{"id":22311,"date":"2026-09-22T09:49:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T09:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=22311"},"modified":"2026-09-22T09:49:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T09:49:37","slug":"cambodia-showcases-scams-crackdown-with-global-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=22311","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia showcases scams crackdown with global conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": 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style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p>Cambodia showed off a shuttered scam compound complete with counterfeit cash and a fake police station this week ahead of a global conference intended to burnish its anti-fraud credentials.<\/p>\n<p>Around 20 countries including the US and China will be represented at the meeting on Wednesday and Thursday, held amid international pressure on Phnom Penh do more to tackle the multi-billion-dollar online scam industry.<\/p>\n<p>Southeast Asia has emerged as a hub for crime syndicates running centres filled with scammers \u2014 some willing, some trafficked \u2014 who defraud internet users through fake romantic relationships or cryptocurrency investment schemes.<\/p>\n<p>Cambodia stands accused of having allowed scams to thrive, with some estimates suggesting it has generated the equivalent of as much as half the country\u2019s formal GDP in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Phnom Penh began a high-profile crackdown in 2025 under pressure from its key ally China \u2014 where scams have caused widespread public anger \u2014 as well as the United States, Britain and others.<\/p>\n<p>But analysts say the industry has adapted, dispersing to smaller, lower-profile locations, while in many cases centres were given advance warning of raids, giving them time to evacuate.<\/p>\n<p>A senior FBI official and China\u2019s vice minister of public security are listed on the agenda for the conference alongside junior ministers and law enforcement officials.<\/p>\n<p>Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet is hosting the talks aimed at boosting \u201ccollective efforts\u201d against scams.<\/p>\n<p>But analysts expect few concrete outcomes \u2014 and express scepticism about the lasting impact of Cambodia\u2019s crackdown despite hundreds of scam centres being shuttered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey could come back tomorrow,\u201d transnational crime analyst Jacob Sims told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>He said it was \u201cundeniable\u201d the government had acted but warned: \u201cThe elite protection networks, the buildings themselves, the financial institutions, the corporate institutions are all completely in place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Closing remarks at the conference are due to be delivered by Deputy Prime Minister Neth Savoeun, named by two US congressmen last week among individuals they want sanctioned over alleged connections to scam centres.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u2018Getting rich overnight\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Cambodian authorities on Monday showed off a sprawling scam centre on a 120-hectare (300-acre) site near the Vietnamese border they said had last year employed about 20,000 scammers.<\/p>\n<p>In one room, AFP reporters saw rows of soundproofed phone booths and counterfeit $100 bills scattered on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>On the walls were motivational slogans in Chinese, from \u201cGive it your all\u201d to \u201cGetting rich overnight\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A fake Singapore police station was used as a backdrop for scammers making videocalls posing as officers.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the centre was jointly run by Prince Group\u2019s Chen Zhi and Huione Group\u2019s Li Xiong \u2014 both of whom were extradited to China this year.<\/p>\n<p>Hay Makara, an official from Cambodia\u2019s anti-scam commission, said authorities had so far closed 663 scam sites, including 86 large compounds, and frozen $300 million in scam-related accounts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs of now, there are no more scam compounds,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>However, he conceded that \u201cthe criminals are adapting\u2026 working from rented homes, rented rooms, hotels, even in cars\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Bare minimum \u2013<\/p>\n<p>The syndicates initially focused on Chinese speakers before broadening their targets to other languages.<\/p>\n<p>The US estimates that in 2025 alone, transnational criminal organisations in Southeast Asia defrauded Americans out of at least $18.2 billion through cyber-enabled scams.<\/p>\n<p>The industry is also concentrated in war-torn Myanmar, with other centres in Laos.<\/p>\n<p>Cambodian authorities said last month they had arrested nearly 30,000 suspects, including 15 high-ranking officials and law enforcement officers.<\/p>\n<p>But Lindsey Kennedy, an expert in organised crime, said there had been no effort to properly investigate the sites closed, nor interview those involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey did the bare minimum,\u201d she told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been no interest in gathering evidence in stopping these groups from moving abroad, from actually dismantling networks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several governments have sanctioned \u00a0individuals and organisations over alleged scamming.<\/p>\n<p>The US on Monday announced new visa restrictions on 32 unnamed individuals, the majority affiliated with the Prince Group, a conglomerate sanctioned by the US, UK and South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Visiting Phnom Penh in July, FBI Director Kash Patel said online scams were a \u201ctop priority\u201d, urging \u201cincreased efforts to hold high-level scam bosses accountable\u201d, and more information sharing on \u201ccomplicit officials\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>China, meanwhile, \u201cconsistently keeps up pressure\u201d, but does it more quietly, Kennedy said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t put out sanctions. 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