Villagers from Yangchun in China have pleaded to a Dutch Court for ownership of a 1000-year-old stolen Buddhist statue that it says is from their village. The idol is reportedly under the ownership of a Dutch collector, Oscar van Overeem. The sacred stolen Buddhist statue “We grew up with the statue. He was there ...
In China, there is a saying: “Money can move the ghosts.” “Walking the back door,” also known as bribery, has become an unwritten rule that everyone understands. However, in the United States, bribing and taking bribes are both crimes that will be prosecuted. In May 2018, a Chinese man named Pei Qingbin entered the U.S. ...
Australians are ditching strawberries en masse after a series of horrible incidents where a few people who ate the fruit were admitted to the hospital. The reason — strawberries with needles inside. These strawberry-needle crimes truly frightened Australians. The strawberry-needle crimes scare While it is speculated that a few needles might have gotten into the ...
A Chinese-American researcher has pleaded guilty in a case involving theft of a U.S. company’s drug secrets and of selling drug secrets to certain people from China. This is yet another incident highlighting how Beijing is working against American interests. Caught in the act of selling drug secrets The accused, Yu Xue, was a senior ...
China’s leading ride-hailing company, Didi Chuxing, has suspended their carpooling service Hitch after it was found that a female passenger was raped and killed by a driver. This is the second such violent incident against women using Hitch and has put the company under intense pressure to find adequate solutions to guarantee the safety of ...
On June 21, two China Eastern Airlines crew members were arrested at Los Angeles International Airport for smuggling endangered turtles. It began on May 12, the day Renfeng Gao and Huaqian Qu flew back to Shanghai from Los Angeles. While they were going through customs with their luggage, they were stopped by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) ...
Former Hong Kong (HK) Home Affairs Minister Patrick Ho is being detained in New York City on charges of allegedly bribing officials in Africa. The former HK official was apparently receiving financial support for his legal fees from an unnamed Shanghai-based energy firm. Ho was arrested last November in New York City. Ho, who also ...
By simply selling fajitas for the past nine years, Gilberto Escamilla was able to amass over $1.2 million. Well, it would have been an inspiring story were it not a story of theft. The story Texas-based Gilberto Escamilla was sentenced on April 20, 2018 to the tune of 50 years in prison. Gilberto, aged 53, worked ...
Scientists have found that drugs are now so prevalent that 13 per cent of those taking part in a test were found to have traces of class A drugs on their fingerprints — despite never using them. But there is no easy escape for users as researchers from the University of Surrey, who have previously ...
The Chinese terracotta thumb theft of a soldier by a U.S. citizen has stirred up quite a debate. While China has demanded the culprit be severely punished, the perpetrator was released on bail by U.S. authorities on February 13. China is upset with the U.S. for not treating this situation more seriously and for letting ...
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