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Cambodia’s Scam Economy: Inside the Global Trafficking Machine
Phnom Penh, Cambodia — Between 2020 and 2022, Cambodia emerged as a central hub for a new breed of organized crime: trafficking-for-forced-criminality. Thousands of people from across Asia and beyond were lured by fake job ads, transported across borders, and forced to work in cyber-fraud compounds, fueling a multi-billion-dollar scam industry. The Recruitment Trap Criminal recruiters … Continue reading Cambodia’s Scam Economy: Inside the Global Trafficking Machine
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Cambodia: Economic risk update
Overview By most measurements, the Cambodian economy is healthy. The Asian Development Bank forecasts economic growth of 7% in 2019 and 6.8% for 2020, while the World Bank considers economic growth to be “better than expected” because of increasing exports, growing internal demand, and consistency in foreign investment. But structural problems persist. Cambodia is repeatedly … Continue reading Cambodia: Economic risk update
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