5 Best Podcasts about Asian Organised Crime

1. The Last Voyage of the Pong Su

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A North Korean dictator, bags of heroin, drug lords, spooks, sailors, Australian cops and a web of lies: Come aboard The Last Voyage of The Pong Su.
Host Richard Baker
Producer/Network The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
Email ****@theage.com.au
Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 2.1KFacebook 585.9KTwitter 867.3KInstagram 254.9K Avg Length 22 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. Scam Inc from The Economist

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**Winner of the Peabody Award 2026** A sophisticated, predatory, multi-billion dollar industry is emerging from the shadows. It already rivals the size of the illicit drug trade. And it's about to get bigger and much more powerful. The Economist 's Sue-Lin Wong follows a trail that starts with the collapse of a bank in rural Kansas to uncover a global, underground scam economy built around human trafficking, corruption and money laundering. Can it be stopped? To listen to the full series subscribe to Economist Podcasts+ ...more Producer/Network The Economist
Email ****@economist.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 595 Avg Length 17 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

3. The Chinatown Sting

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In the late 1980s, a group of women connected through the mahjong parlors in Manhattan's Chinatown were caught in a massive undercover drug bust. This bust was just the beginning of an even bigger case. Host Lidia Jean Kott and co-reporter Shuyu Wang interview sources who've never spoken on record before, including witnesses, defendants, and federal prosecutors, to reconstruct a case that still has repercussions today. The Chinatown Sting drops weekly on Tuesdays. Get early, ad-free access to the entire season of The Chinatown Sting by subscribing to Pushkin+ ...more Producer/Network Pushkin Industries
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Judge Denny Chin, CB +1 more
Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 81 Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

4. Scam Factory

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You know those messages that you get all the time, the ones that pop up out of nowhere? They could be real, but something about them seems fishy. You likely dismiss these texts and emails as mere annoyances, thinking you've stopped some random stranger from ripping you off. But the shocking truth is, the person behind that message might be trapped inside a 'scam factory' on the other side of the world and forced to scam others against their will...more Host Denise Chan
Producer/Network Wondery
Email ****@idenisechan.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 576 Avg Length 22 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

5. Mekong Matters

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Across the Mekong, organized crime shapes daily life—from illegal casinos in the Golden Triangle and synthetic drug production in Vietnam, to human trafficking, cyber scams, and the looting of forests and wildlife. Mekong Matters is a new podcast from the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) featuring experts, investigators and local leaders who expose how criminal networks operate in their communities and across borders—and why their reach extends far beyond South East Asia.In this series, we will be speaking on a diverse set of topics from illegal casinos ..more Producer/Network GI TOC
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 12 min Format Short form Get Email Contact