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Murder-for-money insurance cases nearly triple as calls grow for tighter controls

Life insurers detected 38 murder-for-money cases in 2024, almost three times the number a year earlier, as the National Financial Ombud calls for tighter controls over policies taken out on someone else’s life.

Murder-for-money insurance cases nearly triple as calls grow for tighter controls

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Travel offers used to trap foreigners as drug mules

JOB offers and travel packages to Malaysia are believed to have been used as a trap by an international drug syndicate to deceive foreigners before turning them into drug mules.

  • International drug syndicate used job offers and travel packages to trap foreigners as drug mules
  • Police seized 671 plastic packets of compressed cannabis weighing 418kg and valued at RM33.4 million
  • 12 suspects arrested, 11 foreigners, 6 charged under Dangerous Drugs Act 1952

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