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New York socialite snags South Florida mansion for $21 million

2 décembre 2025 à 04:13
New York socialite and author Jean Shafiroff and her husband, investment adviser Martin Shafiroff, have bought a stunning, modern, waterfront gated home in Manalapan, Fla. — the exclusive billionaires’ enclave between Delray and Palm Beach — for around $21 million in an off-market sale, Gimme Shelter can reveal. Inside the Manalapan mansion. Past and present...

Age of the ‘scam state’: how an illicit, multibillion-dollar industry has taken root in south-east Asia

2 décembre 2025 à 03:02

Like the narco-state, a ‘scam state’ refers to countries where an illicit industry has dug its tentacles deep into institutions and transformed the economy

For days before the explosions began, the business park had been emptying out. When the bombs went off, they took down empty office blocks and demolished echoing, multi-cuisine food halls. Dynamite toppled a four-storey hospital, silent karaoke complexes, deserted gyms and dorm rooms.

So came the end of KK Park, one of south-east Asia’s most infamous “scam centres”, press releases from Myanmar’s junta declared. The facility had held tens of thousands of people, forced to relentlessly defraud people around the world. Now, it was being levelled piece by piece.

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© Composite: Jittrapon Kaicome/The Guardian

© Composite: Jittrapon Kaicome/The Guardian

© Composite: Jittrapon Kaicome/The Guardian

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