Ryan Winch
@winchry.bsky.social
Transnational Crime & Technology Programme Manager at the Regional Support Office of the Bali Process | Bangkok Based 🇹🇭 | Coffee Enthusiast ☕️ | Canadian 🍁 | Previously 🇨🇫 🇲🇲 🇹🇿 🇨🇳
More evidence of #scam centre response cooperation intensifying & importantly bringing in key impacted countries beyond #SoutheastAsia - as a global challenge this will require globally coordinated solutions. Great to see increasing process in that direction www.nationthailand.com/blogs/news/p...
Thailand, S. Korea can work together on cybercrime, economy: Thai PM
Thai PM aims for $30b trade with Seoul, hopes for early conclusion of CEPA talks
www.nationthailand.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
More evidence of #scam centre response cooperation intensifying & importantly bringing in key impacted countries beyond #SoutheastAsia - as a global challenge this will require globally coordinated solutions. Great to see increasing process in that direction www.nationthailand.com/blogs/news/p...
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🛠 Piloting frontline tools like the Screening and Referral Toolkit in airports.
🤝 Expanding secondments and peer-to-peer exchanges.
🛜 Creating platforms like the Regional Information, Liaison and Outreach Network (RILON) Initiative to support whole-of-route action.
September 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
🛠 Piloting frontline tools like the Screening and Referral Toolkit in airports.
🤝 Expanding secondments and peer-to-peer exchanges.
🛜 Creating platforms like the Regional Information, Liaison and Outreach Network (RILON) Initiative to support whole-of-route action.
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Challenges in addressing irregular migration, people smuggling and human trafficking challenges are growing in scale and complexity. With challenges, come opportunities to enhance regional cooperation and innovation.
September 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Challenges in addressing irregular migration, people smuggling and human trafficking challenges are growing in scale and complexity. With challenges, come opportunities to enhance regional cooperation and innovation.
Join #OSCE & @baliprocessrso.bsky.social for a webinar series (22–24 Sept) on risks & responses related to #AI and #TraffickingInPersons:
🔹 22 Sept (Civil society & academia): buff.ly/DJCwsge
🔹 23 Sept (Private sector): buff.ly/Pwsu7a3
🔹 24 Sept (Gov’ts & policy makers): reach out for link
🔹 22 Sept (Civil society & academia): buff.ly/DJCwsge
🔹 23 Sept (Private sector): buff.ly/Pwsu7a3
🔹 24 Sept (Gov’ts & policy makers): reach out for link
September 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Join #OSCE & @baliprocessrso.bsky.social for a webinar series (22–24 Sept) on risks & responses related to #AI and #TraffickingInPersons:
🔹 22 Sept (Civil society & academia): buff.ly/DJCwsge
🔹 23 Sept (Private sector): buff.ly/Pwsu7a3
🔹 24 Sept (Gov’ts & policy makers): reach out for link
🔹 22 Sept (Civil society & academia): buff.ly/DJCwsge
🔹 23 Sept (Private sector): buff.ly/Pwsu7a3
🔹 24 Sept (Gov’ts & policy makers): reach out for link
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New RSO supported report on illicit #financial flows + cyber-#scam centres now online!
Have thoughts on improving responses? It'd be great to connect with practitioners, policymakers & private sector partners working on this. Please get in touch if you have ideas or would like to discuss further!
Have thoughts on improving responses? It'd be great to connect with practitioners, policymakers & private sector partners working on this. Please get in touch if you have ideas or would like to discuss further!
🚨 NEW RESEARCH
Cyber-scam centres in Southeast Asia generate billions annually — targeting victims worldwide and exploiting trafficked workers. Many have evolved into transnational networks linking fraud, trafficking, money laundering, and illegal gambling.
📖 tinyurl.com/y4rnzmx2
Cyber-scam centres in Southeast Asia generate billions annually — targeting victims worldwide and exploiting trafficked workers. Many have evolved into transnational networks linking fraud, trafficking, money laundering, and illegal gambling.
📖 tinyurl.com/y4rnzmx2
August 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
New RSO supported report on illicit #financial flows + cyber-#scam centres now online!
Have thoughts on improving responses? It'd be great to connect with practitioners, policymakers & private sector partners working on this. Please get in touch if you have ideas or would like to discuss further!
Have thoughts on improving responses? It'd be great to connect with practitioners, policymakers & private sector partners working on this. Please get in touch if you have ideas or would like to discuss further!
New RSO supported report on illicit #financial flows + cyber-#scam centres now online!
Have thoughts on improving responses? It'd be great to connect with practitioners, policymakers & private sector partners working on this. Please get in touch if you have ideas or would like to discuss further!
Have thoughts on improving responses? It'd be great to connect with practitioners, policymakers & private sector partners working on this. Please get in touch if you have ideas or would like to discuss further!
🚨 NEW RESEARCH
Cyber-scam centres in Southeast Asia generate billions annually — targeting victims worldwide and exploiting trafficked workers. Many have evolved into transnational networks linking fraud, trafficking, money laundering, and illegal gambling.
📖 tinyurl.com/y4rnzmx2
Cyber-scam centres in Southeast Asia generate billions annually — targeting victims worldwide and exploiting trafficked workers. Many have evolved into transnational networks linking fraud, trafficking, money laundering, and illegal gambling.
📖 tinyurl.com/y4rnzmx2
August 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
New RSO supported report on illicit #financial flows + cyber-#scam centres now online!
Have thoughts on improving responses? It'd be great to connect with practitioners, policymakers & private sector partners working on this. Please get in touch if you have ideas or would like to discuss further!
Have thoughts on improving responses? It'd be great to connect with practitioners, policymakers & private sector partners working on this. Please get in touch if you have ideas or would like to discuss further!
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🚨 NEW RESEARCH
Cyber-scam centres in Southeast Asia generate billions annually — targeting victims worldwide and exploiting trafficked workers. Many have evolved into transnational networks linking fraud, trafficking, money laundering, and illegal gambling.
📖 tinyurl.com/y4rnzmx2
Cyber-scam centres in Southeast Asia generate billions annually — targeting victims worldwide and exploiting trafficked workers. Many have evolved into transnational networks linking fraud, trafficking, money laundering, and illegal gambling.
📖 tinyurl.com/y4rnzmx2
August 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🚨 NEW RESEARCH
Cyber-scam centres in Southeast Asia generate billions annually — targeting victims worldwide and exploiting trafficked workers. Many have evolved into transnational networks linking fraud, trafficking, money laundering, and illegal gambling.
📖 tinyurl.com/y4rnzmx2
Cyber-scam centres in Southeast Asia generate billions annually — targeting victims worldwide and exploiting trafficked workers. Many have evolved into transnational networks linking fraud, trafficking, money laundering, and illegal gambling.
📖 tinyurl.com/y4rnzmx2
Yesterday's Policy Hackathon w/ @Meta
& ASEAN-Australia Counter Trafficking 🇦🇺 provided a unique platform to discuss cyber-scam centre response directly with Thai 🇹🇭 youth, having their insights inform prevention efforts & strategies for flagging suspicious job posts on #SocialMedia
& ASEAN-Australia Counter Trafficking 🇦🇺 provided a unique platform to discuss cyber-scam centre response directly with Thai 🇹🇭 youth, having their insights inform prevention efforts & strategies for flagging suspicious job posts on #SocialMedia
July 30, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Yesterday's Policy Hackathon w/ @Meta
& ASEAN-Australia Counter Trafficking 🇦🇺 provided a unique platform to discuss cyber-scam centre response directly with Thai 🇹🇭 youth, having their insights inform prevention efforts & strategies for flagging suspicious job posts on #SocialMedia
& ASEAN-Australia Counter Trafficking 🇦🇺 provided a unique platform to discuss cyber-scam centre response directly with Thai 🇹🇭 youth, having their insights inform prevention efforts & strategies for flagging suspicious job posts on #SocialMedia
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PAKISTAN: Authorities arrest 149, incl. 48 Chinese, 8 Nigerian, 6 Bangladeshi, 4 Filipino, 2 Sri Lankan, 2 Myanmar, 1 Zimbabwean, in raid on factory in Faisalabad. Report indicates they ran investment scams and also engaged in hacking & other cybercrimes. www.dawn.com/news/1922894...
149 arrested for online fraud in raid on factory in Faisalabad
The premises is allegedly owned by Fesco BoD ex-head; 48 Chinese nationals among the suspects.
www.dawn.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
PAKISTAN: Authorities arrest 149, incl. 48 Chinese, 8 Nigerian, 6 Bangladeshi, 4 Filipino, 2 Sri Lankan, 2 Myanmar, 1 Zimbabwean, in raid on factory in Faisalabad. Report indicates they ran investment scams and also engaged in hacking & other cybercrimes. www.dawn.com/news/1922894...
Big news for the counter cyber-scam centre effort today, with a warrant issued for Kok An in #Thailand
#Cambodia #ScamCentres #OrganizedCrime
www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gen...
#Cambodia #ScamCentres #OrganizedCrime
www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gen...
Arrest warrant out for Cambodian casino owner
The Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Cambodian property owner Kok An, accused of backing scam centres in Poipet.
www.bangkokpost.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Big news for the counter cyber-scam centre effort today, with a warrant issued for Kok An in #Thailand
#Cambodia #ScamCentres #OrganizedCrime
www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gen...
#Cambodia #ScamCentres #OrganizedCrime
www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gen...
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After a recent court order, OpenAI is now required to retain the very data many of its users believed to be most private. This introduces serious privacy risks, especially for vulnerable users like victims and survivors of domestic violence, Belle Torek writes.
For Survivors Using Chatbots, ‘Delete’ Doesn’t Always Mean Deleted | TechPolicy.Press
Many survivors may assume that AI platforms and chatbots offer common privacy protections, but these are not guaranteed, Belle Torek writes.
www.techpolicy.press
June 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
After a recent court order, OpenAI is now required to retain the very data many of its users believed to be most private. This introduces serious privacy risks, especially for vulnerable users like victims and survivors of domestic violence, Belle Torek writes.
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How do cyber-scam centres actually operate — and why are they proving so difficult to address?
This new report from #GITOC offers one of the clearest pictures to date, detailing how these operations are structured, sustained, and expanding across the region🧵
📘: globalinitiative.net/analysis/com...
This new report from #GITOC offers one of the clearest pictures to date, detailing how these operations are structured, sustained, and expanding across the region🧵
📘: globalinitiative.net/analysis/com...
Compound crime: Cyber scam operations in Southeast Asia
Cyber scam operations have surged across Southeast Asia since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, evolving into a transnational organized crime crisis of staggering proportions. In this report, we exp...
globalinitiative.net
June 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
How do cyber-scam centres actually operate — and why are they proving so difficult to address?
This new report from #GITOC offers one of the clearest pictures to date, detailing how these operations are structured, sustained, and expanding across the region🧵
📘: globalinitiative.net/analysis/com...
This new report from #GITOC offers one of the clearest pictures to date, detailing how these operations are structured, sustained, and expanding across the region🧵
📘: globalinitiative.net/analysis/com...
How do cyber-scam centres actually operate — and why are they proving so difficult to address?
This new report from #GITOC offers one of the clearest pictures to date, detailing how these operations are structured, sustained, and expanding across the region🧵
📘: globalinitiative.net/analysis/com...
This new report from #GITOC offers one of the clearest pictures to date, detailing how these operations are structured, sustained, and expanding across the region🧵
📘: globalinitiative.net/analysis/com...
Compound crime: Cyber scam operations in Southeast Asia
Cyber scam operations have surged across Southeast Asia since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, evolving into a transnational organized crime crisis of staggering proportions. In this report, we exp...
globalinitiative.net
June 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
How do cyber-scam centres actually operate — and why are they proving so difficult to address?
This new report from #GITOC offers one of the clearest pictures to date, detailing how these operations are structured, sustained, and expanding across the region🧵
📘: globalinitiative.net/analysis/com...
This new report from #GITOC offers one of the clearest pictures to date, detailing how these operations are structured, sustained, and expanding across the region🧵
📘: globalinitiative.net/analysis/com...
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An op-ed by RSO Co-Managers Fuad Adriansyah (Indonesia) and David Scott (Australia) published in the @Diplomat_APAC today discusses the devastating human cost of legal invisibility for individuals, and champions the momentum for change in #SoutheastAsia.
Read the full op-ed here: buff.ly/RYr2LjX
Read the full op-ed here: buff.ly/RYr2LjX
May 30, 2025 at 5:13 AM
An op-ed by RSO Co-Managers Fuad Adriansyah (Indonesia) and David Scott (Australia) published in the @Diplomat_APAC today discusses the devastating human cost of legal invisibility for individuals, and champions the momentum for change in #SoutheastAsia.
Read the full op-ed here: buff.ly/RYr2LjX
Read the full op-ed here: buff.ly/RYr2LjX
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📢 One week left to apply!
The RSO is recruiting for a new Programme Manager (International Migration Strategies) to lead the establishment of a senior policy group on irregular migration in the Andaman Sea.
⏰ Apply before 8 June: buff.ly/DvKPsG0
The RSO is recruiting for a new Programme Manager (International Migration Strategies) to lead the establishment of a senior policy group on irregular migration in the Andaman Sea.
⏰ Apply before 8 June: buff.ly/DvKPsG0
June 2, 2025 at 6:24 AM
📢 One week left to apply!
The RSO is recruiting for a new Programme Manager (International Migration Strategies) to lead the establishment of a senior policy group on irregular migration in the Andaman Sea.
⏰ Apply before 8 June: buff.ly/DvKPsG0
The RSO is recruiting for a new Programme Manager (International Migration Strategies) to lead the establishment of a senior policy group on irregular migration in the Andaman Sea.
⏰ Apply before 8 June: buff.ly/DvKPsG0
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💡In order to develop information campaigns & public messaging to prevent individuals from undertaking dangerous #irregular journeys, it is crucial to understand how persons at risk of #irregular migration & their origin communities perceive (irregular) migration, & their #informationneeds
June 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
💡In order to develop information campaigns & public messaging to prevent individuals from undertaking dangerous #irregular journeys, it is crucial to understand how persons at risk of #irregular migration & their origin communities perceive (irregular) migration, & their #informationneeds
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✈️ Last week, the RSO participated in the #BudapestProcess Working Group meeting on Returns & Reintegration, in Istanbul, Turkiye—as part of a long-standing relationship between the RSO & the Budapest Process, & recognising overlapping memberships & challenges for the Budapest and Bali Processes
May 22, 2025 at 4:55 AM
✈️ Last week, the RSO participated in the #BudapestProcess Working Group meeting on Returns & Reintegration, in Istanbul, Turkiye—as part of a long-standing relationship between the RSO & the Budapest Process, & recognising overlapping memberships & challenges for the Budapest and Bali Processes
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How can understanding the drivers and consequences of irregular migration help strengthen investigations into serious crime? RSO presented to law enforcement officers at the IMOSC XVIII Programme, drawing on the findings of an assessment on Community Perceptions and Information Needs.
May 21, 2025 at 7:56 AM
How can understanding the drivers and consequences of irregular migration help strengthen investigations into serious crime? RSO presented to law enforcement officers at the IMOSC XVIII Programme, drawing on the findings of an assessment on Community Perceptions and Information Needs.
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Come work with our Transnational Crime and Technology Programme!
Exciting role will work w/ myself, social media platforms & law enforcement to develop a toolkit focused on electronic evidence sharing, improving content moderation & supporting collaboration in trafficking investigations.
Exciting role will work w/ myself, social media platforms & law enforcement to develop a toolkit focused on electronic evidence sharing, improving content moderation & supporting collaboration in trafficking investigations.
📢 New job alert!
The RSO is recruiting for a new Online Platforms Toolkit & Research Consultant, who will map & analyse content moderation policies & provide insights on good practices for content moderation to reduce transnational organised crime online.
🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/yc55cscx
The RSO is recruiting for a new Online Platforms Toolkit & Research Consultant, who will map & analyse content moderation policies & provide insights on good practices for content moderation to reduce transnational organised crime online.
🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/yc55cscx
May 20, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Come work with our Transnational Crime and Technology Programme!
Exciting role will work w/ myself, social media platforms & law enforcement to develop a toolkit focused on electronic evidence sharing, improving content moderation & supporting collaboration in trafficking investigations.
Exciting role will work w/ myself, social media platforms & law enforcement to develop a toolkit focused on electronic evidence sharing, improving content moderation & supporting collaboration in trafficking investigations.
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📢 New job alert!
The RSO is recruiting for a new Online Platforms Toolkit & Research Consultant, who will map & analyse content moderation policies & provide insights on good practices for content moderation to reduce transnational organised crime online.
🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/yc55cscx
The RSO is recruiting for a new Online Platforms Toolkit & Research Consultant, who will map & analyse content moderation policies & provide insights on good practices for content moderation to reduce transnational organised crime online.
🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/yc55cscx
May 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
📢 New job alert!
The RSO is recruiting for a new Online Platforms Toolkit & Research Consultant, who will map & analyse content moderation policies & provide insights on good practices for content moderation to reduce transnational organised crime online.
🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/yc55cscx
The RSO is recruiting for a new Online Platforms Toolkit & Research Consultant, who will map & analyse content moderation policies & provide insights on good practices for content moderation to reduce transnational organised crime online.
🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/yc55cscx
Come work with our Transnational Crime and Technology Programme!
Exciting role will work w/ myself, social media platforms & law enforcement to develop a toolkit focused on electronic evidence sharing, improving content moderation & supporting collaboration in trafficking investigations.
Exciting role will work w/ myself, social media platforms & law enforcement to develop a toolkit focused on electronic evidence sharing, improving content moderation & supporting collaboration in trafficking investigations.
📢 New job alert!
The RSO is recruiting for a new Online Platforms Toolkit & Research Consultant, who will map & analyse content moderation policies & provide insights on good practices for content moderation to reduce transnational organised crime online.
🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/yc55cscx
The RSO is recruiting for a new Online Platforms Toolkit & Research Consultant, who will map & analyse content moderation policies & provide insights on good practices for content moderation to reduce transnational organised crime online.
🔗 More info: tinyurl.com/yc55cscx
May 20, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Come work with our Transnational Crime and Technology Programme!
Exciting role will work w/ myself, social media platforms & law enforcement to develop a toolkit focused on electronic evidence sharing, improving content moderation & supporting collaboration in trafficking investigations.
Exciting role will work w/ myself, social media platforms & law enforcement to develop a toolkit focused on electronic evidence sharing, improving content moderation & supporting collaboration in trafficking investigations.
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If you’re not familiar, skilled North Korean developers have been finding freelance work at, and infiltrating, Western companies for years using false personas
They send their wages back to Pyongyang to help fund North Korea’s nuclear weapons and sanctions evasion. There are thousands of IT workers
They send their wages back to Pyongyang to help fund North Korea’s nuclear weapons and sanctions evasion. There are thousands of IT workers
Your Favorite New Coworker Is an AI-Enhanced Operative From North Korea
For years, North Korea has been secretly placing young IT workers inside Western companies. With AI, their schemes are now more devious—and effective—than ever.
www.wired.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you’re not familiar, skilled North Korean developers have been finding freelance work at, and infiltrating, Western companies for years using false personas
They send their wages back to Pyongyang to help fund North Korea’s nuclear weapons and sanctions evasion. There are thousands of IT workers
They send their wages back to Pyongyang to help fund North Korea’s nuclear weapons and sanctions evasion. There are thousands of IT workers
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The RSO is recruiting for a new Programme Manager (Information Sharing & Regional Responses). The Consultant will lead on engagement to support establishment of 2 cross-border networks, supporting regional cooperation on maritime people smuggling.
⏰ Apply before 22 May
🔗 More info: buff.ly/TMGw757
⏰ Apply before 22 May
🔗 More info: buff.ly/TMGw757
May 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The RSO is recruiting for a new Programme Manager (Information Sharing & Regional Responses). The Consultant will lead on engagement to support establishment of 2 cross-border networks, supporting regional cooperation on maritime people smuggling.
⏰ Apply before 22 May
🔗 More info: buff.ly/TMGw757
⏰ Apply before 22 May
🔗 More info: buff.ly/TMGw757
Call for applications now online for new PM position at the RSO. Come join the team! 🤝
The RSO is recruiting for a new Programme Manager (Information Sharing & Regional Responses). The Consultant will lead on engagement to support establishment of 2 cross-border networks, supporting regional cooperation on maritime people smuggling.
⏰ Apply before 22 May
🔗 More info: buff.ly/TMGw757
⏰ Apply before 22 May
🔗 More info: buff.ly/TMGw757
May 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Call for applications now online for new PM position at the RSO. Come join the team! 🤝