Cambodia
The Philippine chairmanship of Asean in a year of strategic tension
Manila’s challenge lies less in setting ambitious priorities than in preserving cohesion amid mounting challenges
After the raids, Asia’s billion-dollar scam trade flickers back
As bigger scam centres in Cambodia disappear, smaller ones in rural areas take their place
Thailand moves to seize US$420 million assets linked to scammers
Assets facing confiscation include those belonging to alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi
Budget 2026: Security-related spending expected to rise in coming years
In addition to physical attacks, the Republic is also vulnerable to cyberthreats
Cambodia floats new law in crackdown on gangs running scam farms
Lawmakers have been discussing a separate draft cybercrime law for around a decade
Scammers’ abandoned Cambodia compound exposes brutality and banality of fraud
Abandoned compounds expose scam scripts, target profiles and rooms staged as police stations
Operation Hope Foundation tackles poverty in Cambodia and Nepal, while doubling down on fraud
Running its own programmes allows the charity to deliver more impact to beneficiaries
Anatomy of a scam empire: Brains and businesses behind Chen Zhi’s network centred in Cambodia
The Business Times unravels the tangled web of sanctioned collaborators, accused associates and entities, using Handshakes data
Thai ruling party vows to resolve Cambodia row as election nears
THAILAND’S ruling party, which is seeking to retain power in next month’s election, is vowing to resolve the country’s conflict with Cambodia and clean up its image as a transit hub for trafficked sca...
Cambodia to keep up crackdown on scam centres after arrest of alleged mastermind
These scams operate from compounds that involve tens of thousands of workers, among them human trafficking victims
