Cambodian authorities have cleared more than 700 compounds and deported 58,266 foreign nationals over the past year. (EPA Images pic)
PHNOM PENH:
Cambodia said on Friday it had closed more than 700 online scam centres in a crackdown over the past year, detaining nearly 30,000 suspects including a clutch of senior government officials.
The Southeast Asian country has emerged as a hub for crime syndicates running fake romantic relationship and cryptocurrency investment schemes in which scammers – some willing, others trafficked – defraud…