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Southeast Asia
10 stories, since 2025, most of them about human trafficking.
Human Trafficking
Women Trafficked Into Cyber Scam Centers
Women trafficked into cyber scam centers in Asia are exposing a fast-growing form of modern-day slavery, where digital fraud, forced criminality and gender-based violence are being used together by organized crime networks.
Human Trafficking
Southeast Asia’s Scam-Centre Trafficking Crisis: How Human Trafficking Became the Labour Force of Global Cybercrime
A new generation of scam centers across Southeast Asia is exposing how human trafficking has moved into the digital economy, with people recruited through fake jobs, trapped in guarded compounds and forced to carry out online fraud against victims around the world.
Human Trafficking
Inside a seized scam compound in Cambodia, the machinery of exploitation comes into view
A tour of a compound near Cambodia’s border with Thailand has offered a stark look at how online fraud and human trafficking…
Human Trafficking
The Human Cost of Cyber Scam Operations in Southeast Asia
Behind the Screens: Survival, Trafficking, and the Expanding Crisis of Forced Online Fraud The sleek interface of a cryptocurrency trading app. A…
Human Trafficking
Cambodia’s Crackdown on Scam Compounds: Progress, Pressure, and the Global Fight Against Industrialised Fraud
Phnom Penh claims cyber-scam activity has been cut in half, but experts warn the real story reveals a shifting criminal economy, not…
Ecocide
Japan Joins Regional Effort to Examine Toxic River Pollution Linked to Myanmar Mining
Thai authorities have turned to Japanese environmental experts for technical support as concerns grow over suspected contamination flowing across borders from mining…
Human Trafficking
Myanmar’s Post-Election Reality: Why Regional Diplomacy Must Confront the Hidden Crisis of Human Trafficking
As Thailand moves to re-engage Myanmar following controversial elections, aid organizations warn that instability along the border is accelerating exploitation, forced labor…
Human Trafficking
What Are Gray Zones? Inside the Lawless Enclaves Driving Human Trafficking and Ecocide Across Southeast Asia
For nearly twenty years, our Thailand Director Kru Nam has used one phrase to describe the most dangerous places for children on…
Ecocide
Myanmar Earthquake Tremors effect Thailand Community
As Tremors Strike Northern Thailand, Kru Nam and Her Team Move Swiftly to Protect Vulnerable Children A Wake-Up Call From Below On…
Human Trafficking
Unmasking the ‘Pig Butchering’ Scam: A Modern Slavery Crisis
Human Trafficking Fuels Global Online Fraud Operations In the ever-evolving landscape of cybercrime, a particularly insidious scheme has emerged, intertwining human trafficking…
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