Today we go deep inside Cambodia to explain exactly how power works -- and how these networks generated the billions of dirty cash now sparking an international manhunt for Benjamin Mauerberger.
Welcome to Whale Hunting, where we follow the money from Southeast Asian scam centers to Manhattan penthouses, exposing the criminal networks that cost Americans billions each year.
Today we have another special essay on Cambodia’s underworld networks by Jacob Sims, a transnational crime expert and Harvard Fellow, who has been working with Whale Hunting to break this story open.
While Thai and Western enablers helped move billions of dollars of dirty money, none of this could have happened without Yim Leak, one of Cambodia's most powerful princelings.
Jacob has been investigating these networks for years, and today he's taking us deep inside Cambodia to explain how power works – and how the gushers of cash are produced.
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This article is part of Whale Hunting, our ongoing investigation into the money laundering network connecting Southeast Asian scam centers to Thailand's political elite.
