JUST IN: UK police launch criminal investigation into officer accused of using AI to “create evidence”

AP reports that an American diplomat was found dead in Myanmar's largest city, the U.S. State Department said, and members of the diplomatic community in Yangon say a Thai woman has been detained by police in connection with the investigation.

NEW: Air Canada pilot accused of flying for 17 years using a fraudulent license after four-month investigation.

Chinese triads are being ordered by Beijing to carry out espionage operations in the UK, according to a newly declassified report. Notorious gangs running brothels and selling illicit tobacco are now 'backed' by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in a 'significant threat to national security', the Home Office research shows. The report, based on interviews across 14 law enforcement agencies, warns triads could even use their UK brothel networks to 'blackmail' MPs. This follows the recent Old Bailey conviction of a Chinese spy ring conducting 'shadow policing' for Beijing, where evidence suggested Chinese gangs violently targeted pro-democracy activists in the UK in 2021. Despite triads being the UK's second-largest organised crime group, traditionally focused on exploitation and illicit trades, growing CCP links have escalated their activities into a pressing national security issue. The declassified report warned Beijing could now use these syndicates to facilitate UK espionage, cybercrime, and institutional infiltration through bribery and political funding. It specifically noted that Chinese control of sex work could be leveraged to gather intelligence and coerce influential British figures. However, the report found that a lack of Chinese speakers in law enforcement and limited police knowledge allowed triad members to easily evade justice. Former Metropolitan Police detective David McKelvey said forces dismantled specialist units over a decade ago, leaving police playing catch-up as triads expand into fentanyl production and human trafficking. 'There is clearly a very strong link between Chinese organised crime and the Chinese state,' McKelvey told The Mail on Sunday, calling them the most sophisticated operations he had ever seen. McKelvey recently gave evidence against Peter Wai, a Home Office immigration official who exploited remote working policies to access sensitive government databases for Beijing. Wai and retired Hong Kong police officer Bill Yuen were convicted of spying on UK-based Chinese dissidents and senior MPs, including Sir Iain Duncan Smith. During the trial, correspondence between Wai and his handler suggested the infamous 14K triad targeted UK pro-democracy activists and allegedly sought help from a prominent London restaurant owner. The court also heard that eight other suspected spies fled to China after police failed to translate their devices before the 14-day statutory detention limit expired. The trial named To Ming Lam, 73, founder of the Royal China Group restaurant chain, as the individual allegedly linked to the 14K triad in Hong Kong, though no evidence suggested he participated in criminal conduct. A Chinese handler's messages claimed a triad boss 'might have asked him for help' targeting a Chinese dissident, and the court heard Wai had worked security for one of Lam's family businesses. Lam has been pictured repeatedly with convicted spy Bill Yuen through his links to the Hong Kong Economic Trade Office, though there is no suggestion Lam was involved in Yuen's espionage crimes. Lam's restaurant group was previously fined nearly half a million pounds in 2024 following Home Office raids that uncovered at least 20 illegal workers. In response to the findings, a Home Office spokesman maintained that the UK directly challenges China over actions risking domestic safety and is bolstering the National Crime Agency to combat these overseas networks. dailymail.com/news/article-1…

Rafael Dumlao III, the alleged mastermind behind the abduction and murder of South Korean businessman Jee Ick-joo, was arrested by authorities after watching his daughter’s wedding via Facebook Live. According to Jun Veneracion’s report in “24 Oras” on Tuesday, Dumlao, a dismissed police official, was already surrounded by law enforcers when he woke up early on Tuesday morning. Dumlao – who was convicted of kidnapping with homicide – is on the DILG’s most wanted list with a bounty of over P1 million. Read more: gmanetwork.com/news/topstori…

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The crackdown on scam compounds in Cambodia is leading some gangs to relocate to beach resorts and office buildings in Sri Lanka, in what may be the next phase of one of the world’s fastest-growing criminal industries. Read more: bloom.bg/4vGIgMy 📷️: Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images

Our statement on the UK government’s demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the country be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification and content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all. signal.org/blog/pdfs/2026-06…

China’s Internet Crackdown Deepens as Warning on VPN Use Goes Viral A widely circulated Chinese social media article warning that internet users can be punished simply for bypassing China’s online censorship system has drawn attention to what observers say is an expanding clampdown on access to the global internet. The article, published June 2 on Chinese social media WeChat and later archived by California-based nonprofit China Digital Times, which tracks China’s state censorship, compiled a series of publicly reported cases of suppression on the use of virtual private networks (VPNs). The cases included fines imposed on users who accessed overseas websites, penalties for selling VPN services, arrests related to the dissemination of overseas political content, and investigations into internet activity dating back several years. ntd.com/chinese-article-warn…

JUST IN: Pentagon adds BYD, Alibaba, & Baidu to list of companies accused of operating on behalf of China's military.

The Thailand Consumers Council is representing 10 scam victims suing internet platform operators Meta, Apple, Line and banks for 230 million baht in total damages. Listen to the story or get the full story in the 1st comment.

Boston Firefighters off st Dartmouth and St James Street with protestors in what appears to be a sleeping dragon type device. Request for a technical rescue response to remove them from the device

A Filipino-American fugitive convicted in a $34-million bingo fraud scheme in Guam has landed on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters list, with federal authorities offering a reward of $150,000. Read more: mrf.lu/ythj manilatimes.net/2026/06/07/n…

JUST IN: Verizon CEO says the company’s new AI customer service agents scored "1,280 basis points" higher on customer satisfaction than humans.

Applicants beware! China and other foreign governments are using professional networking and social media sites to target people with U.S government clearances. The threat is real. Verify before you trust and learn more at ow.ly/ogpc50Z7qi3

The effects of Elder Fraud can be devastating. Learn what the FBI is doing to fight it and how collaboration among law enforcement agencies is a key tool being used. Watch here: youtu.be/RfAquS5wuTc

🚨#BREAKING: #FBI Boston's Cold Case Team, working with @MassStatePolice assigned to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, is revealing a MAJOR breakthrough in a 2000 murder case. Special Agent in Charge Ted Docks joined our partners at a news conference today to announce the #FBI, using investigative genetic genealogy, has identified a 16-year-old murder victim, who for 26 years, was known only as "Chelsea Jane Doe." Today, we can finally state her name: Tiffany Bradley of Allentown, Pennsylvania. Tiffany was trafficked across state lines, decapitated, dismembered, & dumped in the back of a parking lot on Crest Ave. in Chelsea, MA. Even though her killer is behind bars, investigators have worked tirelessly to determine who she was, where she came from, and who might still be searching for her. By combining traditional investigative work with advanced DNA analysis & genealogical research, we were able to provide Tiffany's family with some much needed closure.

Using fake invoices, black-market banks, and illicit crypto, China’s wealthy are desperately smuggling up to $1 trillion out of the country to save their fortunes. A Bloomberg report exposes the sheer panic of China’s elite, who moved a record-breaking $807 billion to $1 trillion overseas in 2025. This historic capital flight is fueled by mounting anxiety over a collapsing property market, a choking economy, and Beijing’s aggressive campaigns targeting private wealth. On paper, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange enforces a strict $50,000 annual transfer limit. In reality, the rich are deploying a sophisticated array of evasion tactics to render the CCP's financial walls completely useless. The escape routes are as creative as they are desperate. Through a method called "smurfing," or "ants moving house," families pool dozens of individual $50,000 quotas to sneak massive funds past border controls. For larger fortunes, they rely on massive underground banking networks where domestic yuan is handed to a local facilitator and an equivalent payout is made offshore without the cash ever physically crossing the border. Others manipulate international commerce through fraudulent, inflated trade invoices, exploit luxury asset refund schemes in casinos, or bypass the traditional banking system entirely via $16.1 billion in illicit cryptocurrency transactions to funnel cash into global safe havens. This massive exodus is the ultimate, silent vote of no confidence in the CCP’s economic future. Despite severe penalties, asset seizures, and the explicit threat of prison, China's elite would rather risk criminal prosecution than leave their life savings at the mercy of the state. By treating private success as a threat, Beijing has not stabilized its economy; it has simply guaranteed that its own citizens will stop at nothing to bleed it dry. #ChinaEconomicCrisis #CapitalFlight #CCPPlaybook #UndergroundBanking #Crypto #XiJinping #GlobalFinance #SAFE

Behind military police, background checks or none are required! - He was the deputy commander of military police in Banteay Meanchey when he was convicted of torturing a resident to death in an unexplained land dispute in 2020. He was only imprisoned for a year and a half. Later, he became Pailin's deputy provincial military police chief, and the Prime Minister removed him from his job on October 17, 2024, in connection with the killing of the Chinese national. rfi.fr/km/កម…

Excellent to hear how @SecRubio’s @StateDept is advancing President Trump’s priorities in the Philippines & the wider Indo-Pacific. As author of the Philippines Enhanced Resilience Act (PERA) law, I believe capable & interoperable allies advance U.S. national security interests.