The U.S. magazine Foreign Affairs published an in-depth investigation estimating that illegal economic activities related to China generate nearly $1 trillion in revenue each year, involving money laundering, fraud, smuggling, and more.
The U.S. Senate held a hearing titled "Protecting Americans from Global Fraud Syndicates" to discuss the operations of Chinese transnational criminal organizations in Southeast Asia and the U.S. government's response measures.
US Assistant Secretary of State Desombre stated at a congressional hearing that the vast majority of global scam compounds in places like Myanmar and Cambodia are dominated by Chinese transnational criminal organizations.
The U.S. Department of Justice, the Department of the Treasury and multiple other agencies jointly announced a special operation codenamed targeting scam centers, indicting Chinese criminal suspects, shutting down Telegram channels and fake websites, offering rewards for their capture and sanctioning relevant implicated individuals and entities in Myanmar's Taichang and Cambodia.