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Why Southeast Asia’s online scam industry is so hard to shut down
Chen Zhi's extradition aims to dismantle a transnational scam network exploiting trafficked workers; U.S. Treasury reports Americans lost $10 billion to related scams in 2024.
- Cambodia arrested and extradited a powerful tycoon accused of running a vast online scam network that exploited trafficked workers and defrauded victims worldwide.
- Scams often start small, luring victims with texts about jobs or friendly greetings, while trafficked laborers work long hours sending messages until someone responds.
- Scam compounds in Southeast Asia are sprawling complexes housing thousands of trafficked workers compelled to run scams, making the industry difficult to dismantle as operations can quickly shift locations.
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Why is Southeast Asia still the global hub for online scam networks?
US prosecutors say Chen Zhi’s network scammed at least 250 Americans, while the US Treasury estimates $10 billion was lost to Southeast Asia-linked scams in 2024. The UN reports that around 220,000 people are forced into scam labour in Myanmar and Cambodia alone
·Mumbai, India
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On January 7, Chinese state television broadcast dramatic footage: a hooded, handcuffed man being escorted off a plane in Beijing. The prisoner was Chen Zhi, the 38-year-old founder of Cambodia’s Prince Holding Group, accused of running one of Asia’s largest scam empires. Cambodia had arrested Chen the day before and extradited him to China, ending...
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