NEW E S T D IM E NS IO N S O F

COV ID -D R IV E N C R IM ES
ER
NAME: JANNAT ANIKA NAW
COURSE: SOC 101
ID: 1931364630
 TOILET ROLLS, THE NEW HOT PROPERTY
• IT WAS
HAPPENED IN HONG-KONG. DURING THE PANDEMIC, THERE SOME RUMOR SPREAD
OUT ABOUT TOILET AND PEOPLE STARTED PANIC PURCHASE. THEN SOME PEOPLE
PRESENTED WITH ARMS AND ROBBED TOILET ROLLS.

• BESIDES THAT, A DELIVERY MAN WAS THREATENED BY THREE KNIFE-WIELDING MEN WHO
TOOK TOILET PAPER WORTH MORE THAN HK$1,000 ($130)
 DISOBEYING THE HEALTH SAFETY PROTOCOLS
(CHINA)

IN EARLY JUNE, A MAN FROM SOUTH CHINA'S GUANGXI ZHUANG AUTONOMOUS REGION, WHO
REFUSED TO ACCEPT COVID-19 PREVENTION MEASURES, CAUSED NINE OTHER PEOPLE TO BECOME
INFECTED. HE WAS LATER SENTENCED TO 14 MONTHS IN JAIL, ACCORDING TO MEDIA REPORTS.
 CRIMES IN BANGLADESH
• MURDER: LAST YEAR, ALL FAMILY MEMBERS WERE MURDERED IN 5 HOURS AT THEIR HOME IN
GAZIPUR

• ILLEGAL NARCOTICS: PEOPLE ARE GETTING FRUSTRATED AND LOOKING FOR DRUGS HERE
AND THERE. ALSO SOME ARE BECOMING VERY DEPRESSED AND TOWARDS TO DRUGS

• VEHICLE THEFT: THIS CRIME RATE IS INCREASING DRASTICALLY. AS LOWER CLASS PEOPLE
HAVE NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO PASS THEIR LIVELIHOOD SO THAT THEY THEFT OTHER VEHICLE
AND VEHICLE PARTS AND SELL IT TO THE BLACK MARKET.
 REFERENCES
• HTTPS://
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GANG-STEALS-TOILET-ROLLS-IN-HONG-KONG/ORGANISED-CRIME/SLIDESHOW/74170430.CMS

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