US, China Spur Southeast Asian Scam Crackdown

US, China Spur Southeast Asian Scam Crackdown

By: Toh Han ShihGambling mogul She Zhijiang. Photo from AFPAfter more than a decade of rapacious scam activity, dual pressure from the US and China has led to a crackdown on operations and assets of pig butchering and gambling rings in Southeast Asia as well as Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan, with coordinated raids in China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.Although the superpowers are no allies, the squeeze has caused the Myan…

US Offering Big Money to Nab Southeast Asian Scam Bosses

The Myanmar military has been pushing an allied militia to suppress scam centres by the Thai border, after the US set up a 'Strike Force,' which is offering huge rewards