How One Prosecutor Is Cracking a $3B ‘Pig-Butchering’ Empire
Whale Hunting | Trafficked workers in Southeast-Asian compounds run crypto scams to siphon billions. Operation Shamrock is prying open the ‘pig-butchering’ machine — and fighting to free victims.
Tricked, tortured, finally freed: Inside a Burmese scam farm
The Times | Trafficked by a Chinese crime gang, Mustapha Momoh was held in southeast Asia — one of 375,000 similar people forced to con westerners out of their life savings.
Better coverage, but exploited for crime? Southeast Asia confronts Starlink dilemma
Channel News Asia | While Starlink could deliver better internet to remote and disaster-hit communities, experts say it poses challenges for regional governments, experts say.
Frontline Updates from the Thai-Myanmar Border
The Big Trace | Heavy construction, military deployments, international airlifts and other take-aways from a recent visit to a global scamming hotspot.