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).

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; Human Rights, 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