Coast Guard intercepts people smugglers in southern Taiwan waters

fishing boat carrying illegal immigrants

April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment illegal immigration, people-smuggling, Pingtung County, Taiwan Coast Guard

Twelve Vietnamese nationals and two Taiwanese boat crew have been detained after coast guard officers intercepted a fishing vessel off the coast of Pingtung County three days ago. According to United Daily News, Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration detected a suspicious fishing boat off the coast near Fangliao Fishing Port on the evening of April 3. Coast guard officers intercepted and boarded the vessel, and upon inspection found 12 Vietnamese nationals suspected to be attempting to enter the country illegally. According

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May 2, 2021May 2, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment illegal immigration, Port of Taichung, Taiwan Strait

A man was arrested at Taichung Harbor yesterday after crossing the Taiwan Strait from Fujian Province, China in an outboard-motor-powered inflatable boat. Coast Guard officers and harbor police were alerted to the man’s arrival at the Taichung Harbor West Warf at around 2:00 am yesterday. The 33-year-old man named Zhou said that he is from Sichuan Province and had purchased the boat and motor on Huabao.com for RMB16,000. He also purchased four fuel containers with a capacity of 125 liters.

home made boat that landed on Wuqiu Island, Kinmen County

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March 30, 2021March 30, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment illegal immigration, Kinmen, Taiwan Coast Guard

A man was arrested in Wuqiu Township, Kinmen County March 27, after sailing from Fujian Province, China, in a home made boat, the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) revealed today, March 30. The 37-year-old man named Li sailed the rudimentary craft, made from steel bars, Styrofoam, wooden boards, and powered with an outboard motor from his home on Meizhou Island. The CGA said that Li had departed from Meizhou Island in the daytime of March 27, and landed on the coast

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March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment illegal immigration

Six of 31 illegal immigrants who were intercepted off the coast of southern Taiwan three days ago have escaped from a detention facility in Taichung City, according to reports today, March 24. Six of seven men being held in a room at a former coast guard camp were found missing when the room was checked at 7:00 am this morning, according to SETN. An aluminium bar on a window had been forced open, allowing the six men to squeeze out

coast guard personnel and illegal immigrants on fishing boat

Crime and Criminals

March 22, 2020March 22, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment illegal immigration, people-smuggling

Police and coast guard officers seized a boat and arrested two Taiwanese and 31 Vietnamese nationals off the coast of Pingtung County, yesterday March 21. The people-smuggling bust comes at a time when Taiwan is ramping up efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including a ban on the entry of foreign nationals, and compulsory quarantines for residents returning from abroad. A joint police and coast guard task force responded after receiving intelligence about the people smuggling operation involving a

Aviation

March 3, 2020March 4, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment illegal immigration, stowaway, Taoyuan International Airport

An man who remains unidentified four months after being caught attempting to stowaway on a flight from Taiwan to Palau appeared in court today, but had only one thing to say to the judge. “Dear friend, Jesus is God,” the long-haired, bearded man declared to the judge in fluent Chinese. Other than that statement, and a “thank you,” also spoken in Chinese, “Man A,” as he was referred to during the hearing at the Taoyuan District Court, remained cooperative, but

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November 22, 2019November 23, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Hualien County, illegal immigration, visa overstay

An elderly man will be assisted back to Japan after Hualien County police found that he had overstayed his tourist visa by 36 years. Mr Hori, 82, arrived in Taiwan on a tourist visa in 1983, according to National Immigration Agency records. Mr Hori told police that after his arrival, he had become involved in a mining venture in Hualian County’s Yuli Township. Hori worked as an engineer maintaining drilling machinery and explosives. However, when the venture failed, Hori had

illegal migrant workers arrested in Taitung

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January 12, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment foreign workers, illegal immigration, Taitung

Police in Taitung City enforcing a ban on gravel trucks on restricted roads found a group of illegal Vietnamese workers hiding in the back of a truck. Police officers pulled over the truck at around 4:00pm Thursday, January 10, on Heping Road in Beinan Township at a road-stop manned by 10 police officers. Officers reported that the truck driver had a negative attitude, and was uncooperative and evasive when questioned. One of the officers noticed suspicious movement under the black

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March 19, 2018March 19, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment human trafficking, illegal immigration, people-smuggling, Taitung

Two Vietnamese nationals died when an inflatable raft overturned while attempting to land on a beach in Taitung County this morning. Another 3 illegal immigrants, and two Taiwanese people-smugglers were arrested after a search of the area. Coast Guard officers from Kaohsiung intercepted a fishing boat carrying 16 Vietnamese at around 2:30am, 12.5 nautical miles off the east coast of Pingtung County. Meanwhile, at around 2:17am, officers of the coast guard’s 10th squadron in Taitung County detected by radar a

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September 28, 2017September 28, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment foreign workers, illegal immigration

Immigration police, New Taipei City police, and Labor Bureau officials yesterday raided a chicken slaughter and distribution factory in Hsinchuang District. Of 78 foreign workers, 65 were found to be undocumented. Police received a tip-off recently that a chicken factory was employing the undocumented foreign workers in order to meet extra demand for chicken meat in the lead up to the mid-Autumn festival, when Taiwanese according to recent tradition, gather with family and friends to enjoy a barbecue. The 2,000

A Chinese fishing vessel intercepted by Taiwan coastguard suspected of carrying illegal immigrants from Vietnam

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April 10, 2017April 10, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment illegal immigration, people-smuggling

[Cover Picture: Liberty Times Network] A Chinese fishing boat carrying 19 illegal immigrants from Vietnam was intercepted by Kaohsiung Coastguard officers yesterday evening, April 9, 2017. According to a Liberty Times Network report, 10 females and 9 males had paid people smugglers around US$6,000 (NT$180,000), to be transported to Taiwan. The Vietnamese had traveled to the coast of China, where they boarded the fishing vessel. Coastguard officers arrested the 19, along with 3 boat crew around 12 nautical miles off

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Coast Guard intercepts people smugglers in southern Taiwan waters

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Unidentified foreigner who tried to stowaway on outbound flight appears in court

Elderly Japanese man found to have overstayed his tourist visa for 36 years

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Coast Guard Intercepts Boatload of Illegal Immigrants