Reuters: Cambodia shuts down nearly 200 online scam centres as part of an intensified crackdown on transnational fraud networks, signalling a decisive push to dismantle its cyber-crime hub image

Cambodia says it has sealed nearly 200 online scam compounds, arrested 173 senior figures and deported about 11,000 workers in a sweeping campaign to disrupt transnational fraud networks. The crackdown led by the national Commission for Combating Online Scams forms part of a broader enforcement push that began late last year following major international action against an alleged scam kingpin, with authorities granting rare media access to a raided complex to demonstrate their intent to tackle sophisticated global fraud operations.