Southeast Asian fraud syndicates have consolidated into a unified, technology-driven criminal economy increasingly reliant on crypto, according to a new UNODC warning.
Once-fragmented networks have merged into a single interconnected ecosystem, using cryptocurrency as a primary tool for moving and laundering illicit proceeds. The UNODC estimates victims lost up to $114 billion in a single year — underscoring the scale at which crypto-enabled fraud now operates across the region.
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