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🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Loan shark is arrested in CE after ordering two gun attacks against family's house in PI for debt collection

A 24-year-old loan shark was arrested in Fortaleza for threatening a family in Teresina and ordering gun attacks on their home due to unpaid debt.

Feb 27 • 20:24 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Customer stabbed bar owner to death over alleged debt and loan shark collection, police investigate in ES

A bar owner in Vila Velha, Brazil, was allegedly murdered by a customer over a debt that became a motive for killing, linked to loan sharks.

Feb 24 • 21:35 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Man arrested suspected of killing woman with 13 shots after loan shark collection in West Zone of Rio

A man has been arrested in Rio de Janeiro for the suspected murder of Bianca Villaça, who was shot 13 times, allegedly due to debts owed to a loan shark.

Feb 24 • 10:57 UTC
🇰🇷 Hankyoreh (KR)
National & Local

Difficulties in Borrowing Money from Banks Lead to Surge in ‘Loan Sharks’... Record New Loans in 3.5 Years

The amount of new loans from loan shark companies has surged to a 3.5-year high, indicating a growing trend of middle-to-low credit individuals turning to such lenders due to stricter regulations by the government.

Feb 23 • 02:31 UTC
🇵🇱 Wprost
Life & Tech

Norbi's Confession: I Had 100,000 in My Pocket, Yet I Borrowed from a Loan Shark

Norbi, a Polish musician, discusses his late decision to publish an autobiography, focusing on his struggle with gambling addiction.

Feb 15 • 06:12 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

More than 200 social program cards seized in the house of a loan shark suspect in the interior of SP

Over 200 credit and social benefit cards were seized by the Civil Police in a raid on a loan shark suspect's home in Paraguaçu Paulista, SP.

Feb 11 • 22:50 UTC
🇬🇧 Guardian
National & Local

NUS urges ‘loan shark’ Reeves to reverse changes to student debt repayment

Protesters gathered outside the Houses of Parliament to oppose new student loan repayment changes announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, which they feel will increase their financial burden.

Feb 11 • 19:20 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Woman who reported PM for rape says loan shark's debt went from R$ 800 to R$ 7 thousand in 3 months

A woman reported a military police officer for rape, claiming his extortion increased her debt from R$ 800 to R$ 7,000 within three months.

Feb 7 • 08:00 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Loan shark franchise: see who are the Colombians wanted in the operation in PI, MA and CE

Six Colombians have been identified as fugitives involved in a major loan shark scheme, as announced by the Public Security Secretariat of Piauí during the second phase of Operation Macondo.

Feb 5 • 21:00 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Woman raped by police officer while having a loan shark debt claimed to have a panic attack when identifying the officer at the police station

A woman who reported police officer Lucas de Sousa Mathias experienced a panic attack and cried when she recognized him at the police station after his arrest for extortion and rape.

Feb 5 • 19:22 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

'Loan Shark Franchise': Targets of Operation Charged Interest of Up to 25% Per Day and Have Links with Colombians

Fourteen individuals were arrested in connection with a million-dollar loan shark scheme, which operated under a criminal franchise model and threatened victims with interest rates as high as 25% per day.

Feb 5 • 15:22 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Suspect of loan sharking is executed after car crash in Greater BH; video shows crime

A 33-year-old man, suspected of being a loan shark, was shot dead in Contagem, Brazil, after a car crash while attempting to collect a debt.

Feb 3 • 22:41 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
Crime & Justice

The Violent Loan Shark Clan: "Your 5,000 euros are now my 10,000, pay or face the consequences"

The Civil Guard arrests three individuals involved in usury who extorted, threatened, and kidnapped victims to ensure payment of unmanageable debts.

Jan 5 • 04:30 UTC

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