Cambodia, Thailand

Cyber Scam Bust in Thailand-Cambodia: 50 Pakistanis Rescued
A senior Thai official announced on Sunday that authorities rescued 215 foreign nationals in a major operation targeting a suspected cyber scam hub in Poipet, a Cambodian border town. The raid was a joint effort by Thai and Cambodian officials.
Poipet scam compound raids in Cambodia net 230 foreigners, more rescued; scammers caught mostly from China and Thailand
Cambodian authorities raided two locations in Poipet town and discovered a total of 230 foreigners, (68 of them women), conducting illegal online scamming operations.
Thai and Cambodian police free 215 foreigners in scam center raid
Hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked by criminal gangs and forced to work in scam centers and illegal online operations across Southeast Asia.
Thai woman escapes Cambodian scam, seeks police help
A 22 year old woman narrowly escaped from a call centre scam in Cambodia, seeking police help after being coerced into returning to Thailand to open mule accounts. Worarat, also known as Bam, shared her harrowing experience, revealing over 1,000 people are similarly trapped.
Police Free 215 Foreign Nationals From Scam Center in Cambodia
Police rescued 215 foreign nationals in a raid on an online scam center in northwestern Cambodia, Thai authorities said, in the latest crackdown on criminal cyber operations in the region.
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.
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,
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Cambodian SEZ ready for expansion as Cambodia/Thailand canal draws nearer
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Rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar's online scam centers, 260 foreigners are being repatriated
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Hun Manet urges border row calm
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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.
Former Thai Prime Minister Thanin Kraivichien, a hard-line anti-communist in the 1970s, dies at 97
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