gambling
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China’s Crackdown and Myanmar’s Scam Hubs: Inside the Rise and Fall of a Borderland Crime Economy
For years, Myanmar’s borderlands functioned as a shadow economy where cyber fraud, human trafficking, and political power quietly converged. Scam hubs like Laukkaing and Shwe Kokko did not arise from state collapse alone—they were actively enabled by protection deals with militias, tolerance from military elites, and alignment with China’s regional…
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Outsourcing Gambling: The Rise of Chinese Digital Betting and Digital Crimes in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asian border states are experiencing a boom of Chinese-operated gambling syndicates. This proliferation of casinos and digital crimes parallels China’s ingenuine crackdown and criminalization of cross-border gambling. Both Chinese and Southeast Asian states play significant roles in propping up these syndicates, calling for attention and intervention of the international…
Sino-Southeast Initiative 