Scam Factories: The inside story of Southeast Asia’s fraud compounds

Aerial view of the Kaibo compound in Otres Village, Sihanoukville, Cambodia. — Roun Ry

Authors

Ivan Franceschini
Lecturer, Chinese Studies, The University of Melbourne
Digital Storytelling Team
The Conversation, The Conversation
Ling Li
PhD Candidate in Technology Facilitated Modern Slavery, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

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In 2024, Ivan, Ling, Mark, and others co-founded EOS Collective, a non-profit organisation dedicated to investigating the dynamics of the online scam industry and the criminal networks behind it, and supporting survivors of forced criminality in these operations.

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.64628/AA.y6qcewvkt

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