PHNOM PENH -- A pair of money-laundering trials in Taiwan is shining a spotlight on the organized crime networks behind Southeast Asia's exploding cyberscams industry and its links to human trafficking.
The courtroom drama's key defendants are former gambling executive Kuo Che-min and alleged Heavenly Way triad member Lin Pin-wen, who are accused of running an organization that specialized in telecommunications fraud and laundered about $86.6 million through casinos, online gambling platforms and a junket sector that caters to high-rollers.
