earthlingRoyal Hill scam centre, Cambodia
Gehtso2,500 scammer-linked Starlink rigs disabled in Myanmar
SpaceX acts in response to reports of surge in satellite internet use by gangs
#Myanmar #Starlink #Internet #satellite #KKPark #Asien #Thailand #Scam #ScamCentres
Joseph Lim 
Not everyone in #Cambodia #scamcentres is an angel: #SouthKorea missionary
🧐""Rarely did youths come w a good heart to be good to their parents" Ok Hae-shil, missionary in CAM for 14yrs who helped some 🇰🇷ns ret home fr #scam compounds told Reuters. "Most... just wanted to make money think'g 'whoever's harmed has nothing to do w me'".. Ok said underly'g issue was more #systemic. "If 🇰🇷youth cld find #jobs & live while being rewarded for their work.. they wldn't hv done tis""
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/Not-everyone-in-Cambodia-scam-centres-is-an-angel-South-Korean-missionary-says
🧐""Rarely did youths come w a good heart to be good to their parents" Ok Hae-shil, missionary in CAM for 14yrs who helped some 🇰🇷ns ret home fr #scam compounds told Reuters. "Most... just wanted to make money think'g 'whoever's harmed has nothing to do w me'".. Ok said underly'g issue was more #systemic. "If 🇰🇷youth cld find #jobs & live while being rewarded for their work.. they wldn't hv done tis""
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/Not-everyone-in-Cambodia-scam-centres-is-an-angel-South-Korean-missionary-says
Not everyone in Cambodia scam centres is an angel, South Korean missionary says
SEOUL - The death of a South Korean student lured into working in a scam centre in Cambodia with the promise of a good wage prompted Seoul this week to send officials to Phnom Penh to seek the release of people held against their will. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
@WIRED @crypto-and-bitcoin-WIRED
"Over last decade, organized #crime #gangs operating out of #SEAsia hv operated dozens of #scamcentres across #Myanmar, #Laos, & #Cambodia. Often run by #Chinese #organizedcrime gps.. #DOJ #indictment against Chen & 7 unnamed co-conspirators alleges tt Prince Gp operated more than 100 businesses in 30 countries & names several oth alleged subsidiaries. Some “local networks,” incl'g 1 based in #Brooklyn, #NewYork, also worked on behalf of Prince Gp"
"Over last decade, organized #crime #gangs operating out of #SEAsia hv operated dozens of #scamcentres across #Myanmar, #Laos, & #Cambodia. Often run by #Chinese #organizedcrime gps.. #DOJ #indictment against Chen & 7 unnamed co-conspirators alleges tt Prince Gp operated more than 100 businesses in 30 countries & names several oth alleged subsidiaries. Some “local networks,” incl'g 1 based in #Brooklyn, #NewYork, also worked on behalf of Prince Gp"
#Myanmar #scamcentres booming despite crackdown, using Musk’s Starlink
🧐"an #AFP #investigation has found. New buildings hv been springing up around #Myawaddy on #Thailand-Myanmar border, festooned w dishes for #Musk’s #Starlink.. Starlink has gone fr nowhere at the time of crackdown in Feb to becom'g Myanmar’s biggest internet provider fr July 3 until October.. #US #Congress Jt Economic Committee told AFP they've begun investig'n into Starlink’s involvement w te centres"
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-scam-centres-booming-despite-crackdown-using-musks-starlink
🧐"an #AFP #investigation has found. New buildings hv been springing up around #Myawaddy on #Thailand-Myanmar border, festooned w dishes for #Musk’s #Starlink.. Starlink has gone fr nowhere at the time of crackdown in Feb to becom'g Myanmar’s biggest internet provider fr July 3 until October.. #US #Congress Jt Economic Committee told AFP they've begun investig'n into Starlink’s involvement w te centres"
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-scam-centres-booming-despite-crackdown-using-musks-starlink
#SouthKorea summons Cambodian envoy over job #scams targeting nationals
"# of reported kidnappings of Sth Koreans in #Cambodia – prev'ly aver'g 10-20 cases/year – surged to 220 in 2024 & 330 as of Aug 2025.. Per #AmnestyInternational, abuses in Cambodia’s #scamcentres r happening on a “mass scale”, & there're at least 53 scam compounds where organised criminal groups carry out #humantrafficking.. report accused Cambodian #government of being #complicit in te exploitation"
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-summons-cambodian-envoy-over-job-scams-targeting-nationals
"# of reported kidnappings of Sth Koreans in #Cambodia – prev'ly aver'g 10-20 cases/year – surged to 220 in 2024 & 330 as of Aug 2025.. Per #AmnestyInternational, abuses in Cambodia’s #scamcentres r happening on a “mass scale”, & there're at least 53 scam compounds where organised criminal groups carry out #humantrafficking.. report accused Cambodian #government of being #complicit in te exploitation"
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-summons-cambodian-envoy-over-job-scams-targeting-nationals
nidoran1232 at KillBaitMyanmar's Growing Scam Centres and Human Trafficking Industry on the Thai Border
Myanmar has seen the rapid rise of scam centres, such as KK Park on the Thai-Myanmar border, where human trafficking and online fraud thrive. These centres, operated by organized crime syndicates and protected by the country's military junta, are designed to exploit trafficked workers, who are force... [More info]
#China: when will PRC go to the global capital of #scammers - #Cambodia - & eradicate your Chinese-controlled scam centres there?🤔
#UNODC #PoiPet #sihanoukville
#Chinese anti-scam team arrives in Myawaddy
"Chinese CIB officials, part of #Beijing's Ministry of #Public #Security, planned talks w #Myanmar officials on assistance for Chinese victims of #scamcentres in Myawaddy & wld urge Myanmar #authorities to take strong action against those still operat'g in border areas"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3064584/chinese-anti-scam-team-arrives-in-myawaddy
Govt policies lack foresight
"lax visa policy, in tandem w weak immigration controls, opened e door for a boom in illegal work in #Thailand, as well as making it easier for cross-border #scamcentres in Myanmar to function.. hilights e #administrativefailure of tis #PheuThai-led #government. During e past 2 yrs, the public has witnessed e govt promise one thing then do another on numerous occasions.. These probs r all symptomatic of a more #systemic #failure at top level"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2986786/govt-policies-lack-foresight
"lax visa policy, in tandem w weak immigration controls, opened e door for a boom in illegal work in #Thailand, as well as making it easier for cross-border #scamcentres in Myanmar to function.. hilights e #administrativefailure of tis #PheuThai-led #government. During e past 2 yrs, the public has witnessed e govt promise one thing then do another on numerous occasions.. These probs r all symptomatic of a more #systemic #failure at top level"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2986786/govt-policies-lack-foresight
Norobiik @This is the backstory by BBC posted last November on what led to the beginning of the fall of #Laukkaing
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More than 100,000 foreign nationals, many of them Chinese, were estimated to have been lured to these #ScamCentres, where they were effectively imprisoned and forced to work long hours targeting victims all over the world. #Myanmar #China
The Chinese mafia's downfall in a lawless casino town - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67471138
