From Casinos to Scam Cities — How Chinese Capital Built Southeast Asia’s Fraud Hubs?

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From Casinos to Scam Cities — How Chinese Capital Built Southeast Asia’s Fraud Hubs?
What began as online casinos and “economic cooperation” projects across Southeast Asia has quietly evolved into something far darker. In parts of Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos, entire districts once promoted as development hubs have transformed into scam cities—closed compounds where fraud is industrialized and human lives are exploited.
This investigation follows the money. We trace how Chinese capital flowed into special economic zones, casino projects, and border regions with weak oversight—laying the infrastructure that scam syndicates later repurposed. Roads, power grids, private security, and digital networks built for profit became the backbone of a global fraud economy targeting victims worldwide.
Drawing on findings from UNODC, Reuters, and international investigators, this episode exposes how legal investments, regulatory gray zones, and silence from those in power allowed fraud cities to flourish. And it asks the uncomfortable question many governments avoid: when legitimate money builds criminal cities, who is truly responsible?