Compared on: scam centers and compounds in Southeast Asia
THE CLAIM · OCT 2, 2026
“there are these scam centers and compounds, mostly in Southeast Asia, but they get people in these compounds who are literally forced to scam Americans”
As reported by NewsNation · Read the post
THE RECORD
“220,000 people from dozens of countries were being held as forced laborers in scam centers in Cambodia and Burma alone.”
China’s Exploitation of Scam Centers in Southeast Asia · p. 2 · Read
THE RECORD
“Chinese criminal organizations expanded their scamming operations in Southeast Asia by exploiting forced laborers to target non-Chinese victims around the world.”
China’s Exploitation of Scam Centers in Southeast Asia · p. 2 · Read
RECORD AGREES
A July 2025 U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission report describes forced labor in scam centers in Cambodia and Burma and says criminal organizations used such labor in Southeast Asia to target victims worldwide, including Americans discussed elsewhere in the report.



