Phnom Penh (VNA) – Cambodia has deported 209 foreign nationals linked to online scam operations as part of an intensified, regionally coordinated crackdown on cross-border cybercrime.
The Cambodian General Department of Immigration under the Ministry of Interior said those deported included both suspected perpetrators and victims of technology-based fraud, underscoring the complex nature of online scam networks that often rely on trafficking and coercion.
The operation was conducted in coordination with relevant foreign governments to ensure follow-up legal action and victim protection, according to Cambodian officials.
The latest move is reportedly part of a broader government effort to dismantle cyber scam syndicates operating across borders and to prevent Cambodia from being used as a base for transnational crime.
The Cambodian Interior Ministry described the deportations as a firm application of Cambodian law aimed at eliminating technology-based crime, protecting public safety at both national and global levels, and holding ringleaders accountable, without exception.
From January 1 to 22, Cambodia deported a total of 1,620 foreigners of 21 nationalities, including Thai, Chinese, Pakistani, Indonesian, Republic of Korean and Myanmar nationals.
Over the past seven months, Cambodia's operations against online scam activities have led to the arrest of 5,106 suspects from 23 nationalities, with 4,534 deported to their countries of origin./.
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They were apprehended on January 16 during raids on a hotel and a guesthouse in the capital Phnom Penh for allegedly conducting online scams and staying in the kingdom illegally, it said.
