Poipet scam compound raids in Cambodia net 230 foreigners, more rescued; scammers caught mostly from China and Thailand


PHNOM PENH (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Cambodian authorities raided two locations in Poipet town and discovered a total of 230 foreigners, (68 of them women), conducting illegal online scamming operations.

A February 24 statement by the Ministry of Interior said that on February 22 and 23, the Command for Research, Investigation and Suppression of All Types of Crime conducted a physical inspection of two locations in Banteay Meanchey province’s Samaki Meanchey village, in Poipet town.

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