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Boy, 14, among 57 arrested in crackdown on triad-linked debt collection ring

3 hours ago02 mins

Hong Kong police have arrested 57 people, including a 14-year-old boy, in a crackdown on triad-linked illegal debt collection. Police said on Saturday that the operation, launched last month, had dismantled an illegal debt collection syndicate, along with a prostitution venue, a drug den and three illegal gambling parlours. Fifty-seven people, aged 14 to 70,…

Police break up Hong Kong loan shark syndicate that hired teen debt collectors

Cs news1 year ago02 mins

A loan shark syndicate recruited young Hongkongers through chat groups to vandalise debtors’ homes with red paint and paid them up to HK$1,000 (US$127) per job, police said on Thursday after arresting 22 people, including key gang members and four teenagers, on suspicion of illegal lending and intimidation. In an operation conducted between June 16…