US holds more secret talks with Myanmar's military-backed rulers in Tokyo, sources sayThe US and Myanmar’s military-backed government held talks in Tokyo last week, their second meeting in a month, as Washington seeks coopera...
17 Oct, 2026, 09.03 AM IST
US lauds tech giants' role in cracking West African scam centersThe US Justice Department on Tuesday praised Meta and other tech giants for their support in dismantling online scams in West Africa. The J...
14 Oct, 2026, 09.26 AM IST
As Thailand cracks down on foreigners, a tourist paradise reconsiders its welcomeThailand is facing a growing backlash against foreign influence in its tourist hotspots, particularly southern islands such as Koh Phangan,...
05 Oct, 2026, 10.02 AM IST
Singapore tightens anti-scam rules on social media, messaging platformsSingapore, the region's second-largest economy, lost over $2.8 billion to scams from 2020 through the first half of 2025, Home Affairs Mini...
18 Aug, 2026, 05.13 PM IST
Sri Lanka probes Chinese cyber fraud links after Colombo clashA violent clash in Colombo Port City has triggered a criminal investigation into Chinese nationals. Investigators suspect links to internat...
29 Jul, 2026, 07.09 PM IST
China executes 11 members of Myanmar-based scam syndicateChina has executed eleven members of a Myanmar-based crime syndicate. This group was responsible for the deaths of fourteen Chinese citizen...
29 Jan, 2026, 09.08 PM IST
Why Southeast Asia's online scam industry is so hard to shut downA major online scam network leader has been arrested and extradited. This industry has stolen billions globally. Victims are often lured by...
08 Jan, 2026, 02.30 PM IST
Dozens of South Koreans repatriated from Cambodia arrested for alleged online scam workDozens of South Koreans returned from Cambodia face arrest. They are accused of working for online scam groups. These groups have caused wi...
21 Oct, 2025, 08.12 AM IST
South Korea targets Cambodia’s scam industry after kidnappings, torture and a deathWith a growing crisis at hand, South Korea is proactively seeking to repatriate its citizens from Cambodia, where an alarming number have f...
15 Oct, 2025, 10.38 PM IST
Meta says working to thwart WhatsApp scammersMeta said it shut down nearly seven million scam-linked WhatsApp accounts in the first half of 2025, mostly in Southeast Asia. Scams includ...
06 Aug, 2025, 09.08 AM IST
'Pig Butchering' Scam: How China's 'Broken Tooth' stole over $75 bn from global investors using crypto currenciesPig-butchering scams, a sophisticated form of cyber fraud, have defrauded victims of over $75 billion globally, exploiting cryptocurrencies...
30 Dec, 2024, 01.27 PM IST
Cyber Crime: Scammers stole up to $37 bn; intensifying operations in Southeast AsiaCyber crime syndicates accumulated up to $37 billion last year and are increasing their activities in Southeast Asia. Despite law enforceme...
08 Oct, 2024, 11.26 AM IST
90,000 scams in 4 months: How Southeast Asia is becoming the next Jamtara; Fraudsters recruiting from Andhra, TN, OdishaIndia faces a surge in cyber fraud from Southeast Asia, surpassing domestic hotspots. Nearly half of the defrauded money comes from scams s...
24 May, 2024, 08.03 PM IST
Trafficking for cyber fraud an increasingly globalised crime, Interpol saysThe global police coordination body said law enforcement from more than 20 countries in October carried out inspections at hundreds of traf...
08 Dec, 2023, 02.26 PM IST
China crackdown on cyber scams in Southeast Asia nets thousands but leaves networks intactTens of thousands of people, mostly but not all Chinese, have become ensnared in cyber scam networks run by powerful Chinese criminal syndi...
23 Oct, 2023, 02.16 PM IST
Thailand threatens Facebook with legal action over alleged scamsThe ministry said it made repeated requests for advertisements it had identified as scams to be taken down by Facebook but the problem pers...
21 Aug, 2023, 05.34 PM IST
Chinese criminal syndicates under guise of business ventures on the rise in SE AsiaSeveral Chinese syndicates are along the border between Cambodia and Thailand. The syndicates have taken advantage of COVID-19 which has re...
03 May, 2022, 08.00 PM IST