Sumsub | Operation Shamrock investigates the heart of the scam industry. Erin explores compounds, finds new ones, and meets a trafficking victim forced to scam under threat of violence.

PBS | Rulings could require Meta and other social media platforms to increase user protections and make other changes to the management of their platforms.

The Guardian | A jury in New Mexico found that Meta misled consumers over safety and enabled harm — including sexual exploitation of children — against users.

DW | Cambodian authorities claim that they’ve cut scam compound activity in half. But do the claims match reality?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Blue Dragon | Teams documented the scale of organized crime and human trafficking in Cambodia. Despite publicized crackdowns, the scam industry is strong — and growing.

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.

Finextra | Crime organizations take full advantage of generative AI tools to run their operations at massive scale.

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.

Europol | The Spanish National Police, working with the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office, disrupted operations of the “Black Axe” international criminal organization.

Business Insider | The FBI reports that scammers stole more than $333 million from victims using Bitcoin ATM fraud in 2025.

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.

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.

Reuters | Meta accepted high levels of fraudulent ads from China in order to minimize the “revenue impact” of preventing scam ads.

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.

W5 | Canadians are being aggressively targeted by scammers using AI-generated videos and images to get them to invest in cryptocurrency scams.

CA.gov | Governor Gavin Newsom has named Erin West, founder of Operation Shamrock, to the California Innovation Council’s Countering Tech Fraud working group.

Hard Reset | Tech both enables and profits from the scam industry. Billionaire leaders have some of the world’s most advanced tech, yet do little to stop scams or support victims.

ITIF | The United States can close the gaps in public-private coordination through bipartisan legislation, including the Foreign Robocall Elimination Act and the SCAM Act.

ICIJ | Crypto businesses have empowered a shadow economy that profits from crime. Meanwhile, scam victims have little hope of justice or recovering stolen money.

The New York Times | Crypto is gaining mainstream acceptance. But at least $28 billion tied to illicit activity has moved into crypto exchanges over the last two years alone.

The New York Times | Fraud losses involving crypto ATMs totaled $246.7 million in 2024. By the end of July 2025, losses had already reached $240 million according to FBI estimates.

PYMNTS | Dispelling the misconception that scammers typically target older adults, research shows that younger, affluent, college-educated consumers face the highest scam exposure.

U.S. Department of Justice | Strike Force teams focus on identifying, pursuing, and bringing key leaders to justice and preventing U.S. infrastructure from being weaponized against American citizens.

CBS News | Google is filing a federal lawsuit against a network of foreign cybercriminals accused of launching massive text-message phishing attacks.

Reuters Special Report | Meta platforms display 15 billion scam ads a day. In fact, Meta projected that 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods.