Scammers, spies and triads: inside cyber-crime’s $15tn global empire | FT Film

From industrial-scale fraud factories to influence operations and underground banking, Chinese organised crime groups are revolutionising law enforcement's understanding of transnational crime. The FT reports on the globalisation of scamming syndicates and the proliferation of crime-as-a-service tools. #scammer #spies #triads #china #crime #cybercrime #cybersecurity 01:07 Intro 01:25 SMS-blasters 02:38 IMSI-catchers 03:54 Oslo connection 05:54 Spy hunter 07:31 SIM farms in NYC 08:21 The Smishing Triad 11:18 Nigerian crypto scammer 14:17 Chinese scammers in Africa 15:38 Macau, the genesis 16:16 Philippine POGOs 18:18 Criminal convergence in Asia 20:14 Palau connection 22:42 Isle of Man 26:20 China threat 27:13 Conclusion ► Enjoying FT content? Get a daily slice of the very best FT journalism with FT Edit. Free for 30 days then just £4.99 a month See if you get the FT for free as a student (http://ft.com/schoolsarefree) or start a £1 trial: https://subs.ft.com/spa3_trial?segmentId=3d4ba81b-96bb-cef0-9ece-29efd6ef2132. ► Check out our Community tab for more stories: https://www.youtube.com/@FinancialTimes/community ► Listen to our podcasts: https://www.ft.com/podcasts ► Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/financialtimes ► Follow us on Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@financialtimes