{"id":24394,"date":"2025-12-30T19:20:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T11:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=24394"},"modified":"2025-12-30T19:20:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T11:20:52","slug":"mile-high-crime-club-theft-syndicates-target-asias-airlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=24394","title":{"rendered":"Mile-high crime club: theft syndicates target Asia\u2019s airlines"},"content":{"rendered":"


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As a near-weekly flier, Qyira Yusri is attuned to the rising menace of in-flight theft, mainly by Chinese gangs targeting flights across Asia to pilfer cash, credit cards and luxury handbags stored in overhead compartments.<\/p>\n

She checks everything twice before boarding, puts aside her passport and phone and only places carry-on luggage overhead in her eye line.<\/p>\n

For the 30-year-old, whose next flight to Bangkok from Malaysia<\/span> will be her 55th in a work-packed year, a healthy dose of paranoia prevents her from falling victim to crime at 30,000 feet.<\/div>\n

\u201cI\u2019m trying to avoid being pickpocketed but also ensuring I\u2019m not being careless at the same time,\u201d the Kuala Lumpur-based consultant told This Week in Asia.<\/p>\n

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In Malaysia and Hong Kong, in-flight thefts soared 70 per cent in 2024, according to data by airport police in those destinations. Photo: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Aviation experts warn that Asia\u2019s busy routes are increasingly the target of sophisticated theft syndicates, who operate in groups and seek high-value items often carried by business travellers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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