Transnational Digital Scams

We track transnational digital scams as cross-border online fraud networks that use the internet to lure migrants into exploitative situations across multiple countries.

We closely track how these scam operations evolve, moving smoothly from Bangladesh to transit countries and final destinations.

These networks rely on information disorder to hide their tracks, using encrypted apps and offshore servers to coordinate labour trafficking and financial fraud.

The European Union's development work in South Asia now heavily relies on dismantling these cross-border digital fraud networks that ruin legal migration pathways.

We add to this regional collaboration by sharing intelligence and research findings with international partners. We run deep-dive investigations into the financial flows and digital footprints of these scams.

By exposing the transnational nature of online deception, we help governments realise that domestic laws alone will not stop labour exploitation. Our advocacy stresses the urgent need for unified, cross-border legal frameworks to actually prosecute the people running these digital recruitment scams.