This is an utterly ridiculous statement by the Thai PM—attempting to ignore 3+ years of highly public Thai govt frustration with the failure of #Cambodia to meaningfully address their massive state-abetted scam industry. Sad to see and deeply harmful. bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener…

One of the last of a dying breed. A true honor to have been on the receiving end of both your scrutiny and your grace. Thanks for giving hell to the region’s various autocrats all these years and showing a generation how it’s done. RIP Gwen Robinson. ft.com/content/ec0bbb…

Cyberfraud in the Mekong reaches inflection point, UN Office on Drugs & Crime reveals: bit.ly/4ijy84Z

Excellent. Now that the big meetings are over, the newest proliferation of scamplexes can get under way.

Highly improbable that there could be a more timely, or urgently needed proposal for this catalytic funding opp. Good luck Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and way to go MacArthur Foundation!

Terrific harm minimizing move from Treasury Department Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent formally naming Huione -- a key money laundering instrument of #Cambodia's ruling party -- as a threat and proposing its full banning from US financial markets. Strongly endorse. fincen.gov/news/news-rele…

My latest w/ Mark Taylor The Diplomat on UN Office on Drugs & Crime's recent findings, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)' May 1 action on Huione, and what sort of strategic response is needed to counter the global security threats emanating from next-gen mafia states in the region. thediplomat.com/2025/05/inflec…

Now that the brand has been tarnished, the regime has to take it underground for a bit while they spin up a proxy. Huione itself though isn’t going anywhere.

Murdering opposition leaders in third countries.. Soliciting foreign military bases.. Deploying trafficked labor to steal billions from foreign constituencies.. THIS is foreign interference Hun Sen Khmer Times. The world has a duty to respond. khmertimeskh.com/501680091/hun-…

SE Asia’s cybercrime industry is perhaps the most significant economic force in the Mekong subregion, equivalent to 40% or more of the GDP in the primary host countries. This Friday, J. Daniel Sims and other leading experts will reveil new data on Cambodia. fccthai.com/events/504

Excited to launch this study FCCThai. Phil Robertson moderated and joined by Jason Tower Lindsey Kennedy and Mark Taylor. Come, grab a cheeky lunch beer, and let's chat through how to counter the globally reaching harms extending from next-gen mafia states like #Cambodia.

In which Prince Group continues their noble crusade against source protection and all things Jack Adamović Davies while kindly promoting my recent study. still awaiting word from Neak Oknha Chen Zhi Prince Group re: the bodies that keep piling up in front of his scam compounds. princeholdinggroup.com/2025/05/19/hol…

So much #Cambodia gov't spin, trying to deflect the highly damning, well researched findings by J. Daniel Sims about gov't & ruling CPP complicity in the massive cyberscam center operations that operate with impunity in that country! Hey Samdech Thipadei HUN MANET Hun Sen - time to

Of all the state actors using sovereignty to shield their acts of predation and outright crime, #Cambodia ranks near the worst. Statements like this feign legitimacy. They should fool no one. Ouk Mao is being repressed for his reporting on CPP illegal timber trade, full stop.

.Hugh Watkins in South China Morning Post "Written by security specialist Jacob Sims J. Daniel Sims, new report says #Cambodia becoming centre of exploding global scam economy driven primarily by Chinese organised crime" Scale of illegal activities threatens global stability sc.mp/mmc4f?utm_sour…

Nice to see my study get some air-time in The Times and The Sunday Times today. "The findings support those of UN investigators who recently said scam centres continue to grow and spread 'like a cancer'—despite public promises to crack down on them by southeast Asian govts." thetimes.com/world/asia/art…

Tremendous reporting by Coby Hobbs The Diplomat on the deportation of Taiwanese trafficking victims to the mainland...and on China's response to Cambodia's scam industry which has decidedly "NOT resulted in accountability for [CPP-linked] kingpins." thediplomat.com/2025/05/suspec…

Strong Global Initiative study out today. Offers a nice regional primer on how scam centers work and why they are able to operate with ongoing impunity. This work was underpinned by the contract work of loads of terrific reporters and civil society actors (named and unnamed). Props, all.

"regrettably, based solely on the author's imagination and hallucinations..." ក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ. if I had a nickel for every time i got called a lunatic just for exposing a bit of state crime with hard evidence...

Speaking to Asia Sentinel about cyber-scam centers in Cambodia: "The real takeaway from this no-holds-barred report by Jake Sims is the neck deep complicity of Cambodia's ruling elite with the cyber-scam centers, which have now spread to every province in the country. Longtime