PHNOM PENH: A joint task force under the Phnom Penh Unified Command raided four separate locations in the capital’s Chroy Changvar district this March 24. Authorities took 15 Chinese nationals into custody.
“Authorities seized a range of evidence, including 43 mobile phones, five laptops and related equipment, one GAC GN8 MPV and a small quantity of suspected narcotics,” noted a statement from the secretariat of the Commission for Combating Online Scams (CCOS).
Officials temporarily sealed off two properties identified as sites of the alleged operations, House No. ERM-059 on Romchang Street and house No. ERM-059 on Phka Chhouk Street.
The suspects and evidence have been transferred to the Phnom Penh Municipal Police for further questioning.
The secretariat reported that between 2025 and the second week of March 2026, authorities shut down a total of 236 nationwide locations linked to online scam activities.
The Ministry of Justice reported that almost 700 people have been charged in cases related to online crime in the past eight months.
Authorities have claimed that more than 220,000 individuals linked to such criminal networks have fled Cambodia, via air and land routes. - The Phnom Penh Post/ANN
