GASA’s Director, in the podcast “Fighting Asia’s Scam Compounds”, reveals the surge of organised scam compounds and calls for urgent global action to dismantle these sophisticated cyber fraud networks

He explains how these “scam compounds” operate like mini criminal hubs, orchestrating online fraud, romance scams, and identity theft at scale. The episode highlights the huge economic and social impact of these scams, the exploitation of workers and victims, and the complex international networks involved. Mueller stresses the need for cross-border cooperation among governments, law enforcement, and private sector platforms, as well as public awareness, to disrupt these operations and protect consumers from increasingly sophisticated cyber-enabled fraud…