Assessing the Crackdown on Thai-Myanmar Border Scam Centers USIP's Jason Tower takes The Irrawaddy's questions on recent developments in the crackdown on scam centers on the Thai-Myanmar border. Key extracts follow. youtu.be/GOEDL-NBn4E?si…

Good reporting from Nikkei Asia from ground zero of the crisis on the Myanmar-Thailand border, where criminal groups and militias aligned with the Myanmar military BGF are frantically trying to bring an end to a crackdown on online scamming & trafficking asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Soci…

Analysis report with DW Asia on the Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing’s visit to Russia last week. Is the military hedging between Moscow and Beijing? Jason Tower Zachary Abuza Khin Ohmar Myanmar's junta turns to Russia for support in civil war p.dw.com/p/4reEv?maca=e…

Experts on Panel ⓶: China’s Military and Security Footprint in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands Gregory B. Poling Greg Poling CSIS Southeast Asia Jason Tower Jason Tower U.S. Institute of Peace Cleo Paskal Cleo Paskal FDD uscc.gov/hearings/cross…

Myanmar’s scam economy continues to expand: on 4/23, 920 additional individuals repatriated to China, including from Mong Hsu, a town under influence of the Shan State Army North, a close ally of the United Wa State Army. Locations increasingly inland — 300+ miles from Tachileik

Following the money: Thai authorities advance initiative to address the laundering of illicit funds generated by online scams through cryptocurrency exchanges; such exchanges have proliferated across the region, and are key to the pig-butchering scams. thethaiger.com/news/phuket/cr…