Has Cambodia really cut cybercrime by half?
DW | Cambodian authorities claim that they’ve cut scam compound activity in half. But do the claims match reality?
Who Is Behind Meun Chey Commercial City, aka #8 Park?
Cyber Scam Monitor | #8 Park, also known as Legend Park, has been linked to the Prince Group and the Huione Group, key players in Cambodia's online scam industry.
Crypto-Funded Human Trafficking Is Exploding
WIRED | Estimates show that the use of crypto in human trafficking nearly doubled in 2025. Andy Greenberg reports that many of the deals happen in plain sight.
Prince Group and Huione Still Involved in Scam Compounds
Elliptic | Although recent sanctions and law enforcement actions have disrupted scam compound activity in Cambodia, they haven’t stopped it. You may just have to look harder to find it.
I Was Trapped in Chinese Mafia Crypto Slavery
WIRED | It began with a message in a journalist’s inbox. A computer engineer from India was in a scam compound, forced to work 15-hour shifts running scams.
He Leaked Scam Compound Secrets. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
WIRED | A man trapped inside an industrial-scale scam compound contacted journalist Andy Greenberg. He wanted to work with Greenberg to expose his captors’ crimes.
Fortresses of Fraud: Lessons from Cambodia’s Scam Centres
Blue Dragon | Teams documented the scale of organized crime and human trafficking in Cambodia. Despite publicized crackdowns, the scam industry is strong — and growing.
Paid by Seniors: Stopping the Surge of International Scams
US Senate Special Committee on Aging | The hearing highlights large-scale online fraud operations that steal billions from Americans and discusses solutions to address them.
Why Financial Crime Persists in an AI-enabled World
Finextra | Crime organizations take full advantage of generative AI tools to run their operations at massive scale.
Scammers Use Fraud Alert Text to Steal Woman’s Life Savings
KHOU-11 | It looked like a typical text alert from her bank warning her of suspicious charges on her account. She replied “no,” and the scammers got to work.
34 Arrests in Action against ‘Black Axe’ Criminal Network
Europol | The Spanish National Police, working with the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office, disrupted operations of the “Black Axe” international criminal organization.
Bitcoin ATM fraud hits record $333 million: FBI
Business Insider | The FBI reports that scammers stole more than $333 million from victims using Bitcoin ATM fraud in 2025.
The World Is Failing Cambodia – and Everyone Is Suffering
The Diplomat | Jacob Sims writes that Western strategic missteps, absent U.N. accountability, a gutted civil society, and Thai aggression are providing cover for a Hun Sen’s weakened leadership.
Inside Palau’s Hotel Scam Centers
OCCRP | When police raided hotel sites in Palau, they encountered scenes that looked much like those inside the scam compounds in Myanmar and Southeast Asia.
Meta Tolerates Rampant Ad Fraud to Safeguard Billions in Revenue
Reuters | Meta accepted high levels of fraudulent ads from China in order to minimize the “revenue impact” of preventing scam ads.
Trafficking victims scam under threat of violence
CTV News | An investigation looks into why the people making scam calls targeting Canadians seem to be so willing to scam people out of their life savings.
‘I was heartbroken’: Two Canadians lose $2.3 million to crypto scams
W5 | Canadians are being aggressively targeted by scammers using AI-generated videos and images to get them to invest in cryptocurrency scams.
New California Innovation Council and AI Initiatives
CA.gov | Governor Gavin Newsom has named Erin West, founder of Operation Shamrock, to the California Innovation Council’s Countering Tech Fraud working group.