Show threadJoseph Lim May 8
#SriLanka arrests more than 260 foreigners over cyberscams
🧐"Sri Lankan authorities arrested 30 #Chinese & #Vietnamese on May 7 in te latest #crackdown, raising the # detained since te weekend to 261.. arrests came a month aft 152 foreign nationals, mostly Chinese, were detained for running #cyberscam op'n. 🇱🇰’s telecommunications #infrastructure, favourable geographical location & relatively lenient #visa #policies encouraged fraud gangs to move to te #SouthAsian nation"
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/sri-lanka-arrests-more-than-260-foreigners-over-cyberscams
Sri Lanka arrests more than 260 foreigners over cyberscams

The suspects were aged between 19 and 39, with most overstaying their visas. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times
Joseph Lim May 1
#US #Cyberscam #Crackdown May End #Cambodia Honeymoon
"July 8, 2025, #HunSen said in socmedia, “Regarding recent commentary, several Thai authorities, #media outlets, & members of public hv stated tt te #investigation & crackdown on #KokAn is due to his close ties w Hun Sen. Therefore, te Thai court shld also launch an investigation into #Thaksin, since it is widely known tt Thaksin is extremely close to me—so close, in fact, tt he even has a reserved room at my home.”"🧐
https://www.asiasentinel.com/p/usa-cyberscam-crackdown-end-cambodia-honeymoon
US Cyberscam Crackdown May End Cambodian Honeymoon

But US crackdown in Myanmar, Cambodia insufficient, say analysts

Asia Sentinel
Headlines AfricaApr 28
Uganda detains 231 foreigners in crackdown on possible human trafficking http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TSGP7w #Uganda #HumanTrafficking #IllegalMigration #Cyberscam #SayNoToTrafficking
#cryptohagenApr 8
En undersøgelse foretaget af OCCRP afslørede et samarbejde mellem Trump-familien og 3 personer med tilknytning til Prince Group, en tidligere stor aktør inden for #cyberscam
https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/politically-connected-crypto-project-pursued-resort-with-alleged-scam-syndicate-figures
Politically Connected Crypto Project Pursued Resort With Alleged Scam Syndicate Figures

AB is a little-known blockchain network that recently partnered with the Trump family’s crypto firm. But one of the projects it has promoted — a proposed crypto technology resort in Southeast Asia — involved people sanctioned by the U.S. last year for ties to the Prince Group, an alleged multibillion-dollar fraud...

OCCRP
Uyghur Team of Adas IsraelMar 5

One of the horrifying aspects of China's repression of Uyghurs is that other countries cooperate with it. Consider, for example, #Cambodia. When a Uyghur man fled from #China to Cambodia, only to be enslaved in a #cyberscam compound, what did the Cambodian authorities do when they "rescued" him? Did they treat him as a #refugee? No! They sent poor Abdureqip Rahman back to China! The Washington Post has details in a paywalled article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2024/china-uyghur-muslim-genocide-cambodia-deportation/

#AbdureqipRahman

Dale YeagerFeb 15
Dale Yeager: 3 Ways to Protect Small and Large Investors https://buff.ly/3D6mcSP investors #daleyeager #InvestmentFraud #romancescams #SocialMediaScams #CyberScam #DigitalFraud
Joseph Lim Feb 5
Under Pressure, #Cambodia Cleans Out #Cyberscam Compounds
🧐"Revenue generated by #scam #compounds is est'd at US$12.5-19 billion p.a., equiv to as much as 60% of Cambodia’s formal GDP according to a Jan 25 report by Washington, DC-based #CSIS, ahead of industry at 41.8% of the formal economy.. Having been rooted out of #Philippines, & now Cambodia, they hv moved to new locations as far away the #UnitedArabEmirates, #Montenegro & elsewhere to better target Western markets"
https://www.asiasentinel.com/p/under-pressure-cambodia-cleans-out-cyberscam-compounds
Under Pressure, Cambodia Cleans Out Cyberscam Compounds

But undetermined how much is dramatics

Asia Sentinel
odnewsinJan 30

Salon Owner Arrested As Mastermind Of Fake Trading App Cyber Scam; 3 Held

Salon Owner Arrested As Mastermind Of Fake Trading App Cyber Scam; 3 Held #cyberfraud #tradingapp #salonowner #cyberscam #otvnewsenglish #otvnews --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OdishaTV is Odisha's no 1 News Channel. OTV being the first private satellite TV channel in Odisha carries the onus of charting a course that…

https://www.odnews.in/salon-owner-arrested-as-mastermind-of-fake-trading-app-cyber-scam-3-held-4/

Mathrubhumi EnglishJan 29
MLA Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan receives a WhatsApp threat of virtual arrest, citing a case involving his Aadhaar and phone number. Police and Cyber Cell investigating. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/even-an-mla-is-not-spared-kerala-legislator-threatened-with-virtual-arrest-probe-on-uizib4xx?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Thiruvanchoor #Radhakrishnan #VirtualArrest #CyberScam
Obscure_Rebel has moved!Jan 25

“The Mekong’s Cyber-Scam Crisis”

by Kurniawan Arif Maspul in Savage Minds on Substack

“Detachment is no longer a luxury for any nation, rich or poor, North or South. What is unfolding in Southeast Asia is a warning shot for the entire international system: when digital crime fuses with human exploitation, borders cease to matter, and vulnerability becomes universal”

https://open.substack.com/pub/savageminds/p/the-mekongs-cyber-scam-crisis

#Press #CyberCrime #CyberScam #Cambodia #SoutheastAsia #ASEAN #DigitalNarcoEconomy

The Mekong’s Cyber-Scam Crisis

What Southeast Asia’s Cyber Slavery Teaches the World About the Digital Age

Savage Minds