Inside Southeast Asia's Notorious Scam Hub For China-Linked Syndicates | Insight | Full Episode

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There is a human trafficking crisis in Southeast Asia. The UN estimates that 120,000 people have been trafficked to scam centres in Myanmar and another 100,000 in Cambodia. Many of them are brought through the border with Thailand. The victims are often forced to work as scammers, defrauding billions of dollars from unsuspecting targets across the world. These scam syndicates have been linked to the Chinese mafia as well as local rebels in Myanmar. How do these scam centres operate? Who are the trafficking victims and how did they end up in this predicament? How is Thailand’s economy suffering from these trafficking networks, and what is being done to stamp them out? Insight investigates. 00:00 Introduction 01:22 Chinese victim in Myanmar's scam factory 03:34 Why Southeast Asia is breeding ground for scams 06:23 High-profile kidnap of Chinese actor 07:52 Why war-torn Myanmar attracts scam kingpins 13:26 Changing demographic of trafficked victims 15:23 What happens inside scam centres 23:47 The voluntary scammers 25:21 How scams work 29:34 Romance gone wrong 34:49 China's role in scam crackdown 37:21 What's Thailand doing to fight scammers ========= ABOUT THE SHOW: Insight investigates and analyses topical issues that impact Asia and the rest of the world. ================== #CNAInsider #CNAInsight #SoutheastAsia #Scam #Myanmar #Thailand #Scammers For more, SUBSCRIBE to CNA INSIDER! https://cna.asia/insideryoutubesub Follow CNA INSIDER on: Telegram: https://t.me/CNAInsiderSG Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnainsider/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cnainsider/ Website: https://cna.asia/cnainsider