Washington DC, May 20 -- The US House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party has released a new investigation alleging that China-linked scam centres operating across Southeast Asia are defrauding Americans of at least USD 10 billion annually while fuelling human trafficking, cybercrime, and illicit financial activity.

In a press release, Committee Chairman John Moolenaar and Ranking Member Ro Khanna described the scam as a sprawling criminal ecosystem centred in countries such as Cambodia and Burma. According to the investigation, these networks combine online fraud operations with forced labour, money laundering, and underground financial systems.

"These scam centres with deep links to China are a broad network of fraud, huma...