China’s recent enforcement against scam operations in Myanmar: from resolving a human trafficking crisis to national interest
Introduction During the COVID-19 global pandemic, we saw an increase in cyber scams across the globe. Interpol issued a warning regarding “…large-scale human trafficking where victims are lured through fake job ads to online scam centers and forced to commit cyber-enabled financial crime on an industrial scale.” These online scam centers concentrated in Southeast Asia, with massive trafficking hubs and scam syndicates found in Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar. These operations drew victims mainly from China, Malaysia, Thailand or Singapore to…