Scam

Ivan Franceschini isa lecturer at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne. His expertise lies in the field of labour rights, with a specific focus on China and Southeast Asia. He co-founded the Made in China Journal and The People's Map of Global China / Global China Pulse. His latest books include Xinjiang Year Zero (2022), Proletarian China (2022), and Global China as Method (2022). He also co-directed the documentaries Dreamwork China (2011) and Boramey (2021).Ling Li is a project manager at HumanityResearch Consultancy. She provides support to survivors of scam compounds in Southeast Asia, interacting with local and international civil society organisations to bring them relief and help with repatriation. She is currently pursuing a PhD at Ca' Foscari University of Venice.Mark Bo is a civil society practitioner who has been based in East and Southeast Asia since 2006. He works globally with local civil society partners to monitor and advocate for improved environmental and social practices in development projects and utilises his background in corporate and financial mapping to investigate stakeholders involved in Asia's online gambling, fraud, and money laundering industries.

SCAM is a comprehensive and carefully researched account that will become an essential reference for those interested in the scamming industry in Southeast Asia and beyond. By setting out the industry's history, organization, and human impact with such clarity, it provides both a definitive study of one of Southeast Asia's most entrenched illicit economies and a foundation for thinking about how this trade is evolving as a global phenomenon.