<p>Today on The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast host Katie Putz is joined by Jacob Sims, a columnist for The Diplomat, a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University’s Asia Center, and a leading expert on transnational crime and human rights in Southeast Asia. Sims is the author of a series of essays for The Diplomat focused on the cyberscam economy in Cambodia which landed The Diplomat its first appearance as a finalist in the <a href="https://sopawards.com/the-sopa-awards/awards-finalists/">Society of Publishers in Asia -- or SOPA --2026 Awards for Editorial Excellence</a>. </p><p>The winners will be announced on June 18 but today we have Sims on the podcast to talk about Cambodia’s scam economy, its global reach and its domestic roots.</p><p>You can subscribe to The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/diplomat-asia-geopolitics/id852773346?mt=2">on Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5GSBN1zEZJclQ17BP23c3n">Spotify</a>; and watch the episode on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Thediplomatmagazine">YouTube</a>.</p><p></p>