"Simple job, high salary": unveiling the complexity of scam-forced criminality in Southeast Asia.

Many victims in Southeast Asia have been trapped in pig-butchering schemes in Cambodia during and after the pandemic. As new forms of scam-forced criminality via trafficking in persons operated by Chinese-related syndicates, traffickers use social platforms to pose as job recruiters and post fraudul...

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Published in:	Humanities & Social Sciences Communications Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 1 - 12
Main Author:	Luong, Hai Thanh
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature 8/12/2025
Subjects:	Human trafficking Forced labor Organized crime Swindlers & swindling Victims Mixed methods research Computer crimes Southeast Asia Cambodia Vietnam
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost