Not all victims of scam compounds are unwilling —and that’s what makes the system so hard to dismantle.
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Framing returnees as potential criminals is politically convenient but counterproductive. It leads to victims being reluctant to go to authorities to ask for help.
Anthropologist Michael Rose speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about how a official sounded the alarm about organised crime in Timor-Leste.
The first episode of Scam Factories, a three part podcast series from The Conversation Weekly taking you inside Southeast Asia’s brutal fraud compounds.
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Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Lecturer, Chinese Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Adjuct Lecturer, Adelaide University
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PhD Candidate in Technology Facilitated Modern Slavery, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
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Lecturer in Asian Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Global Migration & Director of the Global Migration Lab, University of Toronto