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Asia human trafficking ‘a global crisis’
Published on 27/03/2024
» SINGAPORE - Organised crime rings that fuelled an “explosion” of human trafficking and cyber scam centres during the pandemic have expanded from Southeast Asia into a global network making up to $3 trillion a year, the head of Interpol said on Wednesday.
19 Thais rescued from call scam gang in Cambodia
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 17/03/2024
» Cambodian officials rescued 19 Thai people from a call scam gang in Oddar Meanchey on Saturday, according to the Suranaree Task Force.
Nine rescued from call centre ‘hell’
Published on 19/12/2023
» SA KAEO: Nine Thai nationals who fell victim to a Chinese trafficking scheme in Cambodia have been rescued but they say 200 of their compatriots are still trapped.
2,000 scam-hit bank accounts frozen
Published on 14/11/2023
» A total of 2,004 bank accounts detected shortly after they were used in online scams have been frozen in the past week by the new Anti Online Scam Operation Centre (AOC), according to the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (DES).
More scammers setting up shop in Yangon
Published on 19/09/2023
» Call centre scams in Myanmar, associated mainly with its lawless border regions, are also setting up shop in the commercial hub Yangon, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA).
China tells Myanmar to ‘root out’ scam gangs
Published on 26/07/2023
» YANGON: China has told Myanmar’s junta to “root out” online scam centres in its lawless borderlands that target Chinese citizens, Beijing’s embassy in Yangon said.
Fighting Thailand's 'scamdemic'
Dave Kendall, Published on 17/05/2023
» The April 8 arrest in Bangkok of a Chinese woman with Thai citizenship alleged to be the leader of a criminal syndicate involved in fraud, surrogacy and human trafficking is just one recent example of an increasingly sophisticated crime wave inside Thailand.
An 'old man in a chair' pulling rabbits from his bag of 'truths'
News, Published on 27/06/2020
» An old man in a chair sits, legs crossed, next to a dark-wood bookcase stocked with hardbacks. He speaks of "the truth" about coronavirus and repeats many of the conspiracy theories we've heard elsewhere, but he does so calmly, reading from prepared notes, peering over half-moon spectacles.