My new article for The Diplomat is a deep dive into the politics of scamming in SEA + the international finance & other networks that sustain it. thediplomat.com/2025/11/cracki… #SoutheastAsia #Cybercrime #IllicitEconomies #PoliticalEconomy #Governance

Really perceptive points about what fuels the scam economy in SE Asia from ⁦Neil Loughlin⁩ share.google/RFXJsWJ48ry4kQ…

CAMBODIA/THAILAND: Excellent roundup of current news related to the ongoing armed conflict between Thailand and Cambodia from Kouprey. 1/2

Tommy Walker Sebastian Strangio But even the skirmishes that followed could have been contained with good diplomacy. The leaked phone call was devastating - Hun Sen knew what it would precipitate. Also the extensive use of BM21 rockets on 24 July. And this time - Thai military determination to damage Camb army

My new piece in The Diplomat explores a couple of questions about the conflict: 1) Where is Hun Manet — and what does his absence say about authority in Cambodia? 2) How relevant are online scams to the current #Thailand–Cambodia fighting? thediplomat.com/2025/12/beyond…

CAMBODIA/CHINA: Reports are trickling out that Prince group kingpin Chen Zhi has been arrested in Cambodia and repatriated to China. No official confirmation yet. cc-times.com/posts/30900

CAMBODIA/CHINA: Cambodia's Ministry of Interior confirms Chen Zhi's extradition to China. 🚨🚨🚨 facebook.com/ministry.inter…

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The US has sentenced fugitive scam centre operator Daren Li to the maximum 20 years in prison in absentia for orchestrating a $73M cryptocurrency fraud and pig butchering scam linked to scam centres in Cambodia kiripost.com/stories/us-sen…

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Former director of the RFA Khmer Service, Sam Poly, was called back to work after the RFA Khmer team was shut down last year.

New UN Human Rights report describes grave human rights abuses endured by hundreds of thousands of people trafficked from dozens of countries into working in scam operations, mostly in south east Asia. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

Genuinely confused as to why there are so many Ironmans. 19/19