Police in Thessaloniki are looking for six suspects who are believed to have obtained the personal information of two victims, which they then used to take out loans totaling almost 500,000 euros from several banks in the city. Here is the original post: Gang of six used stolen IDs to take out loans (Kathimerini)

ILLEGAL loans rose almost 60 per cent last year as Singaporeans reeling from the economic crisis turned to loan sharks to tide them over the tough times, a senior police official said on Monday. There were 18,600 cases of illegal loans made by loan sharks last year, a 58 per cent increase from 11,800 cases in 2008, said Ng Boon Gay, director with the Criminal Investigation Department. Go here to...

Illegal loans rose almost 60 percent last year as Singaporeans reeling from the economic crisis turned to loan sharks to tide them over the tough times, a senior police official said Monday. See the article here: Sharp rise in illegal loans: Singapore police (AFP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

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