Cambodia corruption

A conversation with director Don Millar.

As the harms of Cambodia's criminalized political economy ripple outward, governments in the region and further afield must move beyond their muted, incoherent response.

The 36-year-old, whose reporting has linked powerful businesspeople to the country's online scamming industry, is reportedly suffering from a number of health problems.

Elites are saluted as an award-winning journalist is sent to jail.

Mech Dara, who has earned global plaudits for his work on online scam syndicates, has been charged with "incitement" over a series of social media posts.

How one journalist’s plight reveals the need for global solidarity against criminal autocracy in Cambodia.

Will new U.S. sanctions on one of Cambodia’s most prominent state-affiliated kingpins signal a turning point for Cambodian state organized crime?

Last year, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen handed power to his eldest son Hun Manet. One year on, it is clear that he remains the country's most powerful man.

The country's epidemic of online scam operations testifies to a lack of state capacity that should have been a red flag for MFI boosters.

The 10 activists, four of whom were arrested outside the court, are members of the group Mother Nature, which was deregistered in 2017.

How the U.S. State Department's latest Trafficking in Persons report could protect trafficking victims and American taxpayers alike.

Old debates about U.S. engagement have become obsolete in light of evidence that the country's elite is abetting cyberscam operations on a massive scale.

Despite growing evidence that Cambodia has become a source of industrial-scale cyber-scams, the authorities continue to downplay the extent of the problem.

"The era of the 'shell country' is having its ascendancy and Cambodia is a prime example of the phenomenon."

Who stands to lose the most as the world welcomes the next generation of Cambodian kleptocrats?

The IMF sees significant downside risks as Cambodia slips on corruption index.

Diplomats posted to Phnom Penh expect the new leader's bureaucratic shake-out to continue.

As demonstrated by the scourge of hit-and-run violence on the nation's roads, the political system rests on the idea that some people are more equal than others.

There may yet be a chance for the country’s new government to charm itself into a human trafficking upgrade.

The Ministry of Culture claims that “No More Bets," which has topped the box office in China, could damage the country's reputation.

The global scope of the cyber-scam operations based in the two Southeast Asian countries is only now starting to becoming clear.

The timing of the decision suggests that it followed attempts by old guard politicians to squeeze as much profit out of the Games as possible.

Over the past decade, microfinance has been rolled out against a backdrop of a profoundly weak and corrupt state.

Masphal Kry, a Cambodian forestry official, and seven others have been charged with conspiring to illegally export long-tailed macaques to the United States.