EPIC, based in Bentilee, Stoke-on-Trent, has become an official accredited partner to the England Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT), known as Stop Loan Sharks. The IMLT is a national organisation ...

The fight against loan sharks is coming to Sunderland next week when people living across the city will be able to find out more about how to stay safe from illegal lenders. Did you know with a ...

During this time, she crossed paths with Pawan Kumar Yadav, a loan shark working for a finance company. Their relationship started as a professional interaction when Pawan visited her home to ...

[Editor’s note] Illustration=JoseonDB A person in their 20s who worked with illegal loan sharks noted, “All my peers in their 20s used loans because of gambling. They also faced debt ...

Following their son's death, a Malaysian family has been harassed by multiple groups of loan sharks claiming that the deceased had borrowed money from them. At a press conference on Jan 21 ...

A Nigerian online lender, Delinquent Loans, has come under heavy criticism for publicly sharing photos of 87 debtors on social media in a bid to recover the bad debts. The incident gained ...

But a month later, she reportedly borrowed $500 from loan sharks. "She performed well at work. In August, when I checked her chat history on her phone, I found out that she had borrowed money ...

With the persistent economic challenges millions of Nigerians have been grappling with, the tilt towards loan sharks for many individuals, including small business owners, has been swift.

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Vadodara: Police on Monday arrested a man for alleged loan sharking, as he allegedly charged a city trader exorbitant interest. Naresh Nenani, the complainant, tried to kill himself due to the ...

Up to 300,000 people in Scotland are at risk of falling victim to loan sharks, who are adapting their tactics to prey on those hit by the cost-of-living crisis, new figures from consumer watchdogs ...

However, as the sector expanded, issues of unethical practices became evident, with some institutions found offering loans with deceptive and onerous terms. “There was a recognition that there ...