"The UN issued an official warning on Thursday that transnational organised crime networks have infiltrated East Timor's Special Administrative Region of Oecusse Ambeno through foreign investment schemes. list of 4 itemsend of list Oecusse is an enclave of East Timor that lies entirely within Indonesian territory and is bordered by the Savu Sea. The government established a digital free trade zone there in December 2024, but a law enforcement raid in August points to emerging scam centre activity, according to the UNODC."
"Analysis links these operations to entities associated with convicted cybercriminals, offshore gambling operators, and triad-linked networks, the UNODC said in a statement on Thursday. The raid on an Oecusse hotel produced SIM cards and Starlink satellite devices that match a pattern of activity found in scam centres across Southeast Asia, the UNODC said. They also found links to China's 14K Triad criminal group synonymous with online scam activity in Southeast Asia and scam compounds in Cambodia, the UNODC said."
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime warned that East Timor's Oecusse Ambeno has emerged as a hotspot for scam centre operations. Transnational organised crime networks reportedly infiltrated the Special Administrative Region through foreign investment schemes tied to a digital free trade zone established in December 2024. A law enforcement raid in August on an Oecusse hotel seized SIM cards and Starlink devices matching patterns from scam centres across Southeast Asia and led to the arrest of 30 workers from Indonesia, Malaysia and China. Analysis links the operations to convicted cybercriminals, offshore gambling operators and China's 14K Triad. Criminal enterprises there reportedly engage in illegal gambling, romance scams, investment fraud and human trafficking.
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