Cambodia, Thailand and scam

More than 200 foreigners rescued from Cambodian scam centre
The operation followed an urgent meeting between Pol Gen Thatchai Pitaneelaboot, the Royal Thai Police inspector-general, and Cambodian high-ranking police officers on February 21 to discuss operational plans to eradicate call centre scam gangs.
50 Pakistanis among 215 rescued in Thai-Cambodian raid on cyber scam centre
Thai and Cambodian authorities have rescued 215 foreign nationals in a major raid on a suspected cyber scam centre in the Cambodian border town of Poipet, a senior Thai official said on Sunday.The operation,
Thai govt worries about influx of freed scam centre foreigners
Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has expressed concern about a possible flood of foreigners released from shuttered scam centres in Myawaddy.
Thai, Cambodian Police Rescue 215 Trafficked Scam Workers
The raid in the Cambodian border town of Poipet follows the Thai crackdown on scamming operations along the Thailand-Myanmar border.
Thai, Cambodian police free 215 foreigners in scam center raid
Thai and Cambodian police raided a building in a border town and freed 215 foreigners, a senior Thai official said on Sunday, in an expansion of a regional crackdown against cyber scam centers.
Cambodia police raid illegal online scam centers
Cambodian police said Monday they have raided two locations in a city on the Thai border in a crackdown on online scam centers
Thai, Cambodian Police Free 215 Foreigners in Scam Centre Raid
The Sunday raid targeted a three-storey building in the Cambodian border town of Poipet in Banteay Meanchey province. The rescued foreigners included 109 Thais, 50 Pakistanis, 48 Indians, five Taiwanese and three Indonesians, Thai government spokesman Jirayu Houngsub said on Sunday.
Thai, Cambodian cops free 215 foreigners in scam centre raid
BANGKOK : Thai and Cambodian police raided a building in a border town and freed 215 foreigners, a senior Thai official said today, in an expansion of a regional crackdown against cyber scam centres.
215 foreigners including Thais rescued from Cambodian scam centre
Cambodian police have rescued 215 foreigners, 109 of them Thais, from a scam compound in Poipet city following stepped-up collaboration to combat scam gangs between Thailand and Cambodia.The operation followed Friday's urgent meeting between Pol Gen Thatchai Pitaneelaboot,
Thousands in Limbo on Thai-Myanmar Border After Scam Centre Crackdown
Ethiopian citizens, who were trafficked into working at scam centres in Myanmar and were sent to Thailand on February 12 amid a mounting crackdown on scam centres operating along a porous border, wait for their embassies to pick them up at a shelter inside the 310th Military District (Fort Wachiraprakan),
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Upcoming Thai-Cambodian football tournament will see celebrities, boxing stars take to field
Announced during a February 24 press conference, the event will feature a game between Khmer martial artists and Muay Thai ...
Scam calls hit record in Thailand before cyber fraud crackdown
Thailand saw the number of scam calls and text messages more than double to a record 168 million in 2024 from a year earlier, ...
Former Thai Prime Minister Thanin Kraivichien, a hard-line anti-communist in the 1970s, dies at 97
Thanin Kraivichien, an anti-communist judge who became Thailand’s prime minister after a 1976 military coup but was ousted by ...
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Thai-Indian man arrested at border with 15.7 million baht suspicious cash
A Thai-Indian man was arrested after he entered Thailand with 15.7 million baht cash, which he claimed to have won from gambling in Cambodia.
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Thailand denies Cambodian PM apologised for temple incident
Thailand's deputy prime minister has refuted local media reports that Cambodia's prime minister apologised after a group of Cambodians provoked tension by singing a patriotic song at a Thai temple ...