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Philippine president-elect urges public to kill drug dealers

The Philippine president-elect has encouraged the public to help him in his war against crime and urged citizens with guns to shoot and kill drug dealers who would resist arrest and fight back.

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UN urges for more efforts to battle wildlife trafficking in Vietnam

​The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Wednesday called on Vietnam to do more to end wildlife trafficking.

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Brazil's interim president condemns gang rape of teenager, vows justice

Brazilian interim President Michel Temer on Friday condemned the shocking gang rape of a teenager, which drew worldwide fury after her attackers posted a video of the crime online.

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Jakarta urges global action against illegal fishing

Indonesia, which has sunk 170 fishing boats from other countries caught in its waters, has called on the international community to look at illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as a form of transnational organised crime.

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Roundup: UN urges action to tackle wildlife and forest crime

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Tuesday urged world action to tackle wildlife and forest crime, as it released a new report assessing the crime globally for the first time.

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China sees more financial crime

Chinese police closed 207,000 cases of financial crime and recovered economic loss of more than 47 billion yuan (7.2 billion U.S. dollars) last year, the Ministry of Public Security announced on Sunday.

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How Hong Kong crime has changed over time, and what that says about the city

Exhibition marking 30 years of criminology programme at University of Hong Kong shows graduates’ work on issues such as triads, policing, and how crime patterns have evolved since the 1980s

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Japan protests over alleged rape by U.S. sailor in Okinawa

​The Japanese government lodged a protest with the United States over an alleged rape committed by a U.S. navy sailor in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa on Sunday, top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said Monday.

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Organized crime costs Australia more than 26 billion USD each year: minister

​Serious and organized crime is costing Australia more than 26 billion U.S dollars every year, according to Justice Minister Michael Keenan on Friday.

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British city issues special Christmas cards to fight gun crime

At first glance, it might look like a typical Christmas card featuring a festive snowflake. But a closer look reveals the flakes of snow are made up of bullets and handguns.

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Organized crime makes migrant crisis even harder to handle for Italy

​One of Italy's oldest problems, organized crime, is making its newest major international challenge -- the growing migrant crisis -- harder to handle, experts say.

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China considers repealing crime of sex with underage prostitutes

China's top legislature has debated repealing the crime of sex with underage prostitutes and reclassifying it as rape, which would face a tougher punishment.

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Australia, Indonesia to co-host counter-terrorism summit

​Australia and Indonesia on Thursday agreed to co-host an international counter-terrorism summit aimed at preventing the funding of extremist organizations.

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Australia to establish taskforce to catch tax dodgers, organized crime

​Australia's treasurer, Joe Hockey, announced on Tuesday a financial crime taskforce to fight tax dodgers and organized crime.

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Italian authorities seek better tools against organized crime

​The presence of the mafia has scared foreign investors away from Italy with an estimated loss of some 16 billion euros (18.55 billion U.S. dollars) in recent years, the governor of the Bank of Italy has said.

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Conference on terrorism set for Malaga

​The Council of Europe (CoE) is co-hosting an international conference on terrorism and organized crime in Malaga, Spain on Sept. 25-26, it was announced Tuesday.

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Cyber-crime becomes "gigantic industry"

Cyber-crime rises globally and now causes some 600 billion U.S. dollars of damage a year, experts said at the International Forum for Business Communication in Vienna Wednesday evening.