Mass arrests are not victim identification. Cambodia reported 624 raids and about 30,000 people detained, yet not one of 73 survivors Amnesty interviewed was recognised as a trafficking victim.
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Which Country Has the Most Scam Call Centers? 2026 Top 10
Cambodia says it raided 624 scam sites and rescued or deported 58,266 foreigners, yet not one of the 73 survivors Amnesty interviewed had been recognised as a trafficking victim.
- No. 1: Myanmar
- 10 places
01Final list
The leading AIs each built their own list of ten independently. Here is one result that is easy to check: every place has a reason, a source, and the list of AIs that included it.
Order: from most to least AI agreement.
A bright badge means this AI put the entry on its list. A dim badge means it did not.
- 1
Myanmar
Myanmar has the world's highest organized-crime score (8.08) and its weakest state resilience (1.46). More than 5,300 people were still held after the crackdown, while the junta claims it repatriated 70,000.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Nova, StepFun, DeepSeek. Did not include: Meta, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 2 · ChatGPT: 1 · Nova: 2 · StepFun: 1 · DeepSeek: 1
What each AI noted 5
- Claudeplace 2
The lowest state resilience score in the world (1.46) and the top criminality score (8.08), while the junta claims 70,000 foreigners repatriated.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 1
The Organized Crime Index scored Myanmar 8.5 for human trafficking and 7.5 for cyber-dependent crime; its overall criminality score was 8.15.
Source ↗ - Novaplace 2
Border regions host fortified compounds with armed guards; victims report torture and forced labor
Source ↗ - StepFunplace 1
The world's highest organised-crime score (8.08) sits on the world's weakest state response (1.46) - and 5,300 people were still held after the crackdown.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 1
The world's weakest resilience score, 1.46, with more than 5,300 people still confined in scam compounds near the Thai border.
Source ↗
5 AIs put it here - 2
Cambodia
Cambodia announced 624 raids and 58,266 foreigners 'rescued and deported.' Amnesty found that none of 73 survivors had been recognised as victims and saw state action at only 24 of 86 compounds.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Nova, StepFun, DeepSeek. Did not include: Meta, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 1 · ChatGPT: 2 · Nova: 1 · StepFun: 2 · DeepSeek: 2
What each AI noted 5
- Claudeplace 1
Tier 3 for the fourth straight year and labelled a 'state sponsor' of trafficking, yet it announced about 300,000 foreigners arrested, deported or departed; none of Amnesty's 73 survivors was formally identified as a trafficking victim.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 2
Amnesty documented at least 53 compounds in 2025; in 2026 authorities claimed 624 raid sites and 58,266 foreign nationals rescued and deported, figures that do not themselves show victim identification.
Source ↗ - Novaplace 1
Over 74% of global scam compounds are in the Mekong region, with Cambodia hosting massive, militarized operations
Source ↗ - StepFunplace 2
Not one of the 73 survivors Amnesty interviewed was identified by the Cambodian authorities as a trafficking victim - while the state reported detaining about 30,000 people.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 2
Amnesty interviewed 73 survivors and found 0 recognised as trafficking victims, while the government says it 'rescued' 58,266 foreigners.
Source ↗
5 AIs put it here - 3
Laos
Laos is in Tier 3 and reported no trafficking case investigated in its special economic zones. In the Golden Triangle zone, police detained 1,460 people that an official called 'just workers who were hired.'
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Nova, StepFun, DeepSeek. Did not include: Meta, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 3 · ChatGPT: 3 · Nova: 4 · StepFun: 3 · DeepSeek: 3
What each AI noted 5
- Claudeplace 3
Dropped from Tier 2 to Tier 3 in 2025 after reporting no trafficking investigations inside its special economic zones, where industrial-scale scam operations are reported.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 3
The 2023 index scored Laos 8.0 for human trafficking, among the region’s highest, while its low resilience score leaves serious questions about protection.
Source ↗ - Novaplace 4
Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone hosts massive compounds; victims report starvation and torture
Source ↗ - StepFunplace 3
Downgraded to Tier 3 in 2026 with, on the State Department's account, no trafficker investigated, prosecuted or convicted at all - while raids keep producing hundreds of arrests.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 3
Downgraded to Tier 3 in 2025, with resilience of 3.38 and a Golden Triangle zone described as an industrial-scale scam hub.
Source ↗
5 AIs put it here - 4
Philippines
The Philippines is Tier 1, the only Tier 1 country in the belt. Yet it identified no foreign trafficking victims in scam centres, although foreigners are estimated to be 30% of the workers there.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Nova, StepFun, DeepSeek. Did not include: Meta, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 4 · ChatGPT: 4 · Nova: 3 · StepFun: 10 · DeepSeek: 5
What each AI noted 5
- Claudeplace 4
A Tier 1 government for 11 straight years that reported identifying no foreign trafficking victims in scam centers, although foreigners are estimated at 30% of scam workers.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 4
The country’s 2024 crackdown reached a six-story former compound converted into a temporary detention center, illustrating the shift from raids to post-raid custody.
Source ↗ - Novaplace 3
Special Economic Zones provide legal gray areas; victims report confinement and debt bondage
Source ↗ - StepFunplace 10
The only Tier 1 in the belt - a POGO ban, a life sentence for a mayor, 244 arrests in one October raid - which is exactly why it sits at the bottom of this list.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 5
Tier 1 since 2016, yet it scores 7.5 for human trafficking and 7.5 for cyber-dependent crime — protection ratings and criminality tell different stories.
Source ↗
5 AIs put it here - 5
Thailand
Thailand is Tier 2 and gets credit for its border sweeps. But it identified far fewer victims than in 2023, while more than 7,000 freed workers waited at the border in early 2025.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Nova, StepFun, DeepSeek. Did not include: Meta, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 5 · ChatGPT: 5 · Nova: 6 · StepFun: 7 · DeepSeek: 4
What each AI noted 5
- Claudeplace 5
Tier 2 and praised for border sweeps, but it identified far fewer victims than in 2023 and found none in special economic zones.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 5
The 2023 index put Thailand’s overall criminality at 6.18/10, and its border areas have been implicated in the cross-border scam economy.
Source ↗ - Novaplace 6
Border towns host compounds; victims report beatings and forced scamming quotas
Source ↗ - StepFunplace 7
Tier 2 for a fifth straight year, yet thousands of freed compound workers sat in border limbo - and only in 2025 did a Thai court rule eight defendants were victims, not criminals.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 4
Tier 2 for a fourth year, with a human-trafficking score of 7.5 and persistent failures to identify victims of forced criminality.
5 AIs put it here - 6
Vietnam
Vietnam is a source, transit and host country. More than 1,100 Vietnamese were among 5,771 people detained in Cambodia by March 2026, and a Vietnamese woman allegedly ran a 155-member ring from Laos.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, Nova, StepFun, DeepSeek. Did not include: Meta, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 6 · ChatGPT: 6 · Nova: 5 · StepFun: 6 · DeepSeek: 6
What each AI noted 5
- Claudeplace 6
Above the global criminality average, and its nationals appear on both sides: more than 1,100 were among those detained in Cambodia, and a woman is accused of running a 155-member ring from Laos.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 6
Vietnam scored 6.55/10 for overall criminality in the 2023 index, while Vietnamese nationals also appear among people trafficked into compounds elsewhere.
Source ↗ - Novaplace 5
Border areas and urban centers host compounds; victims report forced labor and confinement
Source ↗ - StepFunplace 6
Tier 2 on paper, but Vietnamese nationals keep topping the arrest lists abroad - more than 200 in a single Cambodian raid.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 6
A 7.0 human-trafficking score and 7.0 cyber score, with resilience of 4.79 and Tier 2 — a source, transit and host country.
Source ↗
5 AIs put it here - 7
Indonesia
Indonesia is Tier 2, but its trafficking investigations fell from 843 to 403 in one year. Meanwhile, at least 270 Indonesians were arrested in a single Cambodian raid.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, StepFun, DeepSeek. Did not include: Meta, Nova, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 7 · ChatGPT: 7 · StepFun: 8 · DeepSeek: 7
What each AI noted 4
- Claudeplace 7
Indonesians are among the nationalities detained and sent home from Cambodia and Laos; I found no Indonesia-specific protection data, so this place is low confidence.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 7
A 2026 Jakarta raid arrested more than 300 foreign nationals in an alleged online-gambling operation, while other Indonesian investigations included Japanese-targeting scam rings.
Source ↗ - StepFunplace 8
Tier 2, but trafficking investigations fell from 843 to 403 in a single year while Indonesians kept being pulled out of compounds abroad.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 7
Human trafficking and cyber-dependent crime both score 7.5, with resilience of 4.29 and Tier 2 status.
Source ↗
4 AIs put it here - 8
Malaysia
Malaysia has a high cyber-crime score (8.0) but stronger resilience (5.71) than its neighbours. In July 2026 a single Forest City raid arrested 335 people, 309 of them Chinese.
Included it: ChatGPT, StepFun, DeepSeek. Did not include: Claude, Meta, Nova, Wenxin.In their lists: ChatGPT: 8 · StepFun: 9 · DeepSeek: 8
What each AI noted 3
- ChatGPTplace 8
A 2026 raid reportedly arrested nine Japanese nationals among 13 suspects in a phone-scam operation targeting people in Japan.
Source ↗ - StepFunplace 9
Tier 2 for a third straight year, and the hub that keeps relocating: 335 arrested in one Johor swoop, 309 of them Chinese.
Source ↗ - DeepSeekplace 8
A 7.5 human-trafficking score and an 8.0 cyber score, with Tier 2 status and higher resilience than several neighbours.
Source ↗
3 AIs put it here - 9
China
China supplies many compound bosses and workers: more than 3,400 of the 5,771 people detained in Cambodia were Chinese. Its 2026 Tier 3 rating comes from one congressional source.
Included it: Claude, ChatGPT, StepFun. Did not include: Meta, Nova, DeepSeek, Wenxin.In their lists: Claude: 8 · ChatGPT: 10 · StepFun: 4
What each AI noted 3
- Claudeplace 8
The largest group among those detained in Cambodia (more than 3,400 of 5,771), and an alleged ringleader is now in Chinese custody; its protection record was not covered by my sources, so low confidence.
Source ↗ - ChatGPTplace 10
Regional enforcement and recruitment networks span several countries, but the available country-level tables do not cleanly assign the compounds or victim-protection gaps to China.
Source ↗ - StepFunplace 4
Tier 3 in 2026 and the only country that is simultaneously the main source of compound operators and a source of the people trapped inside them.
Source ↗
3 AIs put it here - 10
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste is the newest frontier. A months-long crackdown made 583 arrests (another report counts 314 in three weeks), and OCCRP found convicted scammers back at work after paying modest fines.
Included it: ChatGPT, StepFun. Did not include: Claude, Meta, Nova, DeepSeek, Wenxin.In their lists: ChatGPT: 9 · StepFun: 5
What each AI noted 2
- ChatGPTplace 9
A 2026 police operation reportedly brought the number arrested over three weeks to 314, but public evidence linking those arrests to trafficking victims remains limited.
Source ↗ - StepFunplace 5
The new frontier: 583 arrests in one operation, and OCCRP found foreign scammers going straight back to work after conviction and modest fines.
Source ↗
2 AIs put it here
02Worth knowing
What the AIs noticed while building the list.
The number of compounds grew during the crackdown: Amnesty counted 86 operating in April 2026, up from 53 a year earlier, with evidence of state action at only 24.
Cambodia's 58,266 'rescued and deported' mixes victims and suspects: official data confirm only 22,045 as directly involved in scams. Another official figure, about 300,000 'arrested, deported or departed', counts something else again.
A good tier rating does not mean victims get found: the Philippines is Tier 1 but identified no foreign victims in scam centres.
The widely repeated split of 120,000 people in Myanmar and 100,000 in Cambodia comes from a 2023 UN estimate. Current IOM figures say at least 300,000 people across the region, from at least 80 countries.
03Questions people ask
Which country has the most scam call centers?
No one counts scam centres reliably. Myanmar and Cambodia are the main hubs, and Amnesty alone found 86 compounds operating in Cambodia in April 2026.
Source ↗What country has the most scam call centers?
On expert scores, Myanmar has the world's highest organized-crime score (8.08 of 10) and Cambodia follows at 7.02. These are severity scores, not counts of centres.
Source ↗Which countries have scam call centers?
The core is Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos, and operations also run in the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Timor-Leste. UNODC found victims from at least 80 countries in the region's compounds.
Source ↗Why do scam-centre numbers differ so much?
Each count covers something different. Cambodia's figures include 58,266 foreigners 'rescued and deported', about 30,000 detained, and 3,477 held in pretrial detention, and none of these is a count of identified victims.
Source ↗04How we counted
In plain words, no formulas.
1The question
Top 10 Countries Where Scam-Compound Trafficking Is Worst and Victims Are Least Protected
2Why this topic
The reader sees in one list where the problem is worst and where the response fails victims, two things no single index or tier list shows together.
3Where it applies
Global, centred on Southeast Asia's scam-compound belt (Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, the Philippines and neighbours)
4What we looked at
- How severe expert assessments rate human trafficking and cyber-enabled crime in each country
- How strong the government's anti-trafficking effort is rated, including victim identification and support
- The gap between announced raids, rescues and arrests and independent evidence that people forced to scam are treated as victims rather than offenders
- Cautious reading: these sources use different definitions, and none counts the true number of victims
- Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, Global Organized Crime Index 2025 — Expert scores (0-10) for criminality, including human trafficking and cyber-dependent crime, and for state
- U.S. Department of State, Trafficking in Persons Report 2025 and 2026 — Tier rating of each government's anti-trafficking effort: prosecutions, victim identification and protection
- Amnesty International, 'Falling Through the Cracks' (June 2026) — 73 survivors from 16 countries, whether authorities identified them as trafficking victims, and how many of 86 known compounds saw any
- Government crackdown figures reported by AP and Al Jazeera (August 2026) — Raids, detentions, rescues, deportations and pretrial arrests that the government announced, July 2025 to August 2026
5Who ranked
The leading AIs, each building its own list of ten independently and naming a source for every place: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Nova, StepFun, DeepSeek, Wenxin.
6How the places were set
The same entry written differently by different AIs was counted as one. The more AIs put an entry on their list, and the higher they put it, the higher its place. "AI agreement" shows how many of the AIs had it on their own list. Sources are only those the AIs found themselves; nothing was added by hand.
05Each AI's own list
🇺🇸 Claude10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by Claude alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Cambodia
Tier 3 for the fourth straight year and labelled a 'state sponsor' of trafficking, yet it announced about 300,000 foreigners arrested, deported or departed; none of Amnesty's 73 survivors was formally identified as a trafficking victim.
Source ↗ - 2Myanmar
The lowest state resilience score in the world (1.46) and the top criminality score (8.08), while the junta claims 70,000 foreigners repatriated.
Source ↗ - 3Laos
Dropped from Tier 2 to Tier 3 in 2025 after reporting no trafficking investigations inside its special economic zones, where industrial-scale scam operations are reported.
Source ↗ - 4Philippines
A Tier 1 government for 11 straight years that reported identifying no foreign trafficking victims in scam centers, although foreigners are estimated at 30% of scam workers.
Source ↗ - 5Thailand
Tier 2 and praised for border sweeps, but it identified far fewer victims than in 2023 and found none in special economic zones.
Source ↗ - 6Vietnam
Above the global criminality average, and its nationals appear on both sides: more than 1,100 were among those detained in Cambodia, and a woman is accused of running a 155-member ring from Laos.
Source ↗ - 7Indonesia
Indonesians are among the nationalities detained and sent home from Cambodia and Laos; I found no Indonesia-specific protection data, so this place is low confidence.
Source ↗ - 8China
The largest group among those detained in Cambodia (more than 3,400 of 5,771), and an alleged ringleader is now in Chinese custody; its protection record was not covered by my sources, so low confidence.
Source ↗ - 9United Arab Emirates
Named in the UN survivor report alongside Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and the Philippines, showing the compound model reaches beyond Asia; low confidence.
Source ↗ - 10Japan (as a source of trafficked workers and a destination of repatriated suspects)
Japanese nationals recruited into Cambodian and Myanmar bases are reported to be lured with 'high income' promises and then held under surveillance, yet are arrested on return as suspects.
Source ↗
What Claude noticed
Myanmar has the worst state resilience score in the world (1.46) and the highest criminality score (8.08) in the 2025 index, so the 'worst' place and the 'least protected' place are not always the same country as the one with the most raids.
Amnesty found state intervention at only 24 of 86 Cambodian compounds it identified, against official claims of more than 200 scam centres shut down.
The Philippines holds Tier 1 yet reported identifying no foreign victims in scam centres, so a good tier does not guarantee that victims are found.
People from at least 80 countries and territories have been identified in scam compounds in the region, according to UNODC.
🇺🇸 ChatGPT10 places · 3 notes
The same question, answered by ChatGPT alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Myanmar scam compounds
The Organized Crime Index scored Myanmar 8.5 for human trafficking and 7.5 for cyber-dependent crime; its overall criminality score was 8.15.
Source ↗ - 2Cambodia scam compounds
Amnesty documented at least 53 compounds in 2025; in 2026 authorities claimed 624 raid sites and 58,266 foreign nationals rescued and deported, figures that do not themselves show victim identification.
Source ↗ - 3Laos scam compounds
The 2023 index scored Laos 8.0 for human trafficking, among the region’s highest, while its low resilience score leaves serious questions about protection.
Source ↗ - 4Philippines scam compounds
The country’s 2024 crackdown reached a six-story former compound converted into a temporary detention center, illustrating the shift from raids to post-raid custody.
Source ↗ - 5Thailand scam compounds
The 2023 index put Thailand’s overall criminality at 6.18/10, and its border areas have been implicated in the cross-border scam economy.
Source ↗ - 6Vietnam scam compounds
Vietnam scored 6.55/10 for overall criminality in the 2023 index, while Vietnamese nationals also appear among people trafficked into compounds elsewhere.
Source ↗ - 7Indonesia scam compounds
A 2026 Jakarta raid arrested more than 300 foreign nationals in an alleged online-gambling operation, while other Indonesian investigations included Japanese-targeting scam rings.
Source ↗ - 8Malaysia scam compounds
A 2026 raid reportedly arrested nine Japanese nationals among 13 suspects in a phone-scam operation targeting people in Japan.
Source ↗ - 9Timor-Leste scam compounds
A 2026 police operation reportedly brought the number arrested over three weeks to 314, but public evidence linking those arrests to trafficking victims remains limited.
Source ↗ - 10China-linked scam networks in Southeast Asia
Regional enforcement and recruitment networks span several countries, but the available country-level tables do not cleanly assign the compounds or victim-protection gaps to China.
Source ↗
What ChatGPT noticed
Cambodia’s state-announced totals count 58,266 foreign nationals as rescued and deported, while Amnesty’s survivor research questions whether people removed from compounds were identified and supported as trafficking victims.
Myanmar’s 8.5 human-trafficking score and 1.46 resilience score put severe criminality beside very limited capacity to respond.
The Philippines ordered a ban on scam operations in 2024, but AP reported that operators shifted into smaller sites that are harder to detect.
🇺🇸 Nova10 places · 3 notes
The same question, answered by Nova alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Cambodia
Over 74% of global scam compounds are in the Mekong region, with Cambodia hosting massive, militarized operations
Source ↗ - 2Myanmar
Border regions host fortified compounds with armed guards; victims report torture and forced labor
Source ↗ - 3Philippines
Special Economic Zones provide legal gray areas; victims report confinement and debt bondage
Source ↗ - 4Laos
Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone hosts massive compounds; victims report starvation and torture
Source ↗ - 5Vietnam
Border areas and urban centers host compounds; victims report forced labor and confinement
Source ↗ - 6Thailand
Border towns host compounds; victims report beatings and forced scamming quotas
Source ↗ - 7India
Source country for many victims; limited protection and enforcement against trafficking
Source ↗ - 8Bangladesh
Source country for many victims; limited protection and enforcement against trafficking
Source ↗ - 9Nigeria
Major source country for romance scams; limited domestic fraud protection infrastructure
Source ↗ - 10Pakistan
Least fraud-protected country globally; limited anti-trafficking efforts and victim support
Source ↗
What Nova noticed
74% of scam compounds are concentrated in the Mekong sub-region, with Cambodia hosting the largest operations
Victims are often lured with promises of legitimate employment, only to find themselves trapped in forced scamming
Corruption is deeply entrenched, with some authorities aiding traffickers and threatening survivors
🇨🇳 StepFun10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by StepFun alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Myanmar scam compounds (Myawaddy and KK Park), 2026
The world's highest organised-crime score (8.08) sits on the world's weakest state response (1.46) - and 5,300 people were still held after the crackdown.
Source ↗ - 2Cambodia scam compounds, 2026
Not one of the 73 survivors Amnesty interviewed was identified by the Cambodian authorities as a trafficking victim - while the state reported detaining about 30,000 people.
Source ↗ - 3Laos Golden Triangle SEZ scam compounds, 2026
Downgraded to Tier 3 in 2026 with, on the State Department's account, no trafficker investigated, prosecuted or convicted at all - while raids keep producing hundreds of arrests.
Source ↗ - 4China-linked scam compounds, 2026
Tier 3 in 2026 and the only country that is simultaneously the main source of compound operators and a source of the people trapped inside them.
Source ↗ - 5Timor-Leste scam compounds, 2026
The new frontier: 583 arrests in one operation, and OCCRP found foreign scammers going straight back to work after conviction and modest fines.
Source ↗ - 6Vietnam scam-compound trafficking, 2026
Tier 2 on paper, but Vietnamese nationals keep topping the arrest lists abroad - more than 200 in a single Cambodian raid.
Source ↗ - 7Thailand border scam-compound trafficking, 2026
Tier 2 for a fifth straight year, yet thousands of freed compound workers sat in border limbo - and only in 2025 did a Thai court rule eight defendants were victims, not criminals.
Source ↗ - 8Indonesia scam-compound trafficking, 2026
Tier 2, but trafficking investigations fell from 843 to 403 in a single year while Indonesians kept being pulled out of compounds abroad.
Source ↗ - 9Malaysia scam compounds (Forest City), 2026
Tier 2 for a third straight year, and the hub that keeps relocating: 335 arrested in one Johor swoop, 309 of them Chinese.
Source ↗ - 10Philippines POGO scam compounds, 2026
The only Tier 1 in the belt - a POGO ban, a life sentence for a mayor, 244 arrests in one October raid - which is exactly why it sits at the bottom of this list.
Source ↗
What StepFun noticed
The identification gap is the story: Cambodia reported roughly 30,000 detentions and 624 compounds raided, yet not one of 73 survivors Amnesty interviewed was recognised by the authorities as a trafficking victim. Mass arrests are not the same as victim identification.
Cambodia's crackdown ran alongside growth, not shrinkage: Amnesty identified 86 compounds operating as of April 2026, up from 53 a year earlier, with evidence of state intervention at only 24 of them.
Rescued is not the same as protected: by June 2026 Cambodia had released some 200,000 people from scam centres but could not get them home, leaving survivors sleeping rough or in detention.
The trafficking is regional, not national: as of March 2025 people from 80 countries had been trafficked into online scam centres, and INTERPOL found 74 per cent of identified victims were taken to centres inside the original hub region - which is why single-country rankings always understate the belt.
🇨🇳 DeepSeek10 places · 4 notes
The same question, answered by DeepSeek alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.
- 1Myanmar
The world's weakest resilience score, 1.46, with more than 5,300 people still confined in scam compounds near the Thai border.
Source ↗ - 2Cambodia
Amnesty interviewed 73 survivors and found 0 recognised as trafficking victims, while the government says it 'rescued' 58,266 foreigners.
Source ↗ - 3Laos
Downgraded to Tier 3 in 2025, with resilience of 3.38 and a Golden Triangle zone described as an industrial-scale scam hub.
Source ↗ - 4Thailand
Tier 2 for a fourth year, with a human-trafficking score of 7.5 and persistent failures to identify victims of forced criminality.
- 5Philippines
Tier 1 since 2016, yet it scores 7.5 for human trafficking and 7.5 for cyber-dependent crime — protection ratings and criminality tell different stories.
Source ↗ - 6Vietnam
A 7.0 human-trafficking score and 7.0 cyber score, with resilience of 4.79 and Tier 2 — a source, transit and host country.
Source ↗ - 7Indonesia
Human trafficking and cyber-dependent crime both score 7.5, with resilience of 4.29 and Tier 2 status.
Source ↗ - 8Malaysia
A 7.5 human-trafficking score and an 8.0 cyber score, with Tier 2 status and higher resilience than several neighbours.
Source ↗ - 9Brunei
Only 5.0 for human trafficking but Tier 2 Watchlist — low reported crime does not equal strong victim protection.
Source ↗ - 10Singapore
Tier 1 and resilience of 7.79, but its financial and logistics links keep it part of the wider scam economy — the least-bad end of this ranking.
Source ↗
What DeepSeek noticed
Cambodia's headline crackdown number is 58,266 rescued and deported foreigners, but 22,045 of them were confirmed as scam workers and Amnesty found none of its 73 interviewees recognised as trafficking victims — rescue counts and victim protection are different things.
Myanmar scores the maximum 9.00 for human trafficking and the world's lowest resilience score, 1.46, and rights groups estimate more than 5,300 people are still confined in compounds near the Thai border.
The Philippines has been Tier 1 for a decade, yet it scores 7.50 for human trafficking and 7.50 for cyber-dependent crime — a reminder that a Tier 1 label measures government effort, not the absence of harm.
UNODC estimates 300,000 people work in scam compounds across Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos, and regional scam losses reached $88.3–$114.1 billion in 2025 — more than three times the 2023 estimate.