
The Brutal Human Trafficking Syndicates of Southeast Asia
The Underworld Podcast
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The Difference Between Smugglers and Traffickers
In 2017, the Burmese army started violently ethnically cleansing Myanmar of Rohingya. 700,000 Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh, turning area known as Cox's Bazaar into largest concentration of refugees in the world. The senior police investigator on the case fled Thailand fear and for his life. Major General Pauline Pongcyrin was seeking political asylum in Australia after implicating top officials in Thai government, military and police force involved in human trafficking.
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