Crime

By Joe Fotalatte

On December 21, the police of District 12 (HCMC) detained Pham Hoang Em, 34, Vu Van Tuan, 28, Vu Duc Hoang, 42, and Vu Hoang Tan, 18, to investigate acts of sex trafficking under the age of 16.

On December 12, the police of Dong Hung Thuan Ward, in coordination with District 12 police, checked the hotel owned by Le Thanh Doan and his wife Le Thi Hue.

The police questioned Tuan, Hoang, Tan, hotel staff, and 11 girls, which included a 14-year-old victim.

Tuan, Hoang, and Tan’s group managed and guarded the girls not letting them leave the hotel. They pick them up and dropped them off to prevent the girls from leaving, which constitutes the crime of kidnapping.

Through initial testimony, District 12 police quickly determined to arrest Hoang Em in Can Tho City.

By Joe Fotalatee

Two thousand people in District 7 walked on a call to end domestic violence on Sunday. The successful rally reminds society to support all victims and to consider donations to women’s shelters and support systems this holiday season. It is also a good reminder how close this hits home by reviewing domestic violence prevalence by the numbers. 

In the 2019 UN survey of nearly 6,000 Vietnamese women, aged 15 to 64, nearly two out of three, or 66 percent, reported having experienced physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or controlling behavior from male partners at some point in their lives. Within a year, approximately 32% of women experience abuse.

Other key findings from 2019 UN study:

• Women with disabilities were more likely than non-disabled women to experience all types of domestic violence.
• Forty-four percent of women said they were sexually assaulted as children before turning 15 years old.
• Husbands abused women more frequently than any other perpetrator in Viet Nam. A “non-partner” has physically abused one in ten (10%) women since the age of 15. A male perpetrator, frequently a male family member, was mentioned by the majority (60%) of women who had experienced non-partner violence.
• Since age 15, one in ten (10%) women have been victims of non-partner sexual assault. Most were committed by males who were not family members.
• Women’s violence is still largely unreported. The majority of wives who reported experiencing violence did not tell anyone about it. 90% of women who experienced physical or sexual abuse at the hands of their husbands did not seek any assistance from specialized agencies.
• Children who live in hostile environments are also victims. 61.4% of the women whose husbands had physically abused them admitted that their kids had seen it or heard it somehow. Women who had endured physical,

By Joe Fotalattee

A 5-year-old Mount Vernon boy returned to Seattle early on Friday, accompanied by FBI agents and victims’ rights activists. After arriving, the boy met up with his natural mother.

According to police, the boy was abducted by his foster mother Amber Dinges, 60, and foster parent Amanda Dinges, 35. The two women, who are not in custody, will be the focus of the police’s attention now that ND has been located, according to police. Despite claiming that extradition and international warrant recognition are “complicated processes,” Mount Vernon police say they believe the suspects to be in Vietnam.”

The birth mother’s lawyer, Brittany Tri, said: “She said that he’s doing good, that he was excited to see her.”. Though she did mention that he is extremely tired, they are both excited, so the excitement is reciprocal. “.

Tri added that she was unaware of the boy having a passport, so she is unsure of how he managed to leave the country.

The search for the boy started in November. 28 when Child Protective Services notified Mount Vernon police that Dinges might have taken the boy with them.

Police found that Amanda Dinges had turned off her phones, left her last-known address, and left the area.

CPS informed the police that the child had not attended school since November. According to probable cause records, Dinges’ apartment had a notice of abandonment posted on the door.

A neighbor reported to police that she saw them and overheard the women telling the boy they “were leaving here. After Amber’s “awkward” response to her neighbor’s question about whether or not they were moving, the neighbor quickly tried to switch the topic of conversation.

On Nov. 21, the apartment’s managers discovered Dinges’ unit’s keys in the office, which they assumed had been … Read more

Guns And Weapons Confiscated In Danang

by Joe Fotalattee

On the morning of December 17, The Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention (Danang Public Security) discovered a group of individuals selling firearms and ammunition online.

On December 16, at 12:30, the Criminal Police Team (Police of Lien Chieu District, Da Nang) and the Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention and Control Department collaborated to conduct a surprise inspection at a residence on To Hieu Street in Da Nang’s Hoa Minh Ward.

The police arrived on the scene and found Ho Van Quan, 33, of Duy Xuyen district, Quang Nam province, and Pham Ngoc Long, 33, of Thanh Khe district, Da Nang, possessing hunting rifles, manufacturing supplies and various weapons.

There were 12 types of guns, 785 bullets, and eight cans of pepper spray, as well as tools for making hunting rifles, basic weapons, and sporting weapons.

During interrogation, the individuals admitted to renting the house above as a warehouse to store guns, gun parts, and gun accessories to customers for illegal profits.