Soraton Charehkphunpol, a Thai cook trying his hardest to make a living as a cook in a restaurant in Bangkok, is only one of the hundreds of thousands of victims of Chinese crime syndicate ad scams that lure into their exploitative and slavery-like industries. Over the last couple of years, Chinese crime syndicates have been allowed to roam freely with little punishment in Cambodia to run their illegal industries. Some of these industries include running casinos, money lending, and romance schemes (or human trafficking). These Chinese crime syndicates lure and force people into their industries through fake advertisements, telephone calls and other methods via the internet. This article exposes the extent to which crime in China goes unchecked and the harm and atrocities that organized crime groups commit. The United States and most of the international community has put a lot of pressure on the Cambodian government to have much more aggressive and serious measures to actively stop these syndicates. However, the Cambodian government is reluctant to do so because of its diplomatic and economic ties with China. Simply put, Cambodia is not going to bite the hand that feeds it. Whether Cambodia splits from China or continues to allow its organized crime syndicates to do as they please within their borders will be something to look out for in the Southeast Asia political scene.
Andres Perez Delgadillo
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