CAMBODIA (TR) – Cambodian authorities on Tuesday detained roughly 800 individuals, together with Japanese nationals, at a constructing within the southern a part of the nation. It is believed to be the bottom of operations for a fraud ring, stories TBS News (Feb. 12).
According to Cambodian authorities, the detained 800 individuals are from seven international locations, together with Japan, China and the United Stations.
The raid was performed at a on line casino facility in Sihanoukville. Approximately 650 computer systems and 1,000 cell phones had been additionally seized from the bottom.
The location is believed to be a base of operation for tokushu sagi, or specialised fraud. Such a fraud is carried out on the phone by a caller impersonating an authority determine or a sufferer’s relative.
The Japanese Embassy in Cambodia acknowledged that it’s “confirming the facts” of the matter.
A big-scale crackdown is ongoing in Cambodia, the place worldwide fraud bases operated by Chinese prison organizations and others are scattered. The authorities has stated that it goals to “eradicate them by April.”