Dozens of suspected scam compounds in Cambodia are still operating despite months of enforcement efforts, according to a new report by Amnesty International. The UK-based human rights organisation said that of 86 suspected scam sites it identified across the country,
A 46-year-old man accused of murdering his wife in Kerala has been found dead on a railway track in Tamil Nadu, in what police believe to be a case of suicide. The accused, identified as Suresh Kumar, was the prime
Five women have been arrested and three massage parlours placed under investigation following a series of police enforcement operations targeting vice activities in Singapore. The raids, carried out on Thursday were led by officers from the Jurong Police Division. Authorities
A 31-year-old massage therapist in Rayong, Thailand, says she was violently attacked and robbed by a man posing as a client at her condominium on March 12 — a case that remains unsolved months later. According to police, the woman
A tragic family incident in Kanchanaburi has left a community in shock after a 13-year-old girl was accused of killing her 7-year-old stepsister following an
Three Thai nationals believed to be victims of a call centre scam have escaped captivity in Cambodia and were later apprehended by Thai border patrol
A 33-year-old Bruneian influencer has been arrested by police in Jakarta, Indonesia, over his alleged role in a fatal assault that left another Bruneian national
Thai police have arrested a couple accused of using a karaoke bar in Sattahip district as a front to sexually exploit two 15-year-old girls, according
When the Golden State Killer Was Arrested Outside His Home, He Yelled Out “I Have a Roast in the Oven” For more than 40 years,
The Babi Yar massacre, carried out over two days in late September 1941, stands as one of the most horrific and chilling episodes of mass
For a criminal to stand out amid the horrors of World War II, their actions must be exceptionally monstrous. Marcel Petiot—infamously known as “Dr. Satan”—was
Lee Choon-jae (Korean: 이춘재; born January 31, 1963) is a South Korean serial killer responsible for the Hwaseong serial murders, the most notorious unsolved criminal
1930–1939 On January 20, 1931, Julia Wallace, 52, was found brutally bludgeoned to death in the parlor of her home at 29 Wolverton Street in
The 1977 murders of three Girl Scouts at Camp Scott near Locust Grove, Oklahoma, stand as one of the most disturbing unsolved crimes in American
On April 15, 2004, Patrice Endres vanished in the middle of a normal workday, leaving behind a mystery that continues to haunt investigators, her family,
In 1985, Japan was shaken by a series of mysterious and deadly poisonings that became known as the “Vending Machine Murders” or the “paraquat murders.”
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