KUALA LUMPUR: More than 2,000 people were detained in special operations against syndicates operating scam call centres nationwide, says Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department director Comm Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa.
He said the operations were carried out between Jan 26 and April 19, resulting in 2,251 detentions.
"Among those detained were 430 people in Ops Taring, followed by Ops Belatuk with 403 and Ops Frontier with 1,372," he said.
For Ops Taring, Rusdi said the syndicate operated a scam call centre targeting victims of various races and backgrounds.
"We opened 74 investigation papers based on the success of the operation," he said, adding that 270 foreigners were among the 430 detained.
He said they were from China (198), Indonesia (38), Taiwan (seven), Vietnam and Nigeria (six each), Japan (five), Bangladesh (four), Thailand and Mongolia (two each), and India and Cambodia (one each).
For Ops Belatuk, Rusdi said the department focused on syndicates involved in job and e-commerce scams.
"We detained 358 people who were mule account holders as well as 45 people who were members of various syndicates," he said.
