It's scary to look at the scale of 'organized' crime / modern slavery. This is almost like Squid Games.
Thai authorities are trying to combat this issue by cutting off supply of basic utilities (electricity, network connection) to hinder their work. The government claimed that this reduces the volume of scam attempts by 20%, though it's not entirely gone as long as they can find a way to circumvent it
Not just scam gangs, the thugs collaborative with military,kidnap and sell youths to junta for
1. Forced military drafting.
2. Human trafficking
3. Organ harvesting .
That what military dictatorship done to our democractic country within 5 years.
Talk is in German, but dubbed into English by the community. https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-erpressung-aus-dem-internet-auf-...
We will lose a lot though; the most prosperous societies really rely on high levels of interpersonal trust (which allows people to easily do things together, whether that's leaving their buggy outside when they go to buy a coffee or commercial relations). It would be a shame to see that get destroyed.
jacknews•6h ago
eg Cambodia is especially rife with these. There are so many recently-built apartment blocks that lie empty, often built with corrupt money anyway, they make easy and fairly low-key dens.