getting caught in a romance scam could cost you your life
- Written by Cassandra Cross, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Queensland University of Technology
Maria Exposto (centre), as she was escorted by the high court in Malaysia in December 2017. EPA/Farzy IsmailWhen Sydney grandmother Maria Exposto was last week sentenced to death by a Malaysian court for drug trafficking, she wasn’t the first Australian to be caught overseas with drugs, or to face the death penalty as a result.
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