this story about Benjamin Mauerberger, a south african #crypto bro and card carrying member of the chinese #mafia who made so much money via #pigbutchering and other crypto scams that he managed to co-opt a large part of #Thailand's government (to say nothing of #Cambodia and #Myanmar) is nuts.

if you’re wondering about the dark forces driving the current war between thailand and cambodia, this is one of those forces.

https://whalehunting.projectbrazen.com/americas-new-enemy-the-chinese-crypto-cartel-buying-states-to-fight-the-u-s-2/

#sapol #southafrica #whaleHunting #triads #organizedcrime #ChineseMafia #pigbutchering #ASEAN #scams #cryptocurrency #bitcoin #princeGroup #huione

this story about Benjamin Mauerberger, a south african #crypto bro and card carrying member of the chinese #mafia who made so much money via #pigbutchering and other crypto scams that he managed to co-opt a large part of #Thailand's government (to say nothing of #Cambodia and #Myanmar) is nuts.

if you’re wondering about the dark forces driving the current war between thailand and cambodia, this is one of those forces.

https://whalehunting.projectbrazen.com/americas-new-enemy-the-chinese-crypto-cartel-buying-states-to-fight-the-u-s-2/

#sapol #southafrica #whaleHunting #triads #organizedcrime #ChineseMafia #pigbutchering #ASEAN #scams #cryptocurrency #bitcoin #princeGroup #huione

The four suspected masterminds behind a series of robberies in the Tokyo metropolitan area last year purchased X accounts multiple times to recruit people for "dark" part-time jobs, investigative sources said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/japan/crime-legal/masterminds-tokyo-robberies-x/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #organizedcrime #fraud #theft #yamibaito #gangs

The U.S. will “very soon” start taking action to stop suspected Venezuelan drug traffickers on land, President Donald Trump said Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/world/us-venezuela-land-action-soon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #venezuela #gangs #organizedcrime #drugs

A declared military crackdown has left some destruction at a major scam compound in Myanmar, satellite images show, but most buildings are still standing in pictures taken up to Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/11/asia-pacific/crime-legal/myanmar-scam-centers-standing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #myanmar #organizedcrime #gangs #fraud

Myanmar's military said it was demolishing nearly 150 buildings in a crackdown on a notorious internet scam compound bordering Thailand. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/09/asia-pacific/crime-legal/myanmar-junta-scam-buildings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #myanmar #fraud #organizedcrime #forcedlabor #starlink #thailand #southeastasia

Recent raids on one of Myanmar's most notorious internet scam hubs sparked a recruitment rush as fleeing workers scrambled to enlist at nearby fraud factories, experts and insiders said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/05/asia-pacific/crime-legal/myanmar-scam-hub-recruitment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #thailand #myanmar #organizedcrime #fraud #gangs

Businessman Chen Zhi worked meticulously to cultivate an image of legitimacy and even philanthropy. That is now unraveling, after the U.S. and U.K. accused him of running a transnational criminal ring. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/03/world/crime-legal/how-kingpin-empire-cambodia-london/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #organizedcrime #fraud #cambodia #london #princegroup #china #chenzhi #singapore

Petty criminals rather than professionals from the world of organized crime executed the daytime robbery of historical jewels worth $102 million from the Louvre museum last month, the Paris prosecutor said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/03/world/crime-legal/louvre-heist-not-organized-crime/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #paris #france #louvre #theft #organizedcrime

Legal experts aren't surprised the U.S. government chose not to use the term "prisoners of war" to describe two survivors of an attack on a vessel last week by the U.S. military. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/21/world/crime-legal/trump-drug-war-prisoners-legal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #drugs #caribbean #organizedcrime #smuggling #venezuela #southamerica #latinamerica #us #donaldtrump #republicans #humanrights

U.S. and U.K. authorities unveiled sanctions against a British-Cambodian tycoon accused of running cyberscam operations where workers, some trafficked, carry out transnational fraud schemes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/asia-pacific/crime-legal/cambodia-prince-us-uk-sanctions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #cambodia #fraud #us #uk #organizedcrime #forcedlabor #humantrafficking

The U.S. has charged in absentia the chairman of Cambodian conglomerate Prince Group with running a "sprawling cyber fraud empire” that led to the seizure of bitcoin worth about $15 billion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/15/world/crime-legal/us-bitcoin-cambodian-cyber-fraud/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #cambodia #cybercrime #bitcoin #us #fraud #organizedcrime #romancescams

Fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an investigation reveals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/14/asia-pacific/crime-legal/myanmar-scam-musk-starlink/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #myanmar #southeastasia #elonmusk #starlink #china #organizedcrime #fraud #romancescams

A growing number of women are being drawn by international criminal networks into Albania from impoverished countries on the promise of lucrative sex work and a potential gateway to Europe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/world/crime-legal/women-albania-sex-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #sexcrimes #prostitution #pornography #albania #organizedcrime #humantrafficking

Amid the rapid rise in Okinawa's youths abusing what's known as "laughing gas vape", the health ministry formally designated a substance found inside the drug called etomidate as a prohibited substance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/22/japan/okinawa-youth-drug-abuse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #drugs #japanesepolice #gangs #organizedcrime

Police in Fukuoka Prefecture transported six members of the "JP Dragon" crime ring from the Philippines to Japan and arrested them for their alleged involvement in special fraud. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/japan/crime-legal/jp-dragon-crime-ring-members-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #organizedcrime

The Johnson gang's White House crime-tolerance is not only telling, it's incriminating.

#RuleOfLaw#RINOs#TrumpRegime#OrganizedCrime#Racketeering #MafiaState#Coercion#Extortion#Robbery#Embezzlement#CriminalNetwork#Pathocracy #Insurrectionists#Rebels#Subverters#EnemiesOfTheLaw#EnemiesOfTheConstitution#EnemiesOfJustice#EnemiesOfDemocracy#EnemiesOfTheState#PutinsAssets#ServingPutin#ServingRussia#RaiseYourVoice #UnitedInDiversity#StrongerTogether#USPol#USPolitics

https://www.express.co.uk/news/us/1957496/donald-trump-psychopathy-test-criminals
#RuleOfLaw#TrumpEpstein#AbuseOfPower#BrothersInRape#BrothersInCrime#BrothersInPsychopathy#ImmigrantHunt#Distraction#DefraudingAmerica#LootingAmerica#Racketeering#OrganizedCrime#ConspiracyAgainstTheUS#ConspiracyAgainstRights#Law#Justice#USPol#USPolitics#RaiseYourVoice #UnitedInDiversity#StrongerTogether

Prato, a city near Florence that is Europe's largest apparel manufacturing center, has turned into a battleground for warring Chinese mafia groups seeking to control it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/world/crime-legal/italy-fast-fashion-chinese-mafia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #china #fastfashion #apparel #fashion #italy #organizedcrime #smuggling

Tokyo District Court on Tuesday sentenced a senior member of the "JP Dragon" crime ring based in the Philippines to three years and six months in prison for fraud. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/crime-legal/jp-dragon-senior-sentence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #jpdragon #fraud #japanesecourts #philippines #tokyo #organizedcrime