The interior minister warned provincial authorities against colluding with organized crime as he revealed he had received a peak of 10 human-trafficking complaints daily in August before scam crimes spread across the country.
The Taiwanese government is still seeking the return of nearly 300 more people, a government-controlled news agency said this week. A record number of journalists are currently detained worldwide, per a new press freedom report.
Interior Minister Sar Kheng acknowledged the buying and selling of foreign workers, plus violence and forced labor, at Cambodian compounds after police responded to 600 calls for help across at least 10 provinces.
The Chinese Embassy this week warned its nationals of violent incidents and recruitment traps and asked citizens to report such crimes.
As the number of Chinese investors and immigrant workers has risen in Cambodia, transnational crimes have also risen with it, a problem that has severely threatened security in the port city of Sihanoukville and elsewhere in the country.
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