Authorities across the nation handled 125 cases of loan-sharking in September, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
Some 61,000 people were found to have fallen prey to shady lending practices during the month.
The NPA designated September as a special month for targeting shady moneylenders in tandem with a new money-lending law that came partly into force Sept. 1. The new law tightens rules on the trade with stiffer penalties on unlicensed lenders and outfits that charge illegal rates.
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