Notorious scam site unveiled


Broken base: A journalist walking inside a damaged work station at a scam compound in O’Smach, Cambodia. — AP

The Thai milita­ry said it had recovered a trove of evidence of transnational fraud from a Cam­bodian scam compound seized during clashes last year between the two countries along their disputed border.

Briefing reporters and foreign delegates in Surin province, senior Thai military officials said the O’Smach complex had housed thousands of people, many of them victims of human trafficking who were forced to scam strangers or face punishment.

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