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Bangladesh: Italian expatriate’s valuables robbed in Kulaura Upazila

According to thedailystar.net, “The robbers attacked the family members with knife as they tried to resist them. According to the family sources, seven robbers looted 5 tolas of gold, cash 2 lakh and other valuables worth around Tk 6 lakh from the house of Uster Ali, an Italy expatriate, at Radha Nagar village in the upazila. ” Read Article

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Cyprus Banks Closed until Thursday

guardian.co.uk reported that around 12,000 UK pensioners in Cyprus have had their pension payments into a local bank temporarily paused while the British government assesses the situation (as I reported at 3.42pm) The UK Department of Work and Pensions has said tonight that British pensioners in Cyprus should not panic over the move: Associated Press’s […]

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Japan: nearly 20,000 stalking cases reported in 2011

The National Police Agency said Thursday that 19,920 stalking cases were reported nationwide in 2012. The NPA said on its website that the figure was 36.3% up over 2011 and the highest number since the NPA started keeping records on stalking cases in 2000. Read Article

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Culture of Kidnapping in Yemen

Foreignpolicy.com repoted that Yemen’s tribal practice of kidnapping to extort concessions by the government in Sanaa and ransom payments from abroad has two faces. At one extreme is the romanticized version of rural tribesmen taking hostages and, in accordance with Yemeni tribal custom, treating them as honored guests until an agreement is mediated with the […]

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Switzerland: New local tax laws raised & set to affect only expatriates

As covered by thelocal.ch, “Foreigners who move to Switzerland are set to face a tax hike from January 1st 2016, according to a Swiss tax authority timetable published on Wednesday…The new rules are set to expand what is considered taxable for the super-rich, and will apply in 2016 to anyone who moves to the country […]

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Thailand: Norwegian Expatriate robbed in Jomtien

Pattayaone.net reported that a Norwegian resident of Pattaya was attacked and robbed by three men as he walked back to his home in Jomtien early on Wednesday Morning. Officers were called to Soi Watboon in Jomtien just before 2am and met with the victim, Mr. Richard Dahl aged 67 who appeared to be in an […]

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Kidnapped Canadian engineer remains in custody of ELN, Colombia

The ELN announced Monday in a statement that “Canada remains” in his possession, after the Friday release his five fellow prisoners, all mine workers Geo Explorer. The armed group did not specify the reasons why the engineer did not provide Jernoc Wobert, VP Exploration of the Company, but justified the kidnapping in their struggle against […]

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Kidnapped foreign workers Nigeria February 2013 at construction site

VICTIMS: CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE FROM UNITED KINGDOM, ITALY, GREECE, AND LEBANON Company: Setraco construction ft.com reported that gunmen in northeastern Nigeria kidnapped up to seven foreign workers from the UK, Italy, Greece and Lebanon during a raid on a construction company compound on Saturday night, police said. It is the biggest kidnapping of foreign nationals […]

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Oman: 558 illegal expatriate workers arrested and deported

As reported by timesofoman.com, “The Royal Oman Police (ROP) yesterday deported 558 undocumented expatriate workers, who had entered the Sultanate without any valid documents. According to a statement issued by the ROP, the undocumented workers were sent by boat from Sultan Qaboos Port in Muscat to their home country. Even though the statement released by […]

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Kuwait: Police officer arrested for burglarizing expat’s residence

As reported by indiansinkuwait.com, “A police detective who used to break into people’s apartments using his police ID and then rob them was arrested when residents of a building in Ahmadi, whom he was trying to rob, outnumbered and overpowered him and his accomplices. According to Kuwiat Times, the residents kept them restrained until police […]

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