Mar 25
In speaking of scam call centers here is an article about the "scam state". It's in the Golden Triangle area near Cambodia. Basically, the concept of a scam state is like a narco state, but the main difference is that the criminals in charge run scams rather than drugs. Also, they use slave labor to do the scam calls. The Cambodian government tried to bomb it, but it was performative. The criminals left their compound before the military even arrived.
Like the narco-state, a ‘scam state’ refers to countries where an illicit industry has dug its tentacles deep into institutions and transfor