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Chile: Man Destroys American Airlines Counter At Santiago Airport With Hammer

At Santiago airport in Chile, a furious man who realized a scammer sold him a fake plane ticket and couldn't get on the flight smashed displays and other equipment with a hammer at the American Airlines check-in counter late on Monday, August 26.

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Police arrest 29 alleged criminals in Afghanistan

STORY: Police arrest 29 alleged criminals in Afghanistan DATELINE: July 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of the checkpoints in Kabul STORYLINE: Afghan police have arrested 29 people on charges of involvement in criminal activities in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul and the eastern Kunar province, said a statement of the country's Ministry of Interior Affairs released on Tuesday. The arrested people were involved in illegal activities such as robbery, mobile snatching, forgery, theft, drug smuggling and creating law and order problems in the country, the statement said, adding that further investigations were underway. The Afghan caretaker government has vowed to crack down on criminal elements across Afghanistan to ensure law and order in the war-torn country. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul. (XHTV)

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Police arrest 93 alleged criminals in Afghanistan's eastern province

STORY: Police arrest 93 alleged criminals in Afghanistan's eastern province DATELINE: June 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: JALALABAD, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of illicit drugs seized and alleged criminals arrested during the operations in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province STORYLINE: Police in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province have arrested 93 people on charge of involvement in criminal activities over the past month, deputy head of the provincial police department Mawlawi Tahir Mabariz said Monday. Addressing a press conference, the official added that six women and three children are also among the arrested people involved in illegal activities such as murder, robbery, mobile snatching, forgery, theft, drug smuggling, and creating law and order problems. During the operations, police also discovered and seized illicit drugs including heroin and hashish, as well as arms and ammunitions including seven pieces of AK-47 assault rifles and five pistols, the officia

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ANOC president Sheikh Ahmad in Tokyo

TOKYO, Nov. 28 Kyodo - Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah, president of the Association of National Olympic Committees, waves during the association's General Assembly in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2018, as he reiterated his decision to temporarily step down as ANOC president amid allegations of forgery.

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MLB's efforts against fake autographed balls

DETROIT, United States - An employee of Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers shows a ball that has a special sticker with an identification number on it to prevent forgery of autographed balls in Detroit, Michigan, in this undated photo.

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Police raid ex-Katokichi exec over suspicion of document forgery

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Police agents carry away boxes of evidence from the home of a former executive of major frozen food company Katokichi Co. in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture on Nov. 12, after a search on suspicion that the former executive used falsified seals in documents of transactions between a Katokichi subsidiary and an Osaka-based trading house. Katokichi has allegedly been involved in so-called circular trading totaling more than 100 billion yen on fake invoices.

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Police raid ex-Katokichi exec over suspicion of document forgery

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Police agents enter the home of a former executive of major frozen food company Katokichi Co. in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, on suspicion of using falsified seals in documents of transactions between Katokichi Suisan Co., a Katokichi subsidiary, and the Osaka-based trading house T.Chatani & Co. Katokichi has allegedly been involved in so-called circular trading totaling more than 100 billion yen on fake invoices.

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Banks opt for compensation for cash card forgery victims

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Bankers Association Chairman Yoshifumi Nishikawa speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 22. Nishikawa said the association has begun revising the regulations on cash cards to ensure banks compensate victims of cash card forgery crimes.

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Japan to put new banknotes into circulation Nov. 1

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui holds samples of the newly designed 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills to be put into circulation on Nov. 1 at a press conference on Aug. 10. The new banknotes have holograms and other up-to-date technology to prevent forgery.

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New notes to be issued in Nov.

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Finance Ministry plans to issue three kinds of new notes in November using forgery prevention technology. The 10,000 yen note (top) features Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901), educator, writer and propagator of Western knowledge in the Meiji period (1868-1912), the 5,000 yen note (middle) Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896), female writer of the Meiji period, and the 1,000 yen note (below) Hideyo Noguchi (1876-1928), bacteriologist.

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Shikibo develops micro-print textile to prevent forgery

OSAKA, Japan - Textile maker Shikibo Ltd. said June 17 it has developed a textile (photo) onto which extremely minute images or characters can be etched with a laser to prevent forgery. ''The technology will be instrumental in blocking forgeries of brand-name clothes because it enables the etching of markings invisible to the naked eye,'' a Shikibo official said.

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Archeological site to be inspected for signs of forgery

SENDAI, Japan - A Japan Archaeology Association team starts investigating on Oct. 29 the Kamitakamori site in the town of Tsukidate in Miyagi Prefecture, where archaeologist Shinichi Fujimura has confessed to fabricating archaeological findings. Fujimura has admitted to faking discoveries at 42 sites including Kamitakamori.

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Japan to put new banknotes into circulation Nov. 1

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui holds samples of the newly designed 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills to be put into circulation on Nov. 1 at a press conference on Aug. 10. The new banknotes have holograms and other up-to-date technology to prevent forgery. (Kyodo)

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Banks opt for compensation for cash card forgery victims

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Bankers Association Chairman Yoshifumi Nishikawa speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 22. Nishikawa said the association has begun revising the regulations on cash cards to ensure banks compensate victims of cash card forgery crimes. (Kyodo)

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ANOC president Sheikh Ahmad in Tokyo

Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah, president of the Association of National Olympic Committees, waves during the association's General Assembly in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2018, as he reiterated his decision to temporarily step down as ANOC president amid allegations of forgery. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Art forger says majority of his works not seized

John Myatt, a British painter imprisoned for his involvement in what is described as the 20th century's biggest art forgery, poses with a fake self-portrait of Vincent van Gogh at his home in Stafford, England, on Sept. 16, 2015. He revealed police have seized only 80 of more than 200 works he forged and some were sold to collectors in Japan, though he refused to give details. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Art forger says majority of his works still treated as genuine

John Myatt, a British painter imprisoned for his involvement in what is described as the 20th century's biggest art forgery, poses with a work that imitates the style of Claude Monet at his home in Stafford, England, on Sept. 16, 2015. He revealed police have seized only 80 of more than 200 works he forged and some were sold to collectors in Japan, though he refused to give details. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police raid ex-Katokichi exec over suspicion of document forgery

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Police agents carry away boxes of evidence from the home of a former executive of major frozen food company Katokichi Co. in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture on Nov. 12, after a search on suspicion that the former executive used falsified seals in documents of transactions between a Katokichi subsidiary and an Osaka-based trading house. Katokichi has allegedly been involved in so-called circular trading totaling more than 100 billion yen on fake invoices. (Kyodo)

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Police raid ex-Katokichi exec over suspicion of document forgery

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Police agents enter the home of a former executive of major frozen food company Katokichi Co. in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, on suspicion of using falsified seals in documents of transactions between Katokichi Suisan Co., a Katokichi subsidiary, and the Osaka-based trading house T.Chatani & Co. Katokichi has allegedly been involved in so-called circular trading totaling more than 100 billion yen on fake invoices. (Kyodo)

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MLB's efforts against fake autographed balls

DETROIT, United States - An employee of Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers shows a ball that has a special sticker with an identification number on it to prevent forgery of autographed balls in Detroit, Michigan, in this undated photo. (Kyodo)

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New notes to be issued in Nov.

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Finance Ministry plans to issue three kinds of new notes in November using forgery prevention technology. The 10,000 yen note (top) features Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901), educator, writer and propagator of Western knowledge in the Meiji period (1868-1912), the 5,000 yen note (middle) Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896), female writer of the Meiji period, and the 1,000 yen note (below) Hideyo Noguchi (1876-1928), bacteriologist. (Kyodo)

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IC driver's license unveiled for use from FY 2004

TOKYO, Japan - The National Police Agency (NPA) on June 12 unveiled a high-tech driver's license (above) imprinted with integrated circuitry that officials hope will prevent forgery and expedite license renewal as well as the issuing of traffic tickets. The new license, which will come into use from April 2004, is identical in size to the existing driver's license (below). (Kyodo)

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Priest arrested on suspicion of forgery

TOKYO, Japan - Mudo Oda, 50, a resident priest of a Buddhist temple, speaks at a news conference in a photo taken at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 26, 2002. Oda, whose real name is Reisuke Oda, was arrested Sept. 11 on suspicion of forging private documents to assume the presidency of a religious corporation. (Kyodo)

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Archeological site to be inspected for signs of forgery

SENDAI, Japan - A Japan Archaeology Association team starts investigating on Oct. 29 the Kamitakamori site in the town of Tsukidate in Miyagi Prefecture, where archaeologist Shinichi Fujimura has confessed to fabricating archaeological findings. Fujimura has admitted to faking discoveries at 42 sites including Kamitakamori.

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Moneylender sent to prosecutors

HONJO, Japan - Shigeru Yagi, a 50-year-old moneylender, of Honjo, Saitama Prefecture, neighboring Tokyo, in handcuffs, is transported to prosecutors on March 26 to be charged with document forgery in connection with the suspected murders of two men. Police say Yagi and three women planned and carried out the killings to collect life insurance money. The suspects were transferred from police here to district prosecutors in the prefectural capital of Urawa.