14

Irish Mirror

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Dublin Live

Two men arrested in Dublin following alleged match-fixing investigation in the League of Ireland

Today's garda operation was aided by INTERPOL officers from their Match-Fixing Task Force who travelled from Lyon, France

Irish Mirror

Gardai arrest three people in relation to alleged match-fixing at League of Ireland games

The arrests were made as part of the ongoing work of Operation Brookweed

Irish Mirror

Irishwoman missing in Portugal as family 'fear the worst' and plead with gardai for help

Exclusive:Jean’s sister Leona claims that Portuguese police are keeping the family in the dark about the probe into her disappearance – and they have no idea what steps they have taken to search for her.

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Former crypto CEO faces potential 40,000-year sentence in Turkish jail

Faruk Özer disappeared in April 2021 after shutting down Thodex, an Istanbul-based crypto platform, and absconding with millions of dollars in investor money.

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Reuters

Fugitive Turkish crypto fraud suspect arrested in Albania resort

Albanian police on Tuesday arrested the fugitive Turkish founder of crypto-exchange Thodex, wanted by Interpol for suspected crypto fraud and at large for a year, police and media said.

Reuters

Brazil orders new arrest of German consul charged with husband's death

A Brazilian judge late on Monday ordered the arrest of a German diplomat charged with murdering his Belgian husband in Rio de Janeiro and asked Interpol to add his name to their wanted list amid reports he had left the country.

Daily Mirror

Interpol 'Most Wanted' Brits on the run include ‘White Widow’ and ‘paedo kidnapper’

Interpol's red notices - given for the most wanted around the world, has around 7,000 names on its list, including 15 Brits wanted for crimes such as terrorism and murder

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saddam Relative Arrested in Lebanon, Family Pleads Against Turning him over to Iraq

News broke out in Lebanon on Friday of the authorities’ arrest of Abdullah Yasser Sabawi al-Hassan, the grandson of Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan, the step-brother of late Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein. Abdullah was arrested according to an Interpol arrest warrant that was requested by Iraq. He was detained in Lebanon on…

Daily Mirror

Suitcase bought in auction is opened to find two dead children inside

A family in Auckland, New Zealand bought the suitcase - which contains the remains of two primary school-aged children - among a trailer-full of items after winning an online auction

ABC News

Interpol alert for second Brazilian man allegedly linked to Newcastle cocaine haul, diver death

An Interpol alert is in place for a Brazilian man believed to have left a fellow countryman for dead during an alleged attempt to retrieve 100 kilograms of cocaine from a ship in Newcastle.

The Hindu

CWG scam | CBI to seek extradition of Chinese national accused in Shivaji Stadium upgradation work

The CBI could not execute non-bailable warrants against Jiashu Zhao because of the absence of Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty between India and China

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