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‘Scamdemic’: Inside Southeast Asia's cyber fraud industry • FRANCE 24 English
FRANCE 24 English
May 29, 2026
It is one of the world's fastest-growing industries. Cyber fraud operated out of scam centres scattered across the Mekong region generates tens of billions of euros every year -- by some estimates, equivalent to 40 percent of the region's combined GDP. This edition of Access Asia takes a deep look inside the scam industry with analysis from Jason G. Tower, senior expert at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime.
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💻💰 Tens of billions of euros a year. Some estimates put it at 40% of the entire #Mekong region's GDP. Cyber fraud run out of sprawling scam centres has become one of the world's fastest-growing, and most dangerous, industries.#AccessAsia goes deep inside the scam machine with… pic.twitter.com/PjcJ7YSUPc
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