Crushing the scam farms: Southeast Asia's 'criminal service providers'

Transnational organised crime groups based in Southeast Asia are turning into "criminal service providers" selling a range of illegal activities, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

As we reported earlier in the week, there has been a proliferation of illicit operations, known as scam farms, following the COVID-19 pandemic, across Southeast Asia - including in the Philippines - where they have often operated alongside legal gambling businesses.