Reuters — How “scam centres” (and trafficking into them) proliferated in SE Asia

Reuters — How “scam centres” (and trafficking into them) proliferated in SE Asia

Reuters explains how large scam hubs expanded in parts of Southeast Asia with weak governance and armed-group control. Many workers are recruited with fake job offers, then held under coercion and forced to run online fraud. Governments have launched crackdowns, but the industry’s scale and cross-border complexity make enforcement difficult.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/how-scam-centres-proliferated-southeast-asia-2025-03-05/