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

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Hong Kong police arrested 57 individuals aged 14 to 70, including a 14-year-old boy, as part of a crackdown on a triad-linked illegal debt collection syndicate. The operation also dismantled related illegal activities such as prostitution venues, drug dens, and gambling parlours, with several detainees known to have triad backgrounds.

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, were arrested and some of them had triad backgrounds, police said. Inspector To Hing-lui said officers identified a triad-controlled...