As Vietnam continues to face challenges in curbing illegal gambling, a Vietnamese gambler was brutally tortured and stabbed to death. The body of the 42-year-old man identified as Hoan, a native of Hanoi, was found on December 2 in a river near Bavet City in Cambodia’s Svay Rieng Province, according to a report.
The man was reportedly killed as part of a violent debt recovery scheme involving a loan shark gang operating since 2023. Investigators revealed that the gang lent money to Vietnamese gamblers, trapping them in debt and threatening them or their families with torture or death if repayments were not made.
As per VNExpress International, the Criminal Investigation Department (C02) of the Ministry of…