Welcome to Learning English, a daily 30 minute program from the Voice of America.

I'm Ashley Thompson.

And I'm Mario Ritter Jr.

This program is designed for English learners,

so we speak a little slower and we use words and phrases especially written for people learning

English.

On today's program, Katie Weaver has a story on crime groups using a messaging

app in Southeast Asia. Then hear about this year's winner of the Nobel Literature Prize, Hong Kong.

Learn about phrasal verbs on everyday grammar.

Finally, the lesson of the day.

But first, powerful crime groups in Southeast Asia use the messaging app,

telegram widely.

The United Nations said in a report on Monday.

It said the app's use led to major changes in the way such groups carry out large criminal operations.

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime produced the report. The investigators say stolen data, including credit card

information, passwords, and browser history are openly traded on the app.

The app has many channels and little content supervision, the report said.

Criminals on the app also sell tools used for cybercrime, including so-called deep fake software and data stealing

malware and criminal cryptocurrency exchanges carry out business on telegram also, the report said.

We move 3 million U.T stolen from overseas per day.

The report quoted one advertisement as saying in Chinese.

There is strong evidence of underground data markets moving to

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