Almost nothing was known about the Royal Hill casino until the Thai military took control of it in December.
Fake rooms, props and a script to lure victims: inside an abandoned Cambodia scam centre
Sprawling compound, including mock-up banks and police offices, uncovered by Thai military during border clashes
‘Industrial-scale scams’ and a state allegedly ‘co-opted’: What the rise and fall of the Prince group means for Cambodia
Indictment and arrest of Prince Group founder Chen Zhi has sparked questions about scam industry’s alleged ties to political elite, and integrity of government crackdown
Cambodia's alleged scam group execs suspected of money laundering in Japan
Two senior executives of Prince Holding Group, a Cambodian conglomerate accused of being one of Asia's largest transnational criminal organizations, purchased luxury real estate in and around Tokyo in a possible money-laundering scheme, sources familiar with the matter said and official property records showed Thursday.
Sold to gangs, forced to run online scams: inside Cambodia’s cybercrime crisis
Thousands of people from Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand have been tricked into slavery and are unable to leave a ‘living hell’
The Destruction of a Notorious Myanmar Scam Compound Appears to Have Been ‘Performative’
Myanmar’s military has been blowing up parts of the KK Park scam compound. Experts say the actions are likely for show.
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Anatomy of a scam empire: Brains and businesses behind Chen Zhi’s network centred in Cambodia
The Business Times unravels the tangled web of sanctioned collaborators, accused associates and entities, using Handshakes data
Cambodia's Prince Group: A business empire built on crime?
Our three part investigative series reveals a concerning blend of improbable business ventures, alleged criminality and political cronyism — charges the Prince Group denies.
Who are Chen Zhi and the Prince Group, accused by the US and UK of large-scale scam operations?
US treasury department has sanctioned Chinese-born Cambodian tycoon Chen Zhi – alleged mastermind of a cyber-crime empire in south-east Asia
Revealed: the huge growth of Myanmar scam centres that may hold 100,000 trafficked people
Operated by crime syndicates and fostered by the country’s military junta, the number of vast complexes such as KK Park on the Thai-Myanmar border has doubled since 2021
Part I: Chinese courts go after ‘notorious’ Cambodian conglomerate
Under Cambodian patronage, the Prince Group netted billions; Chinese courts accuse it of massive money laundering.
Alleged Member of ‘Notorious’ Cambodian Scam Network Bought Luxury Dubai Properties
Zhu Zhongbiao was already wanted in China on charges related to money laundering. He’s now been sanctioned by both the U.K. and U.S. in their largest ever joint action to target a multi-billion online scam network based in Cambodia.
US and UK put sanctions on alleged Cambodia cyber-scammers and seize $15bn in bitcoin
People trafficking among allegations against six people who face measures including property freezes and travel bans
They traveled to Thailand. They wound up cyber scam slaves in Myanmar.
A multibillion-dollar fraud industry has taken root across Southeast Asia, fueled partly by trafficking victims. In lawless zones along the Myanmar-Thai border, Chinese-run compounds force thousands to scam strangers online under threat of violence. Thailand has become a key transit hub, Reuters found.
The $11 Billion Marketplace Enabling the Crypto Scam Economy
Deepfake scam services. Victim data. Electrified shackles for human trafficking. Crypto tracing firm Elliptic found all were available for sale on an online marketplace linked to Cambodia’s ruling family.
Pensioners bet on a lifetime cruise. They ended up in a Cambodian scam town
Many passengers on the Odyssey hoped to spend the rest of their lives at sea but high oil prices got in the way
Cambodia-based scam group on U.S. sanctions list running 3 firms in Japan
A Cambodia-based Chinese firm on a U.S. sanctions list for its involvement in international fraud and human trafficking has established at least three affiliated companies in Japan since 2022, testimonies from involved individuals and documents obtained by Kyodo News showed Sunday.
