Police in Hong Kong and Macau have arrested 16 people in connection with credit card fraud in a 10-day joint operation launched amid a 78 percent rise in such crime in the city this year.
Police in Hong Kong and Macau have arrested 16 people in connection with credit card fraud in a 10-day joint operation launched amid a 78 per cent rise in such crime in the city this year.
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