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From debt to death: Caught in a vicious circle as loan sharks prey on soft targets By Aakash Ghosh, Lucknow Published on: Jul 12, 2025 08:34 am IST Read this news in brief form ...

KUALA LUMPUR: A 14-year-old girl was blackmailed by a loan shark who threatened to expose her nude photo on social media after she was lured into an online job scam.

What started as a HK$300,000 loan spiralled into a mountain of debt for a businessman and his wife, trapping them in a cycle of distress.

A proposal to tighten regulations covering Hong Kong’s notorious loan sharks is too narrowly focused and will not tackle the root of the problem of unruly debt collectors, according to lawmakers ...

Emergency responders in Sattahip, Chon Buri, were left in disbelief when a 49-year-old woman who had tried to end her life due to loan sharks ...

A woman’s life has been thrown into turmoil after loan sharks (Ah Long) used artificial intelligence (AI) to create fake nude images of her in an attempt to extort more money—despite her ...

The government formally started a major campaign to tackle Filipinos’ growing complaints against abusive online lending applications or modern-day loan sharks, the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime ...

Two suspected loan sharks were arrested following an early-morning raid at an address on the Wirral peninsula. Police arrested the suspects - a 45-year-old man and a 57-year-old woman - after ...

The loan shark could have his men do something to send a message, such as kidnapping Ari, thinking she’s Doug’s girlfriend. It’s also possible that the loan shark sent his men after Holly Jonas ...

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