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EPISODE · May 29, 2026

‘Scamdemic’: Inside Southeast Asia's cyber fraud industry

from Access Asia · host FRANCE 24 English

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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