CYBER● ELEVATEDAug 6 · Aug 6, 2026, 9:13 PM
US presses China over alleged scam bosses despite growing police cooperation
South China Morning Post
US President Donald Trump has personally pressed Chinese President Xi Jinping over transnational criminal organisations involved in Southeast Asia’s sprawling online scam industry, a senior State Department official said on Thursday. Michael DeSombre, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Washington was raising concerns about both fentanyl trafficking and scam centres “at the highest levels” with Beijing. “President...
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