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200 Riel Cambodian banknote featuring King Norodom Sihamoni as a Young Man. Cambodian money.

U.S. Moves Against Asian Scam Centers, Sinaloa Supply Chain

U.S. officials on Wednesday struck at Southeast Asian scam compounds defrauding Americans and a global fentanyl supply chain, announcing criminal charges, sanctions, and the seizure of hundreds of fraudulent websites in a pair of coordinated enforcement actions.

NEW YORK, USA, 1. MARCH 2022: Telegram app, Group of business people chat on mobile phone and laptop. Telegram – freeware, cross-platform, cloud-based instant messaging. Company logo on screen

Telegram Hosts a Sanctioned Marketplace Tied to Child Sex Trafficking, Forced Labor

Telegram is still hosting Xinbi Guarantee, a Chinese-language black market that British officials have levied sanctions on and accused of facilitating crypto scams and human trafficking.

Picture of BYD's first electric car, BYD-001, showcased at the BYD Museum in Pingshan, Shenzhen, China — “Adapted from Picture of BYD’s first electric car, BYD-001.png (2025), by iMoD Official, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (CC BY 3.0). Changes were made.”

Brazil Adds China’s BYD to Registry of Firms Linked to ‘Slavery-Like’ Work

Brazil has added Chinese automaker BYD to a government registry of employers linked to slavery-like labor conditions after an investigation into the treatment of Chinese workers hired to help build the company’s factory in Bahia state.

London, UK - May 4, 2021: Four workers collaborate to build a scaffold during the refurbishment of a residential premises in London

New UK Agency to Fight Labor Fraud and Exploitation

Britain’s new Fair Work Agency will target abuse of labor market rules in construction and social care, two sectors heavily dependent on migrant workers, as the government expands enforcement powers to pursue fraud and workplace exploitation.