The Brutal Human Trafficking Syndicates of Southeast Asia

The Underworld Podcast

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 871 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been made by a vicious network of organized crime figures throughout Southeast Asia by preying on what the United Nations has called "the most persecuted people in the world," the stateless and desperate Rohingya people. From the high rises of Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur, we follow the transnational network that operates like a modern day slave trade, roping in politicians, police officials and high ranking members of militaries along the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you once again for joining us here on the Underworld Podcast, where we dive deep into the world of transnational criminal
0:14.6	organizations and gangs and things of that nature with me Danny Golds.
0:20.0	And Meijon Williams.
0:22.0	This is the intro where we banter to show you that we're just normal guys having a good time,
0:26.0	and we're all friends here.
0:27.5	You, me, the viewers, all of us, we're all buds.
0:31.0	Yeah, we're just down the pub having a couple of beers right
0:33.8	talking about organized crime just everyone does just telling a story you know yeah like
0:39.4	an old friend exactly and today we're to be talking about the Rohingya and the human
0:44.7	trafficking syndicates of Southeast Asia. Okay, that's that's pretty deep
0:50.4	conversation for the pub but yeah I'm in. I'm in. Yeah it's a bit deep conversation
0:55.0	at this moment.
1:00.0	at this moment.
1:01.0	Yeah, but I mean, I'm sure you're going to make it all kinds of interesting for us, so looking forward to it.
1:06.3	That's the hope, right? Yeah, yeah, it's always the hope. It's always the hope.
1:11.0	So today we're going to start with a story actually from my days of reporting and a life
1:17.0	lesson as well.
1:18.0	Okay, good. Philosophy and a good story story I like it.
1:22.6	Yeah so I mean every now and then if you really play your cards wrong
1:26.7	you may find yourself running down the streets of downtown Bangkok
1:30.8	fearful that a mobster has sent to soldiers after you.
1:35.9	Yeah that sounds like you've done something wrong somewhere.
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