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Loan sharks making life hell for retiree
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | 4 hours ago
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Liew and his family have been living in fear since his son, Meng Kat, went missing after borrowing money from Ah Longs. The nightmare started for the 64-year-old retiree and his family when his eldest son, who had not come home in four years,
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Budget 2013: Clear winners and losers (Newstalk ZB)
Auckland :: New Zealand | 6 days ago
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Clear winners and losers Newstalk ZB Staff, Newstalk ZB May 16, 2013, 3:48 pm There are some clear winners and losers in today's budget...And the Reserve Bank will get new tools to curb accelerating house prices...And it's setting up a low interest
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Bid to save company results in her owing RM632,000 to loan sharks
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | 7 days ago
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A tour agency director's desperate move to save her company resulted in her owing RM632,000 to loan sharks. The 35-year-old took a loan of RM40,000 from an Ah Long with an interest of 10% every week last September. To meet the extremely short
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Loan sharks make life hell for sisters
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | 21 days ago
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Having been harassed by loans sharks for years over their estranged mother's habitual borrowing habits, three sisters decided to withdraw their combined life savings of RM12,000 to help her only to be robbed. It has been a nightmare for the Chan
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Four charged over loan shark scheme
Sydney :: Australia | 26 days ago
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Drugs, weapons and $26,000 in cash were seized during raids on five properties today by the Major Organised Crime Squad. It is alleged the group targeted struggling businesses and offered loans at increasing interest rates, and threatened violence
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Loan shark law too late for thousands - Beaumont (Fuseworks)
Auckland :: New Zealand | 1 month ago
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Journey Invite friends to discover what they are reading by connecting to Facebook. Connect with friends on Facebook and start sharing new and exciting content. Beaumont Labour Party, Fuseworks April 19, 2013, 11:00 am National has been woefully slow
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Police in Tuscany arrest three loan sharks
Pistoia :: Italy | 1 month ago
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Italian finance police arrested three alleged loan sharks in the Tuscan city of Pistoia on Wednesday after a man filed a complaint that he was being threatened and charged exorbitant fees. The small businessman turned to the shady money-lenders when
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Cocaine smuggler wishes he'd taken beating
California City :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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Australia wearing a wet suit under his clothes stuffed with cocaine, now says he should have taken "the beating" from the loan shark who put him up to it. Ronald Fletcher, 60, told the Downing Centre District Court on Friday he met up with a couple
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Families turn against two men over loan shark harassment
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | 1 month ago
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Two families have publicly disowned their kin after being driven to desperation by loan sharks harassing them over unpaid loans. The family members, who sought help from the MCA Public Services and Complaints Department, said that they were no longer
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Stop Loan Sharks
The Campaign encouraging people to stop loan sharks goes live across Scotland today, with posters in wash rooms, adverts on bus shelters and across a variety of Scottish radio stations. The campaign, funded by the Convention of Scottish Local
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