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Excellent primer for those interested in Myanmar's "scam hubs". Additional context: border closures during pandemic also a big factor in shift in generating revenue from casinos to online scamming & transnational factors underemphasised here, Chinese & Thai. globalchinapulse.net/militia-as-a...
Nov 28, 2024, 12:36 AM
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