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Amid ongoing scam raids, Sihanoukville residents recall insecurity
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday acknowledged foreign workers had been lured and trafficked to Cambodia amid ongoing police raids against criminal scam operations that have now reached Siem Reap. ...
Mech Dara
https://vodenglish.news/amid-ongoing-scam-raids-sihanoukville-residents-recall-insecurity/
Investigation into human trafficking to Cambodia continues: Government officials
Government officials reported on the issue of Vietnamese being tricked into working illegally in Cambodia at the Government’s regular press briefing in Hanoi on September 6. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501146555/investigation-into-human-trafficking-to-cambodia-continues-government-officials/
Association disputes ‘crime haven’ tag as trafficking reports mount
The Federation of Khmer Chinese in Cambodia on Wednesday disputed international media characterizations of the country as a haven for criminal syndicates as attention grows on human trafficking at scam compounds. ...
VOD Staff
https://vodenglish.news/association-disputes-crime-haven-tag-as-trafficking-reports-mount/
Anti-scamming memorandum of understanding to be signed between Thailand and Cambodia
Thailand’s call-centre scammers have been driven so desperate by the government’s intensified crackdown that they are now trying to deceive police officers, the digital economy and society, a Thai minister said on Tuesday. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501030236/anti-scamming-memorandum-of-understanding-to-be-signed-between-thailand-and-cambodia/
Over 30 Chinese nationals arrested in latest VoIP scam crackdown
Thirty-one Chinese nationals were arrested in three districts of Phnom Penh on Monday in the latest police crackdown on alleged fraudsters accused of operating a scam using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), according to a police report supplied by an immigration official. ...
Rachna Thim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second2/30-chinese-nationals-arrested-latest-voip-scam-crackdown-132629/
Commune Chief Collectors’ Scam Follows Election
The commune election had only just ended on Sunday when the scam had started. On Tuesday, a well-dressed man claiming to be the brother of one of Phnom Penh’s newly reelected commune chiefs visited a business to present an invitation. It was convincing: The father of the ...