Scam - Inside Southeast Asia''s Cybercrime Compounds

A probing investigation of Southeast Asia’s online scam industry – told through the voices of survivors

About the author

Ivan Franceschini is a lecturer at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne. His current research focuses on ethnic Chinese transnational crime, especially in the field of online fraud. He co-founded the Made in China Journal and The People's Map of Global China/ Global China Pulse. His books include Proletarian China (2022), Global China as Method (2022), and Afterlives of Chinese Communism (2019). He also co-directed the documentaries Dreamwork China (2011) and Boramey (2021).Ling Li is currently pursuing a PhD at Ca' Foscari University of Venice with a focus on the role of technology in enabling modern slavery and human trafficking in East and Southeast Asia. In the past few years, she has been providing support to survivors of scam compounds in Southeast Asia, interacting with local and international civil society organisations to bring them relief and help with repatriation.Mark Bo is a researcher who has been based in East and Southeast Asia for two decades. He has worked globally with local civil society partners to monitor and advocate for improved environmental and social practices in development projects and utilises his background in corporate and financial mapping to investigate stakeholders involved in Asia's online gambling, fraud, and money laundering industries.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Bo, Ivan Franceschini, Ivan Li Franceschini, Li Ling
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 08.07.2025
• EAN: 9781804296905
• ISBN: 978-1-80429-690-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Civil rights & citizenship, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Human rights, civil rights, Computer fraud & hacking, Computer fraud and hacking, Control, privacy and safety in society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies