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Huoine Group and Southeast Asia romance scams

03
Apr

PRC Extradites Huione Group Gangster Tied to Pig Butchering Scams

Ronen Shnidman / April 3, 2026
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Li Xiong, past chairman of the Huione Group, was extradited from Cambodia to China last week, in another blow towards organized crime in Southeast Asia focused on generating revenue from fraud schemes. The Huione Group was a corporate network of companies that enabled money laundering on a massive scale for scam centers in Southeast Asia […]

16
Feb

My Conversation with a Pig Butcher

Ronen Shnidman / February 16, 2026
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Many who grew up in English-speaking countries will recognize the nursery rhyme called “This Little Piggy” that involves playing with a child’s toes. Few realize that the words of the rhyme recount the harsh realities of a pig’s life on the farm. The first pig is brought to market, i.e. slaughtered. The little piggy who […]

30
Jan

Myanmar’s Pig Butchers Brought to Justice in China

Ronen Shnidman / January 30, 2026
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The long arc of the universe bends towards justice – at least when it comes to the pig butcher scam artists of Southeast Asia. This month, the Chinese government executed 11 members of an organized criminal family that operated so-called pig butchering scam centers across the border in Myanmar and sentenced to death at least […]

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