Filipino woman jailed for being part of Cambodia scam syndicate targeting Singapore victims
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Cambodia claims it has wiped out online scam compounds after a sweeping crackdown
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Mon, 24 August 2026
1 report- Channel News Asia09:59first to report
The woman had testified that she had travelled to Cambodia for a job but later discovered it was a scam compound.
Fri, 28 August 2026
5 reports- Channel News Asia09:11
More than 3,400 suspects from 29 nationalities, including citizens from China, Vietnam, Australia, France, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand, were in custody awaiting trial.
- Channel News Asia10:23
The man worked in an office near one of Cambodia's borders, where about 60 people, including women who carried out internet romance scams, were involved in the scam operation.
- Euronews14:20
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said last year that hundreds of industrial-scale scam centres across Asia generate just under €35 billion in annual profits.
- abcnews.com16:47removed by the outlet
Cambodia claims it has wiped out online scam compounds after a sweeping crackdownCambodia claims it no longer hosts any compounds for international online scams
- Al Jazeera English23:48
Cambodia's claim of eradicating its scam compounds met with scepticism from Amnesty International and industry experts.
Tue, 1 September 2026
1 report- thestar.com.my14:16Illegal online lender in Cambodia arrested for leaking borrower’s nude photos in ‘sextortion’ scheme
PHNOM PENH: The Anti-Cybercrime Department has arrested a man for operating an illegal online lending scheme that coerced borrowers into providing nude photos and videos as collateral, which were later used for extortion.
Wed, 2 September 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post06:19
Cambodia says it has flushed out a scam industry estimated to have stolen tens of billions of US dollars last year alone, but a string of arrests in recent days suggests the gangs behind it may have simply changed address. Scam centres proliferated across Cambodia during the pandemic, when hundreds of thousands of jobless young people were pulled into defunct casino complexes to target victims worldwide with bogus romance, cryptocurrency and investment frauds. Chinese criminal networks found...
Thu, 3 September 2026
1 report- thestar.com.my11:18
PHNOM PENH: Cambodian authorities have frozen more than US$300 million in assets linked to technology-based fraud, with the massive sum held across multiple bank accounts during the anti-scam operations of the past 14 months.
Fri, 4 September 2026
1 report- thestar.com.my19:36Almost 500 Indonesians detained in Cambodia's scam crackdown plead for repatriation, embassy support
PHNOM PENH: At least 475 Indonesian nationals are calling on their embassy and the Indonesian government to facilitate their return home after being detained for their involvement in online scamming operations.
Sun, 6 September 2026
1 report- akp.gov.kh03:00
Editorial: Cambodia Demonstrates Decisive and Absolute Resolve to Eradicate Online Scams
Tue, 8 September 2026
2 reports- South China Morning Post08:59
We have selected seven stories from the SCMP’s coverage of Asia over the past week that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Southeast Asia’s scam gangs regroup after Cambodia’s crackdown Cambodia says it has flushed out a scam industry estimated to have stolen tens of billions of US dollars last year alone, but a string of arrests in recent days suggests the gangs behind it may have simply...
- South China Morning Post12:46
Thai authorities arrested 12 South Koreans and a Chinese national accused of running a scam call centre from a high-end rented house south of Bangkok, police said on Tuesday. The alleged scammers “entered Thailand from a neighbouring country and were hiding in Samut Prakan province, renting a luxury house”, Thai police said in a statement, without naming the country. Cambodia and Myanmar, which border Thailand, have become hubs for criminal groups operating fake romance, investment and other...
Wed, 9 September 2026
3 reports- Japan Times07:58
Authorities also arrested a Chinese national, and said the group entered Thailand from a neighboring country and was operating out of a luxury house.
- DW Top Stories08:27
Cambodia's crackdown on scam operators is stranding young African trafficking victims in the Asian country with no money, no passport and no prospects.
- Anadolu Agency (AA)19:52
Treasury Department blacklists technical enablers in Singapore, Cambodia as 'Scam Center Strike Force' helps raid 13 compounds in Madagascar
Thu, 10 September 2026
2 reports- indonesiatribune.com00:00
Kuala lumpur: Nearly half of reported scam cases across Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam remain unresolved, despite consumers taking more steps to protect themselves, the GSMA ASEAN Consumer Scam Report 2026 showe...
- Anadolu Agency (AA)07:39
Suspects detained in raid on voice phishing call center
Mon, 21 September 2026
2 reports- english.news.cn16:15
Cambodia showcases dismantled cyber scam compounds to press ahead of int'l conference-
- english.news.cn16:15
Cambodia showcases dismantled cyber scam compounds to press ahead of int'l conference-
Tue, 22 September 2026
3 reports- South China Morning Post06:24
Cambodia is set to present the outcome of its crackdown on scams to global governments and security agencies gathering in Phnom Penh this week. Yet questions remain over where the missing billions have gone – as well as the role of the country’s elite, who for many years denied the problem existed at all on Cambodian soil. Scam compounds took over declining mega-casinos during the pandemic. As borders closed, gamblers were replaced with scam workers: many tricked, trafficked and forced to...
- Japan Times06:50
Southeast Asia has emerged as a hub for crime syndicates running centers filled with scammers — some willing, some trafficked.
- Channel News Asia08:13
Around 20 countries, including the US and China, will be represented at the meeting.
Wed, 23 September 2026
6 reports- Channel News Asia03:55
Cambodia is seeking to showcase its crackdown on an industry where trafficking victims have been forced to carry out online fraud.
- Bloomberg Politics05:38
A senior Chinese security official said joint law enforcement operations across Southeast Asia have successfully curbed the region’s multibillion dollar cybercrime crisis.
- akp.gov.kh12:15
Cambodia Welcomes UK Support for Cooperation in Combating Online Scams
- akp.gov.kh12:15
Cambodia Expands Digital Evidence Sharing in Global Crackdown on Tech Fraud
- akp.gov.kh12:15
Cambodia Calls for Collective Action to Break the Chain of Online Scams
- Channel News Asia21:59
Crackdowns can encourage criminal networks to become more decentralised and geographically dispersed, says a researcher.
Thu, 24 September 2026
1 report- Japan Times09:31
Cambodian Senior Minister Chhay Sinarith says that some casinos, though licensed, are suspected of involvement in online scams and gambling.
Fri, 25 September 2026
2 reports- ABC News (Australia)05:12
An analysis of thousands of job advertisements posted by Cambodian scam syndicates reveals how the multi-billion-dollar industry has continued amid a crackdown by the country's government.
- Channel News Asia06:38
A Cambodian government official said that the country had eradicated large-scale scam compounds since it began a year-long crackdown, though it has not provided a full list of the sites it has raided.
Mon, 28 September 2026
1 report- Japan Times08:14
After COVID, Cambodia became a hub for scam centers where workers are trafficked, kept in grim conditions and forced to defraud strangers online.
Sun, 4 October 2026
3 reports- Channel News Asia05:28
Authorities say that this is the Philippines' largest crackdown on illegal online gaming operators this year
- Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)10:31
Das Regime in Phnom Penh hat sich internationalem Druck gebeugt und illegale Scam-Zentren geschlossen. In Kambodscha befürchten manche, dass dieser Neuanfang mit einem Abbau von Freiheiten einhergeht.
- Al Jazeera English16:00
Criminals accused of using Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) as cover for human trafficking, fraud, murder.
Tue, 6 October 2026
2 reports- South China Morning Post06:44
China tried three times to persuade powerful families in northern Myanmar to shut down scam operations before Myanmar police carried out large-scale arrests in 2023, according to a new documentary broadcast on Chinese state television. The three-part documentary, jointly produced by China’s Ministry of Public Security and state broadcaster CCTV, began airing on Monday. It shows obstacles faced by Chinese authorities in pursuing criminal networks and scam groups operating in northern Myanmar...
- South China Morning Post07:50
Governments and financial institutions in Southeast Asia urgently need to find a way to safely and quickly share data if they hope to contain a surge in scams, cybersecurity experts warn, as artificial intelligence enables criminal operations in the region to expand their reach rapidly. Criminal enterprises stole as much as US$114 billion from victims across the Asia-Pacific in 2025, according to a United Nations report released in July, more than triple the amount from two years earlier,...
Sun, 11 October 2026
1 report- news.tuoitre.vn05:00
Police in Phu Tho Province, northern Vietnam have dismantled a sophisticated transnational money laundering and cross-border currency transfer network linked to fraud in Japan, initially charging seven suspects, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
Wed, 14 October 2026
1 report- Japan Times01:45
The 34-year-old Vietnamese woman is suspected of laundering ¥30 million stolen through voice phishing in March 2025.
Fri, 16 October 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post08:31
Authorities in Thailand have uncovered an audacious scheme involving hundreds of metres of internet cable sent over the Thai border to keep a suspected Myanmar scam compound online, after finding two ramshackle village homes using enough daily bandwidth to power an entire village. Officers raided the homes in Nong Lu, a Thai border village in Kanchanaburi province, which is the gateway to the Three Pagodas Pass in Myanmar – now a notorious hub for cyber scammers. Many scam centre leaders have...
Mon, 19 October 2026
4 reports- Channel News Asia03:37
Services affected in Singapore include wallet top-ups, currency exchange and payment authentication.
- news.tuoitre.vn04:59
Phu Quoc Special Zone in An Giang Province, southern Vietnam, has launched a three-month campaign from October to December 2026 to prevent, detect, warn against and handle fake listings and scams involving accommodation bookings and tourism services online.
- Anadolu Agency (AA)16:56
3-day meeting in Manila follows crackdowns on scam centers in Cambodia, Myanmar, executions of convicted syndicate members in China
- tokyoreporter.com23:21
A Fukuoka mother’s desperate 10-month search for her missing college-aged son has taken a dark turn