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Inside Southeast Asia's Hub for Crypto Scams, Human Trafficking: Podcast Inside Southeast Asia's Hub for Crypto Scams, Human Trafficking: Podcast

Inside Southeast Asia’s Hub for Crypto Scams, Human Trafficking: Podcast

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A Chinese businessman persuaded officials to establish a special economic zone in a remote part of Laos. The gamblers arrived first. Then came the drug runners, human traffickers and scammers.

On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, host K. Oanh Ha speaks with Bloomberg Businessweek editor Matt Campbell about his investigation into the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone and how it became a criminal’s paradise.

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K Oanh Ha

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-20/inside-southeast-asia-s-hub-for-crypto-scams-human-trafficking-podcast

2024-08-20 03:59:00

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