The Immigration Department (PA08 - Ho Chi Minh City Police) said that in 2022 and the first 6 months of 2023, the Ho Chi Minh City Police force in general and PA08 in particular inspected and detected 5,311 cases, including 23 organizations and 5,645 individuals who are foreigners violating the provisions of the law, from administrative to criminal. Accordingly, 439 subjects were deported, including a number of internationally wanted subjects.
Detect many illegal activities
A typical example is the latest case led by a foreign criminal that Ho Chi Minh City Police cracked down on July 24. Accordingly, the Criminal Police Department (PC02 - Ho Chi Minh City Police) announced that it had urgently arrested 3 Korean suspects leading a prostitution brokerage ring specializing in serving Korean customers: Kim Tea-hyung (48 years old), Lee Hyun-jun (25 years old) and Cha Jin-young (46 years old, all Korean nationals).
Suspects in a prostitution ring have just been eliminated by Ho Chi Minh City Police.
According to PC02 of Ho Chi Minh City Police, the police discovered that the Gallery restaurant, 160 Bis Bui Thi Xuan (Pham Ngu Lao Ward, District 1), was operating as a prostitution broker. The Gallery restaurant has been operating since June 2022, owned and directly operated by Kim Tea-hyung and Cha Jin-young. When customers buy sex, this group charges from 3.5 to 4 million VND/time, each month the suspects earn about 4 billion VND.
Another case, also led by a foreign criminal who is the leader of a "black credit" ring. Specifically, on June 26, Ho Chi Minh City Police prosecuted and temporarily detained Maksim Zubkov (41 years old, Russian nationality) for the act of usury in civil transactions. Defendant Maksim Zubkov managed and operated 6 companies headquartered on Nguyen Xi Street (Ward 26, Binh Thanh District), including: Phuc Loc Tho Company Limited, Gofingo Company Limited, Infobot Company, Infinity Company, Solution Lab Company, Bao Tin Kim Long Company to operate usury. Binh Thanh District Police also prosecuted 22 defendants who are directors, some department heads, and employees who directly managed and operated lending activities at the websites senmo.vn, thantaioi.vn, caydenthan.vn of the above 6 companies.
Regarding the "black credit" ring led by Maksim Zubkov, only counting 42 borrowers with 247 transactions that have completed civil procedures, the defendants lent money at the lowest interest rate for a transaction of 183%/year, the highest was 2,555%/year (10 - 128 times higher than the prescribed lending interest rate).
Or the loan shark ring led by boss Aigars Plivčs (Latvian nationality; 38 years old, residing in An Phu Ward, Thu Duc City) that Ho Chi Minh City Police dismantled at the end of June 2023. Ho Chi Minh City Police temporarily detained Aigars Plivčs to investigate the act of loan sharking in civil transactions on the websites tamo.vn and findo.vn.
The two websites tamo.vn and findo.vn were established by Sun Finance Group (headquartered in Latvia), through 3 legal entities: Sofi Solutions Company, Digital Credit and Fincap VN to operate consumer lending in Vietnam. Customers only need to access the above 2 websites or through the tamo and findo applications, fill in personal information such as ID card, personal photo, and the system will automatically process the loan without having to contact directly with any staff of the lender.
From April 2019 until the time of their dismantling, the three companies had disbursed more than 2 million loans, totaling more than 6,000 billion VND, earning more than 4,100 billion VND. The interest rate of this line was at least 153%, and could be up to more than 1,200% per year, hundreds of times higher than the legal lending interest rate.
According to Ho Chi Minh City Police, there are many foreigners staying in Vietnam, violating the law, affecting local security and order.
Police read the warrant to temporarily detain Maksim Zubkov to investigate loan sharking
Tighten temporary residence declaration
According to the police, because Ho Chi Minh City is an area with a large number of foreigners and a variety of accommodation establishments, while many accommodation establishment owners are not aware of their responsibility to declare temporary residence for foreigners, it makes management difficult. There are cases where the owners of accommodation establishments own many apartments and outsource the management to intermediary management services. These services often do not have fixed staff, leading to a lack of understanding of regulations, so they do not make declarations, and only care about profits. Therefore, many subjects take advantage of this lax management to appoint one person to sign a rental contract, but then bring many other subjects to reside with them to avoid declaring temporary residence, bypassing the authorities, or renting it out to many people.
"Sometimes when the authorities inspect and discover, the homeowner will know. In addition, the subjects often choose some isolated villas, luxury apartments with many layers of security to reside in to avoid the curiosity of people around, to conceal illegal activities. If the investor, management board, and board of directors do not pay attention to security and order, and do not coordinate well with local authorities, they will inadvertently create conditions for the subjects to operate," Ho Chi Minh City Police assessed.
Based on the above facts, Ho Chi Minh City Police have implemented temporary residence declaration for foreigners via the internet since 2007. Declarants only need to use smart electronic devices with internet connection, access the temporary residence declaration page https://hochiminh.xuatnhapcanh.gov.vn to create an account and make a declaration 24/7. Currently, about 96% of accommodation establishments have made online declarations, however, this rate in apartment buildings and detached houses is still low.
PA08 Ho Chi Minh City Police Department recommends that foreigners and accommodation establishments comply with temporary residence declaration, proactively create accounts and declare according to regulations.
PA08 Ho Chi Minh City Police added that from August 1, Ho Chi Minh City Police will strengthen inspection and handling measures, focusing on handling household owners and apartment managers who do not properly fulfill their responsibility to declare temporary residence. Ho Chi Minh City Police requests individuals and organizations that invite sponsors for foreigners to properly fulfill their responsibilities as sponsors, requiring foreigners to strictly comply with the law as well as the traditions and culture of Vietnam.
The Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention (Ministry of Public Security) also said that recently, the management of foreigners in many localities has had many limitations, foreigners have taken advantage of our country to commit fraud, loan sharking, organize gambling, buy and sell, and transport drugs in very large quantities... This situation requires multi-sectoral and synchronous coordination to have solutions to combat and prevent foreigners from violating the law in Vietnam.
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