# TNLA Losses, AA Gains, & a Scam Inflection Point?

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Podcast: [What's Happening in Myanmar](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-s-happening-in-myanmar-7079140)
Published: 2025-10-19T07:38:00+00:00
Episode link: https://whimyanmar.com/tnla-losses-aa-gains-a-scam-inflexion-point
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## Resource

With Jacob Sims, visiting fellow at Harvard University's Asia Centre. This week on episode 49 of What's Happening in Myanmar , election campaign updates and voter list concerns, the military retakes Hsipaw, and we discuss human trafficking and the fallout of the scam crackdown from earlier this year. Email the show at whimyanmar@proton.me Timecodes— 01m10s :: Election updates 04m07s :: Nat Yay Kan lost to AA 05m02s :: PDF prison breakout in Hakha 05m46s :: Hsipaw lost to the military 07m20s :: With Jacob Sims, TIP human trafficking report 18m55s :: Scams since the crackdown 23m48s :: Indictment of Chen Zhi 33m03s :: Income generation and substitution after the scams 40m05s :: Close Our guests— Jacob Sims , visiting fellow at Harvard University's Asia Centre and expert on organised crime in Southeast Asia Two paths to the bottom: When states become sponsors of human trafficking New original content on the Frontier website: 'I don't know what comes next': US visa ban quashes Myanmar students' dreams Women in central Myanmar struggle with low wages Further referenced this episode: Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown – using Musk's Starlink

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