Commentary: Sri Lanka exposes the limits of Asia’s anti-scam campaign
- Commentary Crackdowns can encourage criminal networks to become more decentralised and geographically dispersed, says a researcher.
- FILE - People from China, Vietnam and Ethiopia, believed to have been trafficked and forced to work in scam centers, sit with their faces masked while in detention after being released from the centers in Myawaddy district in eastern Myanmar, Feb 26, 2025.
- (AP Photo/Thanaphon Wuttison, File) 24 Sep 2026 05:59AM BANGKOK: Sri Lanka is emerging as a new operational base for Asia’s transnational scam industry.
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- Commentary Crackdowns can encourage criminal networks to become more decentralised and geographically dispersed, says a researcher.
- FILE - People from China, Vietnam and Ethiopia, believed to have been trafficked and forced to work in scam centers, sit with their faces masked while in detention after being released from the centers in Myawaddy district in eastern Myanmar, Feb 26, 2025.
- (AP Photo/Thanaphon Wuttison, File) 24 Sep 2026 05:59AM BANGKOK: Sri Lanka is emerging as a new operational base for Asia’s transnational scam industry.
Sources: CNA