Tourism

Nepal Police uncover $19.7 million fake helicopter rescue scam, Arrest operators targeting foreign trekkers

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) has uncovered a large-scale fake rescue racket that systematically defrauded foreign trekkers, mountaineers, and international insurance companies under the guise of emergency helicopter evacuations in the Himalayas, raising serious concerns about governance, tourism integrity, and insurance fraud in one of the world’s most...

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