Border Hell: Inside Asia's Cyber-Slavery Factories

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Kelana Wisnu's Role: Producer, Director, Screenwriter, Camera Person, Video Editor, Researcher, Reporter, Translator

Awards: 

Citra Awards Nominees for Best Short Documentary, Indonesian Film Festival 2024
Best Data-Driven Investigative Reporting, Indonesian Data Journalism Awards 2024

This investigative documentary reveals a transnational criminal network involving the Chinese mafia, politicians, the military junta, and armed groups. They are allegedly implicated in operations including scam compounds, online gambling, and other interconnected crimes against humanity along the Myanmar-Thailand border.

Over 120,000 people are trapped in forced labor for online fraud, enslaved in digital slavery with false job promises. Our team infiltrated the criminals' digital network, tracked their coordinates, and mapped the key players, sneaking into the transnational crime hub in Shwe Kokko, Myanmar. We encountered Indonesian victims who escaped from Shwe Kokko and exposed the broader global criminal network using open-source investigative research.

From the Phu Inn Hotel in Mae Sot, Thailand, to Shwe Kokko, Myanmar, we uncover how online gambling and scam proceeds allegedly fund the military junta. This documentary reveals scam and cybercrime centers in Southeast Asia, such as Shwe Kokko and KK Park, where victims face torture and death for non-compliance. Our findings show that many scam compounds are interconnected through illicit connections among various actors.

Amidst Shwe Kokko's glitzy facade lies a dark reality. With fearless journalism, we expose the most responsible actors for the heinous acts behind this global crisis. Watch our investigation to uncover the hidden crimes against humanity behind technological brilliance.