Southeast Asia crime syndicates scam $114bn
Southeast Asia has emerged as a hub for international crime, fuelled by human trafficking, with victims of online scams in Asia, Australia and New Zealand losing up to $114.1 billion last year according to the UN
SCAM CENTRES
Density of cybercrime centres
MYANMAR
PHILIPPINES
CAMBODIA
MALAYSIA
SINGAPORE
VIETNAM
INDONESIA
LAOS
THAILAND
CHINA
TRAFFICKING NEXUS POINTS
Drugs, firearms, wildlife, tobacco
Key trafficking routes
Palawan
Tawi-Tawi
Tawau
Tarakan
Sangihe
REPORTED SCAM LOSSES ($ millions)
5,126
3,469
2,166
1,406
2,781
1,039
767
699
691
498
479
194
154
45
37
7
China
S. Korea
Taiwan
Japan
Australia
Thailand
Hong Kong
Singapore
Malaysia
Indonesia
Vietnam
Mongolia
New Zealand
Cambodia
Macao
Philipppines
Source: UN Office on Drugs and Crime
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