Nearly $30 million was stolen from foreign tourists in an elaborate credit card fraud scheme in Kusadasi, a popular Turkish coastal resort, resulting in the arrest of 20 suspects, including …
Turkey
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A court in Ankara has sentenced Swedish journalist Joakim Medin to 11 months and 20 days in prison for “insulting the president of Turkey,” according to his Turkish legal team. …
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Human trafficking
Airline Employee Arrested in Human Trafficking Racket Linking India to Canada, London, and Turkey
by Ananya MehtaIn a major breakthrough in a human trafficking racket, the City Crime Branch arrested Rameshwar Pratap Singh, a 53-year-old employee of VJet Vietnam Airlines, on Friday. Singh, a resident of …
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A court in Istanbul, Turkey, issued an arrest order for Umit Ozdag, the president of the far-right and anti-migrant Victory Party, on Tuesday. He is charged with “public incitement to …
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Robert Velghe, the manager of the cryptocurrency platform OmegaPro, was arrested in a large-scale fraud investigation, according to several media outlets. The Dutch CEO of the platform was detained in …
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Security officials in Turkey have arrested Mustafa Çabuk, a man who claimed to be a prophet and led a religious group in Çanakkale, reportedly drawing around 200 followers. Alongside Çabuk, …