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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

Chen Zhi, who has since been extradited to China following his arrest, was accused of growing his multinational conglomerate Prince Holding Group with his top executives into "one of Asia's largest transnational criminal organisations".

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

By aligning closely with the Thai military, Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has leveraged a wartime leader image to double his party’s popularity since border tensions flared up last May.

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's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said the country has always been determined to crack down on transnational crimes.

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

US assistant secretary for East Asia Michael DeSombre would meet senior Thai and Cambodian officials in Bangkok and Phnom Penh on Friday and Saturday.

US to provide US$45 million to help implement Cambodian-Thai accords

The funding supports border stabilisation, demining, and efforts to combat scams and drugs

According to US prosecutors, Chen Zhi (centre), who also goes by the name Vincent, has lived in Singapore, Taiwan and the UK, where he has numerous assets.

The rise and fall of accused Cambodian scam kingpin Chen Zhi

Prince Group claims to have “over 100 businesses in Cambodia” spanning sectors beyond property

US and UK authorities had sanctioned Chen Zhi over his alleged role in building a network of scam compounds in Cambodia run by enslaved labour.

Alleged scam kingpin Chen Zhi arrested in Cambodia, sent to China

Cambodia’s central bank appoints accounting firm Morisonkak MKA to liquidate Prince Bank

China will release a wanted list of key members of the “Chen Zhi criminal group” and urges fugitives to surrender at once, CCTV said.

China extradited Prince Group founder Chen Zhi, state media reports

[BEIJING] China’s public security ministry extradited Chen Zhi, founder of Prince Group, from Cambodia on Jan 7, Chinese national broadcaster CCTV said on Thursday (Jan 8).

“If Thailand has to retaliate, we would do so if necessary,” Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters in Bangkok on Tuesday.

Thailand says Cambodia breached ceasefire, weighs next steps

It accuses Cambodian forces of firing mortar rounds in Thai territory