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China’s FM Calls on Southeast Asia to Tackle Online Scamming Scourge

China’s FM Calls on Southeast Asia to Tackle Online Scamming Scourge

By Sebastian Strangio
Wang Yi told ASEAN ambassadors that scamming poses “serious threats to the vital interests of citizens from China and other countries.”

Singapore Should Intervene in the Region’s Online Scam Industry

Singapore Should Intervene in the Region’s Online Scam Industry

By David Hutt
The Singaporean government wants to intervene in the bank accounts of its own citizens but not in the scam industries of neighboring countries.
Cyberscamming is Southeast Asia’s Incurable Disease

Cyberscamming is Southeast Asia’s Incurable Disease

By David Hutt
The region has experienced its share of criminality, but the recent explosion of online scam operations is both quantitatively and qualitatively different.

Cutting Losses: Southeast Asia’s Crackdown on Online Gambling

Cutting Losses: Southeast Asia’s Crackdown on Online Gambling

By Amelie De Leon
Governments are slowly waking up to the risks posed by the sector's connection to criminal operations including large-scale cyber-scams.

More Than a Ranking

More Than a Ranking

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

What’s Driving Taiwan’s Mass Protests?
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What’s Driving Taiwan’s Mass Protests?

Why the US and China Should Work Together to Solve the Global Scam Crisis

Why the US and China Should Work Together to Solve the Global Scam Crisis

By Jan Santiago and Alvin Camba
Both nations have a shared interest in cracking down on online "pig butchering schemes." It could show that the two nations can still work together for mutual benefit.

Cambodia, Myanmar ‘Cyber-slaves’ Are Being Recruited Globally, Research Finds

Cambodia, Myanmar ‘Cyber-slaves’ Are Being Recruited Globally, Research Finds

By David Whitehouse
The global scope of the cyber-scam operations based in the two Southeast Asian countries is only now starting to becoming clear.
Indonesian FM Raises Trafficking Concerns During Cambodia Trip

Indonesian FM Raises Trafficking Concerns During Cambodia Trip

By Sebastian Strangio
Retno Marsudi's talks with the Cambodian police chief came days after 62 trafficked Indonesian nationals were freed from an online scam operation in Sihanoukville.

Inside Southeast Asia’s Casino Scam Archipelago

Inside Southeast Asia’s Casino Scam Archipelago

By Lindsey Kennedy and Nathan Paul Southern
Special Economic Zones and self-governing statelets across the Mekong region have become conduits for human trafficking on a massive scale.

Cambodia Told to Shut Down ‘Slave Compounds’ After Warnings From Asian Embassies

Cambodia Told to Shut Down ‘Slave Compounds’ After Warnings From Asian Embassies

By Luke Hunt
The country's interior minister says he will end the crime wave in Sihanoukville by mid-year.

Understanding North Korea’s Fuel Smuggling Networks in East Asia

Understanding North Korea’s Fuel Smuggling Networks in East Asia

By Ankit Panda
How does North Korea keep fueling its military and other needs?
Untangling Webs of Corruption: Trafficking and Terrorism in Central Asia

Untangling Webs of Corruption: Trafficking and Terrorism in Central Asia

By Catherine Putz
Interview with Mariya Y. Omelicheva and Lawrence P. Markowitz.

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