Laos police dismantled 63 call centre gangs since 2022


A call centre at the Golden Triangle SEZ where phone scams were initiated. - Photo: Vientiane Times/ANN

VIENTIANE: (Bernama-KPL) Laos Deputy Head of the Police General Department, Ministry of Public Security, Brig. Gen. Vanthong Soulisack, said police operations over the past two years have dismantled 63 call centre gangs, accounting for 20.5 per cent of the total identified.

The Laos News Agency (KPL) reported that since 2022, authorities have detected 306 call centre fraud rings involving 15,970 members, including 6,120 Lao nationals and 9,868 foreign nationals.

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