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Author_Ivan Franceschini
Author_Ling Li
Author_Mark Bo
Cambodia
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Category=JKV
Category=JPVH
Category=URH
China
con
crypto
cryptocurrency
cyber slavery
Dubai
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eq_computing
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forced labour
fraud
gambling
human trafficking
Kampuchea
malware
modern
modern slavery
money laundering
Myanmar
online
online fraud
online gambling
online scams
pandemic
Philippines
phishing
pig butchering
scamdemic
spyware
Taiwan
tether
theft
Transnational
transnational crime
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- ISBN 9781804296905
- Weight: 257g
- Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 08 Jul 2025
- Publisher: Verso Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Running the gamut from the infamous 'pig butchering' romance con to sophisticated online extortion and investment fraud, Southeast Asia has emerged as the global hub for cybercrime. Based on years of field research, Scam takes an in-depth look at the history and inner dynamics of the region's online scam industry. Revealed are the appalling working conditions - akin to modern slavery - in the hundreds of prisonlike compounds that have mushroomed throughout multiple countries. The result is a shocking exposé of victims forced to be perpetrators, a tragic modern tale.
Ivan Franceschini isa lecturer at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne. His expertise lies in the field of labour rights, with a specific focus on China and Southeast Asia. He co-founded the Made in China Journal and The People's Map of Global China / Global China Pulse. His latest books include Xinjiang Year Zero (2022), Proletarian China (2022), and Global China as Method (2022). He also co-directed the documentaries Dreamwork China (2011) and Boramey (2021).
Ling Li is a project manager at HumanityResearch Consultancy. She provides support to survivors of scam compounds in Southeast Asia, interacting with local and international civil society organisations to bring them relief and help with repatriation. She is currently pursuing a PhD at Ca' Foscari University of Venice.
Mark Bo is a civil society practitioner who has been based in East and Southeast Asia since 2006. He works globally with local civil society partners to monitor and advocate for improved environmental and social practices in development projects and utilises his background in corporate and financial mapping to investigate stakeholders involved in Asia's online gambling, fraud, and money laundering industries.
Ling Li is a project manager at HumanityResearch Consultancy. She provides support to survivors of scam compounds in Southeast Asia, interacting with local and international civil society organisations to bring them relief and help with repatriation. She is currently pursuing a PhD at Ca' Foscari University of Venice.
Mark Bo is a civil society practitioner who has been based in East and Southeast Asia since 2006. He works globally with local civil society partners to monitor and advocate for improved environmental and social practices in development projects and utilises his background in corporate and financial mapping to investigate stakeholders involved in Asia's online gambling, fraud, and money laundering industries.
