Observers say to truly extinguish the criminal operations, Cambodian officials must go after ‘key figures’ protecting the industry dominated by Chinese scam gangs.
Cryptocurrency analysts are increasingly investigating the mechanics of how criminals hide their proceeds as Asia’s online gambling and scam industries grow ever more sophisticated.
To criminal networks, Southeast Asia’s casinos are the new banks, allowing them to launder money on a vast scale away from scrutiny and law enforcement.
Tether is banned in Cambodia but is frequently used to move money in and out of China, for gambling, and laundering money from Southeast Asia’s cyber scams.
As Cambodia’s strongman prime minister prepares to hand power to his son, observers warn that much of the supposed public support for them is actually a mirage.
He’ll be ‘sorely missing’ his 14 million followers on Facebook, a platform he often used to spread vitriol, after quitting over a row with Meta.
The Cambodian hosts of the SEA Games have listed the boxing discipline as Kun Khmer and Thailand has refused to enter its fighters into the competition.
More than two dozen current and former employees of NagaWorld have been detained amid a strike protesting against mass lay-offs.
Since Thailand began to curb Covid-19 by closing its borders in March 2020, more than 215,000 Cambodian migrant workers have returned, one activist said.
Cambodia does not explicitly ban residents from owning non-native species. A week after the lion’s confiscation, Prime Minister Hun Sen reacted to sympathetic social media posts by saying the animal would be returned to its owner.
At least 600 workers have received lay-off messages, in what NagaWorld says is due to financial hardship from the Covid-19 pandemic.
TV host Mean Pich Rita has accused businessman Heng Sier of attempting to rape her, igniting a debate on social media about power and consent.
Cambodia has closed markets in its capital and extended a two-week lockdown, designating some areas red zones and prohibiting people from going out.
Within the US$7 billion garment industry that’s been hit hard by Covid-19, workers aren’t keen on being vaccinated amid trust deficit.
The wide-ranging draft legislation includes provisions on alcohol sales, the hawking of goods in public and begging – raising a host of human rights concerns.
Educated at America’s Military Academy, Hun Manet was seen as a potential ally for the US but since returning home he has rebuilt the military with China’s help.
Phnom Penh has announced 35 confirmed cases in the country, up from 12 on Sunday, most of them people who had recently travelled overseas.
European Commission partially withdraws country’s ‘Everything But Arms’ access to EU over government’s handling of human and labour rights.