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The crime syndicate behind the cyber fraud industry worth billions of PON developed globally when the government in Southeast Asia struggled to hold it, a UN report had warned.
When they expand the business, countries in South America, Africa and Eastern Europe are now targets, the UN office on drugs and crime (UNODC) said.
Networks and gangs have appeared in Southeast Asia in recent years, in the area of housing tens of thousands of people, many have been traded and forced to work, deceiving victims abroad.
Sky News previously reported in one of these compoundsAnd the workers who were cheated, traded and forced to work there.
Even when the government in Asia has intensified their hard action, gangs have moved to and outside the region, said Unodc.
He warned that “potential spillover that cannot be changed has happened … letting criminal groups free to choose, choose, and move … As needed”.
“This spreads like cancer,” said John Wojcik, a regional analyst for Unodc. “The authorities treat him in one field, but the roots are never lost; they only migrate.”
Even more conservative estimates showed hundreds of large -scale fraud farms worldwide, producing tens of billions of pounds, Unodc warned.
The agency asks countries to commit to a more joined approach to overcome international problems.
“The regional cyberfraud industry … has exceeded other transnational crimes, given that it is easy to measure and be able to reach millions of potential victims online, without the need to move or traffic for prohibited goods throughout the border,” Wojcik said.
South America, Africa and Eastern Europe are targeted
The syndicate has moved to expand to the new land, the UN agent warns.
In South America, the network is said to be looking for an increase in partnership with drug cartels.
Zambia, Angola and Namibia in Africa, and Georgia in Eastern Europe, also saw an increasingly established fraud operation base.
The gang has also diversified their workforce, said Unodc, when they recruit people from dozens of nationality.
Citizens of more than 50 countries, from Sri Lanka to Uzbekistan and Brazil to Nigeria, are saved The recent loud action at the Thai-Myanmar border.
‘Turn point’
Last months have seen the authorities from China, Thailand and Myanmar all move to crack down on fraud operations that have developed, especially in lawless areas on the Thai-Meanmar border.
Thailand has moved to cut power, fuel, and the internet to areas that accommodate fraudulent compounds.
However, the syndicate has adapted and shifted their operations between “the farthest, vulnerable, and less prepared part of Southeast Asia,” Unodc said.
This happened especially in Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia, where gangs exploited jurisdiction with weak governance and high levels of corruption.
In Cambodia, the industry is the most visible and raids there cause it to develop into “a more remote location”, including West Kong Koh Province in the country, said the UN agent.
New Sites also continue to be developed in Myanmar – a country gripped by developing conflicts and recently hit by a deadly earthquake.
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Unodc said the international community was at “critical turn dot”, with a failure to overcome this problem now leads to “unprecedented consequences for Southeast Asia that echoed globally”.
A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy told Sky News: “China is very important to be involved in international and regional efforts in a responsible and constructive way to deal with this cross -border problem.
“Substantial progress has been achieved since this year. China will continue to work with relevant parties to crack down on telecommunications fraud and illegal and criminal activities.
