International pressure is intensifying on the cyberscam industry in Southeast Asia, with the United Kingdom sanctioning actors in Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos, Interpol coordinating a multicountry operation and China issuing arrest warrants for major players.
On Friday, the U.K. announced sanctions that for the first time globally target people and companies tied to scam compounds where victims lured by offers of high-paying jobs are instead forced, under threat of violence and torture, to defraud people online.
Such operations have taken root in recent years in Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos, where they flourish amid endemic corruption and weak law enforcement.
