Inside Southeast Asia’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Scam Economy

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts211/v4/a0/e8/75/a0e875a3-bd16-b4d2-5ed3-9698b04e9ae6/mza_10761607123203876219.jpg/600x600bb.jpg

The Great Tech Game Podcast: Geopolitics, Technology, Business and Global Affairs, with Anirudh Suri

Anirudh Suri

167 episodes

1 day ago

Interested in geopolitics, technology, business, entrepreneurship and global affairs? The Great Tech Game Podcast is the perfect podcast for you. Host Anirudh Suri, a tech venture capitalist, policy advisor, and bestselling author of The Great Tech Game, brings you smart, insightful conversations at the intersection of tech and geopolitics. Listen to the carefully curated line up of the world's best thinkers on these themes. They will help you see the big picture, and in the process, understand how to get ahead in a world thats constantly being upended by technology and geopolitics.

Technology

RSS

All content for The Great Tech Game Podcast: Geopolitics, Technology, Business and Global Affairs, with Anirudh Suri is the property of Anirudh Suri and is served directly from their servers with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.

Technology

https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/38330939/38330939-1688196339515-983c7bf5f6475.jpg

Inside Southeast Asia’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Scam Economy | Ft. Geoff White. (Clip 2 - Ep 33)

The Great Tech Game Podcast: Geopolitics, Technology, Business and Global Affairs, with Anirudh Suri

2 minutes 1 second

4 months ago

Inside Southeast Asia’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Scam Economy | Ft. Geoff White. (Clip 2 - Ep 33)

In this video, Geoff White, host of BBC Podcast 'Lazarus Heist', exposes the hidden world of Southeast Asian cybercrime networks, where romance scams, pig butchering schemes, and crypto-driven fraud have evolved into a multi-billion-dollar global industry. These scams use emotional manipulation to trap victims, convincing them to invest in fake opportunities — only to be drained of their savings.Countries like Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, and Thailand have become hotbeds for organized cybercrime, fueled by underground casinos, crypto laundering, and poorly regulated financial systems. Many of these networks operate with little government oversight, and in some cases, authorities appear complicit in allowing these fraudulent operations to thrive.Adding another disturbing layer, thousands of people are trafficked into these regions and forced into scam operations under harsh, exploitative conditions. What seems like an online fraud problem is, in reality, a deeply rooted crisis tied to human trafficking, illegal gambling, and financial exploitation — powered by modern technology.Geoff explains how Southeast Asia became the global hub for organized scams, why these operations are growing so fast, and the devastating human cost behind them. If you are interested in the full story,

watch Full Episode here: https://youtu.be/66u1zeJVKLI