Many traditional forms of violent crime are in marked decline, with assault and wounding cases in 2024 falling to their lowest in 51 years at 3,614 incidents, and arson to the lowest in 40 years at 234 cases. If only those figures, released by Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu Chak-yee, were an accurate reflection of…
The number of scams reported in Hong Kong has increased by 11.7 per cent year on year, including more than 5,500 cases featuring a new type of deception involving fake customer service messages. Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu Chak-yee said on Tuesday that the force had recorded 94,727 criminal cases in 2024, a 5 per…
Police have arrested an advertising company boss who said he had successfully invited Spanish football giants FC Barcelona to Hong Kong but was rejected by the match venue and released the image of an allegedly fake email to back up his claim. The arrest of the man on Thursday came a week after organiser Winman…
Nearly 60 Hongkongers, including four women, were victims of extortion in which they were tricked into undressing during video chats and then coerced into paying more than HK$1.9 million (US$244,430) over the past week. The force revealed the figures on its CyberDefender Facebook page on Friday, reminding residents to be cautious when meeting people on…
Hong Kong students as young as 11 years old accounted for a fifth of the victims of “naked-chat blackmail” in the first half of this year, prompting police on Monday to warn residents to be cautious while meeting people online. The crime typically involves scammers luring victims into disrobing during video chats and then threatening…