people-smuggling

Coast Guard intercepts people smugglers in southern Taiwan waters

fishing boat carrying illegal immigrants
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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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8 bodies washed up on Taiwan’s southwest coast in recent weeks suspected linked to people smuggling

offshore wind tower platform where body was found March 7
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A total of seven decomposing corpses found washed up on Taiwan’s southwest coast, and a partially mummified corpse found on an offshore wind tower base have all been identified as Vietnamese, and are suspected to be linked to a people smuggling operation. A partially mummified corpse was found by a contractor on a wind tower platform around 10 kilometers offshore from the Port of Taichung on March 7. Because the platform was more than 10 meters above the sea surface,

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In midst of epidemic prevention efforts, people smugglers attempt to land 31 Vietnam nationals

coast guard personnel and illegal immigrants on fishing boat
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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

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2 Vietnamese Illegal Immigrants Die Attempting to Land in Taitung

coast guard officers in Taitung County
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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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Coast Guard Intercepts Boatload of Illegal Immigrants

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