Cambodia | About 2,000 arrests related to online scams

(Phnom Penh) The Cambodian authorities arrested 2,000 people since the Prime Minister ordered the fight against cyberarnaque centers on Monday, an AFP minister said on Friday. For example,

“Until then. Moreover, some 2,000 suspects have been arrested,” said Minister Khmer of Information Neth Pheaktra, also a member of the committee specially formed on online scams. In addition,

“Cambodia will dismantle all the networks of scammers, whatever they hide,” he insisted. Nevertheless,

Police have descended from sites suspected of sheltering these illegal activities in nine provinces. Therefore, cambodia | about 2,000 arrests including the capital Phnom Penh, the official said.

Among the targeted people are in particular Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesians and Indians. At least 226 Chinese were arrested, according to a report by the police.

Some thinking heads of these networks will be continued in Cambodia. while many other suspects will soon be expelled from the country, the police wrote.

Prime Minister Hun Manet called on political leaders. the police to “eradicate all the fraud activities cambodia | about 2,000 arrests on the Internet” in their jurisdiction, under penalty of dismissing them.

Farms with digital scams have swarmed in Southeast Asia in recent years. generating tens of billions of dollars in revenues per year for international criminal networks.

International Amnesty has identified more than 50 centers in Cambodia, in a report published in June. The NGO has accused the Khmer government of looking at human rights attacks including slavery. trafficking in human beings, child labor and torture.