Over 1000 arrested in Cambodia cybercrime crackdown

Authorities, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet’s order to put pressure on criminal criminal operations resulted in the arrest of more than 1000 suspects, he said.

Hun Manet, “Security, Public Order and Social Safety Protection and Protection” issued the order to allow the state action.

“The government has observed that online frauds are currently causing threats and insecurity in the world and the region. Foreign crime groups in Cambodia also infiltrated online fraud.” He said.

The United Nations and other agencies estimate that Cyberscam, most of them from Southeast Asia, earn billions of dollars a year.

According to the statements of Information Minister Neth Pheaktra and Police, more than 1000 suspects were arrested in raids in at least five provinces between Monday and Wednesday.

Among those detained were more than 200 Vietnam from Taiwan, 27 Chinese and 75 suspects and 85 Cambodia in the city of South Sihanoukville.

The police also confiscated equipment, including computers and hundreds of mobile phones.

The Minister said that at least 270 Indonesians, including 45 women, were scored in Poipet, a town on the Thai border and arrested for Cyberscam and gambling operations.

Elsewhere, the police, Thailand, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar and Vietnam, in the northeastern province of Kratie, arrested 312 people, including citizens of Vietnam, China and Myanmar 27 people were arrested in Western Pursat.

International Amnesty International published the findings of a 18 -month investigation in Cambodia in Cambodia, and the Human Rights Group pointed to state guilt in abuse by Chinese criminal gangs “.

“The Cambodian government deliberately ignores human rights violations such as slavery, human trafficking, child labor and torture.

Human trafficking is closely related to Cyberscam operations, as workers are often hired under false claims and then kept prisoner.