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犯罪活動的溫床。組織性犯罪不斷擴大，不 口販賣、有通訊詐騙、線上賭博……」。
僅影響了地方政治，也波及了國際政治。 政府在疫情期間實施了外出限制，也關
閉了邊境，使得毒品運輸更加困難。在重新
經濟「特」區 開放之後，毒品運輸業務恢復正常，還新增
了新的利潤來源。聯合國毒品與犯罪辦公室

柬埔寨人口販運問題猖獗，去年在台灣鬧 （U N O D C）最近警告，甲基安非他命（又
得沸沸揚揚，震驚社會。這類案件主要是透過 稱冰毒）的供應突然激增，甚至幫助犯罪組
投資詐騙得逞，雖然當下問題因外交壓力暫時 織開拓了遠至澳洲、印度和日本等地的新市
緩解，但背後更大的結構問題卻尚待解決。 場。因此，犯罪活動的經濟足跡比以往任何
由於疫情關係，面對面的實體生意減少， 時候都來得更廣泛。
賭場老闆和地方軍閥被迫另開新財源，他們盯 這樣的發展不僅引起了國際組織的關注，
上了線上賭博，這不僅更不受地域限制，能夠 也推動了當地政治的演變。東南亞國協第二大
輕易躲過警方掃蕩，同時還能吸收更多元的顧 經濟體── 泰國，就是一個很好的例子。
客群，而這條路最後走到了人口販賣。

據《美國之音》引述，泰國皇家警察外 困境的成因
事局局長K h e m m ar i n Ha s s i ri稱，邊境地區
和經濟特區「過去是非常出名的毒品走私地 泰國5月的大選結果，可以視為是對民主
區，但是現在他們什麼都有，有毒品、有人 本身的全民公投，以曼谷市區為根據地的自

The first was the pandemic, which eliminated engineering scams, which exploded into public view
Chinese foot traffic. Tourism from China has remained last year. That specific issue has subsided somewhat

subdued even following the opening early this year, following diplomatic pressure, but it only represents
which has affected both the underground and the one aspect of a larger problem.
above-ground economy. At the same time, meanwhile, With the decline of in-person business over
the ongoing civil war in Myanmar following the coup the pandemic, casino bosses and local warlords
in 2021 has allowed industrial-scale crime to flourish. were forced to diversify their income sources. They
The resulting growth in organized crime has grown in expanded into online gaming, giving them more
scope to affect both local and international politics. geographic mobility in response to crackdowns, and
also providing access to a more diverse customer

Special economic zones
“ ” base. That was also what let them to experiment with
their human trafficking.
This trend is best known in Taiwan for a trend The borderlands and special economic zones
of human trafficking in Cambodia to work on social “are very famous areas for drug trafficking in the past,”

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