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Mongolia Arrests 800 Chinese Citizens in Cybercrime Probe
« on: November 02, 2019, 05:46:13 pm »
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Asia & Pacific
Mongolia Arrests 800 Chinese Citizens in Cybercrime Probe
By Reuters

ULAANBAATAR—Police in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar have apprehended 800 Chinese citizens and confiscated hundreds of computers and mobile phone SIM cards as part of an investigation into a cybercrime ring, local security authorities said.

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He did not go into specific details of the offenses but said they involved illegal gambling, fraud, computer hacking, identity theft and money laundering.

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A month ago, 324 undocumented Chinese citizens were arrested in the Philippines on charges of running illegal online gaming activities and engaging in cyber fraud, according to a notice by the country’s immigration bureau.

Read more at: https://www.theepochtimes.com/mongolia-arrests-800-chinese-citizens-in-cybercrime-probe_3133250.html

Pretty amazing, so 800 Chinese, with their population about 3 times more than us, would be say, like 275 Americans being arrested in a foreign country. Unheard of and as the last paragraph says,  there was a big bust in the Philippines a month ago. So, what's going on??