AP News: Asia-wide crackdown nets 1,800+ arrests in deepfake and forced labour scams, recovers $20M amid rising cross-border financial crime

This coordinated crackdown, involving authorities from multiple jurisdictions including Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Macao, and the Maldives, uncovered sophisticated transnational financial crime schemes. The operation successfully recovered approximately US $20 million in fraudulent funds. These scams included online shopping fraud, telephone scams, investment and employment fraud, with many victims deceived…