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Cambodia arrests alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi
News Agencies and Online Reporters, Published on 07/01/2026
» The Chinese-born tycoon Chen Zhi, accused of running online scam centres that used trafficked workers in Cambodia to defraud people around the world of billions of dollars, has been arrested in Cambodia and extradited to China, Phnom Penh said on Wednesday.
Singapore police seize S$150 million in assets tied to Prince Group: local media
Reuters, Published on 31/10/2025
» SINGAPORE - Singapore police have seized S$150 million ($115.90 million) in assets tied to the Prince Group, a multinational network accused of running vast scam centre operations, the Straits Times newspaper reported on Friday.
Myanmar detains over 10,000 foreigners in scam centre crackdown
Bloomberg and South China Morning Post, Published on 28/10/2025
» NAY PYI TAW — Myanmar’s military government has detained more than 10,000 foreign nationals over the past nine months who the junta said illegally entered the country for involvement in online scams.
How Hong Kong pair landed in Myanmar scam farm 'living a life worse than death'
South China Morning Post, Published on 21/10/2025
» HONG KONG — Having lived in safe Hong Kong all her life, Nancy never imagined that an overseas job would lead to forced labour in a scam farm, a harrowing experience that lasted for half a year before she could be reunited with her family.
Police seek to detain most S.Koreans returned from Cambodia over online scam schemes
Reuters, Published on 20/10/2025
» SEOUL - South Korean police are seeking to detain most of the 64 South Koreans repatriated from Cambodia over allegations they were involved in online scams in the Southeast Asian country, the police said on Monday.
UK, US sanction Southeast Asian scam networks
Reuters, Published on 15/10/2025
» LONDON: Britain and the United States on Tuesday sanctioned a Southeast Asia-based multinational network accused of operating large-scale online scam centres that used trafficked workers to defraud victims around the world.
Hong Kong police arrest 6 linked to phone scam gang operating for months
South China Morning Post, Published on 18/03/2025
» Hong Kong police have smashed a fraud syndicate and arrested six suspects who allegedly cheated at least 12 victims out of about HK$520,000 (2.24 million baht) in a series of phone scams since last November.
‘Escaping hell’: Myanmar scam centre workers plead to go home
AFP, Published on 27/02/2025
» MYAWADDY, Myanmar - Hundreds of exhausted young men lie in an open-sided detention centre in a seedy Myanmar border town, sweating through thick tropical heat by day and prey to clouds of mosquitoes by night.
Trump would have been convicted if he wasn’t elected: special counsel report
AFP, Published on 14/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump would have been convicted for his alleged effort to overturn the 2020 US election result if he hadn’t been elected as president four years later, according to a report released on Tuesday.
Special counsel who led Trump prosecutions leaves US Justice Dept
AFP, Published on 12/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed to investigate Donald Trump for his alleged effort to overturn results of the 2020 election, has left the US Department of Justice, prosecutors said Saturday in a court filing.