Crime
Myanmar military launches airstrike on scam center near Thai border
Witnesses along the Thai border reported hearing explosions and observing smoke rising from the center over the past few nights.
Thai SEC revokes TTB Bank investment consultant’s license over theft of client assets totaling 389,622 baht
The SEC has revoked investment consultant Sareerat Saechaw's license for 10 years following acts of dishonesty and misuse of client...
U.S. Bill Aims to Combat Southeast Asian Cyber-Scam Syndicates Linked to Human Trafficking in Thailand
According to the bill, Americans lost over $10 billion to cyber-scams in 2024, marking a 33% increase from the previous...
Thailand shuts down notorious illegal streaming platform
Thailand’s DSI, with ACE and True Visions, has shut down INWIPTV, a major illegal streaming service.
Kidnapped in Thailand and forced into slavery in Myanmar
Thousands of people, often victims of trafficking themselves, are forced to work in scam centres, on pain of brutal violence....
Kings Romans Group and the Nexus of Transnational Crime in Southeast Asia
Born in China, Zhao Wei's journey from a timber trader to the kingpin of a criminal empire is a tale...
ASEAN 2025 The New Challenges : Human Trafficking
In 2023, Thailand rescued hundreds of citizens from human trafficking rings in Myanmar and Cambodia, exposing a network of forced...
How Thai-Cambodia Border Tensions Disrupt a Billion-Baht Casino Network
Recent clashes along the Thai-Cambodian border have done more than disrupt regional diplomacy—they’ve pulled back the curtain on a sprawling,...
