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Billion-dollar cyberscam industry spreading globally, UN says

FILE PHOTO: Trafficked scam center victims in Myanmar are sent to Thailand, in Tak

Multinational victims of scam centers, who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar, stand on a vessel floating toward the Thai side of the border via the Moei River in Phop Phra District, Thailand, on Feb. 12.

 Krit Phromsakla Na Sakolnakorn/reuters

BANGKOK � Asian crime syndicates behind the multibillion-dollar cyberscam industry are expanding globally, including to South America and Africa, as raids in Southeast Asia fail to contain their activities, the United Nations said in a report on Monday.

Criminal networks that emerged in Southeast Asia in recent years, opening sprawling compounds housing tens of thousands of workers, many trafficked and forced to scam victims around the world, have evolved into a sophisticated global industry, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said.



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