Boy, 14, among 57 arrested in crackdown on triad-linked debt collection ring

Hong Kong police have arrested 57 people, including a 14-year-old boy, in a crackdown on triad-linked illegal debt collection. Police said on Saturday that the operation, launched last month, had dismantled an illegal debt collection syndicate, along with a prostitution venue, a drug den and three illegal gambling parlours. Fifty-seven people, aged 14 to 70, were arrested and some of them had triad backgrounds, police said. Inspector To Hing-lui said officers identified a triad-controlled...