Asia
Networks that once operated within specific territories or illicit trades are increasingly expanding across multiple illegal markets while using shared services, said Delphine Schantz, UNODC Regional Representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
A Thai soldier walks near small booths lined with acoustic foam used to make scam calls to victims, inside a compound in the O’Smach area that the Thai military said was used for scam operations, at the Chong Chom-O’Smach border crossing, in Samraong, Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia on Feb 2, 2026. (File photo: Reuters/Chalinee Thirasupa)
21 Jul 2026 01:00PM
(Updated: 22 Jul 2026 10:01PM)
