Asian scam networks: How the battle against them went global

A trial got underway in Seoul last week for 46 South Koreans, mostly men in their 20s, accused of participating in online scam operations in Cambodia. Since mid-October, South Korea has repatriated 107 nationals from Cambodia, where officials estimate upwards of 1,000 of its citizens are working either “voluntarily or involuntarily” in scam compounds. The