World Business Report Starlink cuts services to Myanmar scam camps
Oct 22, 2025
In this discussion, George Conboy, Chairman of Brighton Securities, and Kerry Bingham, Director at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, dive into serious international issues. They talk about Elon Musk's Starlink cutting off services to scam compounds in Myanmar and its broader implications. Additionally, Conboy analyzes investor sentiments regarding Argentina's potential currency devaluation linked to a $40 billion US bailout. The conversation wraps with insights on the UAE's strategic pivot to U.S. AI partnerships over China.
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Scam Centres Are Industrialized Operations
- Myanmar hosts a sprawling, visible network of multi-storey scam compounds along its Thailand border that operate like commercial developments.
- These complexes are run by transnational crime syndicates exploiting war chaos and weak law enforcement.
Worker Lured Into Brutal Scam Labour
- Anika Boram thought she had an IT job in Thailand but was forced to sell fake crypto and tortured when she resisted.
- She reports beatings, electric shocks and seeing colleagues killed while victims lost tens of thousands of dollars.
Scale And Human Cost Are Enormous
- Aid workers estimate over 100 scam centres in Myanmar and around 200,000 victims recruited across the border.
- The operations now launder vast sums and strip workers of rights, functioning like captive labour camps.