SYDNEY, Sept 18 — The Australian police have revealed that dozens of people were arrested in the country as part of a global action against an encrypted communications network involving nine countries and European Union (EU) law enforcement agency Europol.

MANILA, Sept 4 — A fugitive former mayor in the Philippines accused of links to Chinese criminal syndicates has been arrested in Indonesia, Manila's Justice Ministry said in a statement today.

KUALA NERUS, Aug 22 — The Higher Education Ministry (Mohe) will expand awareness programmes across universities to prevent students from falling victim to fraudulent syndicates and acting as mule account holders, said Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Mustapha Sakmud.

KOTA KINABALU, July 25 — Ten people, including two bank managers, allegedly linked to the theft of RM24.2 million from a bank’s fixed deposit accounts, were charged in the Sessions Court today with being members of an organised criminal group.

GEORGE TOWN, June 26 — Two men were shot dead in a shootout with the police along Jalan Permatang Baru at Sungai Lokan in Butterworth, Penang, early this morning.

KLANG, June 26 — The Sessions Court has ordered the trial of the case of 20 men for their alleged involvement as members of organised crime group TR Gang to be transferred to the Shah Alam High Court.

KLANG, May 29 — Twenty individuals were charged in the Sessions Court today for participating in the organised crime syndicate TR Gang over the past five years.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) is tracking down 10 more individuals suspected of being members of an organised crime syndicate engaged in various criminal activities around Selangor.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 — Apart from cybercrime, the abuse of the new psychoactive substances (NPS) that are increasingly available through the Internet has also raised concerns due to its serious impact on social and economic developments.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 — There have been no positive leads in the police's efforts to track down a man known as 'Eran Haya', the alleged target of an Israeli man who was arrested with firearms by the authorities on March 27.

BANGKOK, Dec 12 — Myanmar has become the world's largest source of opium, thanks to domestic instability and a decline in cultivation in Afghanistan, the United Nations (UN) said in a report today.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 14 — The Court of Appeal today upheld the five-year prison sentence on 14 men, including a former national Muay Thai athlete, for being members of the organised crime group 'Ayahanda Yie Tiger 99'.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — An unemployed man was charged in the Sessions Court here today with becoming a member of an organised criminal group known as “Geng Sakai”.

KUALA KUBU BHARU, July 19 — Twenty-eight men were charged in the Sessions Court here with becoming members of an organised crime group known as 'Geng 08 GST'.

PUTRAJAYA, July 7 — The Court of Appeal today acquitted and discharged 14 individuals including two siblings of businessman Nicky Liow Soon Hee from charges of being involved in the organised crime group known as the ‘Nicky Gang’, five years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 10 — The inclusion of whipping and imprisonment of more than 20 years for members of human trafficking and migrant smuggling syndicates are among the proposals for amendment to the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act (ATIPSOM) 2007.