The number of scam centres operating in Cambodia has actually increased since a government programme to eliminate them commenced in July 2025. The claim reported by non-profit, Amnesty International, appeared in its latest report on the Kingdom’s scam sector released in June 2026 entitled: ‘Falling Through the Cracks – Cambodia’s “Crackdown” on scamming compounds and the victims it has failed.’
When a Malaysian couple, Danny* and his fiancé, Christine, finally broke free from an online scam group in Cambodia, they believed reaching their embassy would
Criminal networks in Sihanoukville are increasingly turning to local youth to replace foreign workers in online scam operations, according to interviews and on-the-ground reporting. While
The arrest and extradition of tycoon Chen Zhi has exposed the scale of Cambodia’s cyber scam economy, but observers warn that without a full investigation into his business network and political ties, the system that enabled his rise will remain intact.
A Taiwanese man wanted for methamphetamine trafficking fled to Cambodia more than a decade ago, reinvented himself under new identities, and played a role alongside his brother in building a sprawling real estate empire.
Lixin Group has grown into a major conglomerate with business interests stretching from the Mekong to the Black Sea. But evidence collected by OCCRP suggests that it has a darker side.
Thai fighter jets carried out airstrikes on O’Smach town in Oddar Meanchey province on December 8, 2025, hitting areas long linked to online scam operations, according to local workers and witnesses.
Ethnic Vietnamese people living in a popular Siem Reap tourist destination say dozens of families in their community have fled in the last year, spurred by an illegal fishing crackdown that saw dozens of boats confiscated and ongoing alleged extortion by the local Vietnamese association.
Tourists began leaving Koh Rong Sanloem and canceling their bookings as authorities extended Thursday’s eviction deadline for businesses and resorts in the island’s Saracen Bay area, spray-painting resorts with new messages to demolish their businesses.
Business owners facing a second eviction deadline stayed mum on government negotiations last weekend as excavators and construction workers took over the Preah Sihanouk island.
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