United States Institute of Peace | In-Person Event

Description: Southeast Asia has become a major breeding ground for transnational criminal networks emanating from China. These organizations operate illegal and unregulated online gambling and sophisticated scamming operations that steal an estimated $64 billion a year from millions of victims around the world. Their compounds — which frequently resemble penal institutions due to their reliance on forced labor — are often established in partnership with powerful local elites, sometimes in urban centers of countries with weak or corrupt governance. From their foothold in Southeast Asia, these criminal networks are increasingly building a presence elsewhere in the world, with signs that they seek connectivity with organized criminal groups globally.

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