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China is sentencing pig butchering scammers to death (protos.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

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China has sentenced nearly 20 people, including members of prominent mafia families, to death over pig butchering scams in recent months. The post China is sentencing pig butchering scammers to death appeared first on Protos.

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

For people who are also annoyed by this articles lack of explanation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_butchering_scam

[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Fucking thank you. I had to click a link in the OP article to another article which mentioned crypto in order figure out that they weren't actually talking about illegal slaughterhouses.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

If anyone is into it, last week tonight has an episode covering the topic.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

From that article:

During the 2025 Cambodian–Thai conflict, Thai forces shelled scam centers in Cambodia

Based Thailand.