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Sun Lee Thailand’s escalating military campaign against Cambodia’s fraud compounds has exposed not only the fragility of Cambodia’s defences but also the deeper complicity of the Chinese government in sustaining transnational crime networks across So... [1]

The U.S. government has sanctioned 19 companies and individuals in Myanmar and Cambodia for their involvement in a multibillion-dollar global scam industry that it accused of stealing “billions of dollars from Americans using forced labor and violenc... [2]

Mae Sot International Airport is finally living up to its name. As planes from China and India have come to pick up their respective citizens who have been extracted from scam centers across the border in Myanmar and repatriate them, it’s no longer j... [3]

A Chinese court on Monday sentenced to death 16 members of the Ming Family criminal syndicate from Kokang in Myanmar’s northern Shan State near the Chinese border, for multiple crimes including establishing scam centers and killing 14 Chinese nationa... [4]

The leaders of another Karen armed group allied with Myanmar’s junta have been hit with U.S. sanctions for hosting cyber-scam operations. The U.S. [5]

The US Congress on Thursday urged the Trump administration to publicly denounce the Myanmar junta’s planned election as a sham, and to appoint a Special Representative and Policy Coordinator to lead US efforts in addressing the country’s escalating c... [8]

The Shwe Kokko crime hub, which was initially pitched as a large-scale mixed commercial, residential and leisure development project known as “China Town,” sprung up nearly a decade ago on the bank of the Moei River on the Thailand-Myanmar border. [9]

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[1] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2026-01-03 · 75% match

China’s Shadow Over Cambodia’s Fraud Factories Exposed by Thai Strikes

Sun Lee Thailand’s escalating military campaign against Cambodia’s fraud compounds has exposed not only the fragility of Cambodia’s defences but also the deeper complicity of the Chinese government in sustaining transnational crime networks across So

[2] TH thediplomat.com · 2025-09-09 · 85% match

US Government Announces New Sanctions on Scam Networks in Myanmar, Cambodia

The U.S. government has sanctioned 19 companies and individuals in Myanmar and Cambodia for their involvement in a multibillion-dollar global scam industry that it accused of stealing “billions of dollars from Americans using forced labor and violenc

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2026-02-11 · 75% match

Want to Break the Scam Centers? Follow the Money

Mae Sot International Airport is finally living up to its name. As planes from China and India have come to pick up their respective citizens who have been extracted from scam centers across the border in Myanmar and repatriate them, it’s no longer j

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-09-30 · 75% match

China Sentences 16 Kokang Crime Syndicate Members to Death

A Chinese court on Monday sentenced to death 16 members of the Ming Family criminal syndicate from Kokang in Myanmar’s northern Shan State near the Chinese border, for multiple crimes including establishing scam centers and killing 14 Chinese nationa

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-11-13 · 75% match

U.S. Sanctions Another Pro-Junta Karen Militia Over Scam Centers

The leaders of another Karen armed group allied with Myanmar’s junta have been hit with U.S. sanctions for hosting cyber-scam operations. The U.S.

[6] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-10-27 · 75% match

Behind the Myanmar junta’s raid on KK Park

[7] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-12-09 · 75% match

KNU, DKBA and the Scam Center Economy on Myanmar’s Border

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-11-21 · 75% match

US Lawmakers Urge Trump Administration to Reject Myanmar Junta’s ‘Sham Election’

The US Congress on Thursday urged the Trump administration to publicly denounce the Myanmar junta’s planned election as a sham, and to appoint a Special Representative and Policy Coordinator to lead US efforts in addressing the country’s escalating c

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-11-27 · 75% match

The Story of Shwe Kokko: How a Border Backwater Became a Global Crime Hub

The Shwe Kokko crime hub, which was initially pitched as a large-scale mixed commercial, residential and leisure development project known as “China Town,” sprung up nearly a decade ago on the bank of the Moei River on the Thailand-Myanmar border.

[10] MM www.scmp.com · 2026-01-08 · 59% match

China accuses extradited billionaire Chen Zhi of running a crime network from Cambodia

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