Scam Inc 5: Scam state

诈骗公司5:诈骗之州

The Intelligence from The Economist

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2025-02-15

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What happens to a country when Scam Inc moves in? A mayor in the Philippines becomes a sensation when she's accused of collaborating with scam bosses—and the Chinese Communist Party. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+.
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  • The Economist. Last week on The Weeknd Intelligence,

  • we brought you the first half of our new eight-part podcast series,

  • Scam, Inc. Now we have the second installment.

  • I'm Rosie Bloor, co-host of The Intelligence,

  • and if you haven't already listened to the previous episodes,

  • I'm here to urge you to do so.

  • My colleague Sulin Wong is leading us on a wild ride from small-town Kansas to the jungles of Myanmar and the Philippines with a short foray into the English Premier League before we end up back in Kansas again.

  • The scope and scale of the industry Sulin has revealed is extraordinary.

  • So too are the depths to which humanity can sink in the interest of enrichment.

  • And yes, it's about us too.

  • Why I'm vulnerable and why you're vulnerable.

  • You won't just want to listen to Scam Inc. You need to listen.

  • Previously on Scam Inc. This permanent series of crackdowns from Xi Jinping's administration has partly led to this expansion of Chinese organized crime internationally.

  • And we're seeing this form of crime being adopted around the world.

  • I spent too much.

  • In the province of my grandmother, for safety purposes,

  • because they have my copy of my passport, the Chinese indicate they can found me there.

  • What about the other 11 Filipinos?

  • Same.

  • In the Philippines, every Monday morning across the country,