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Cambodia preparing ambitious anti-scam law
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/02/2026
» Cambodia is drafting a law targeting online scams, seeking to build a bulwark against criminals using the country as a base to siphon billions of dollars from victims globally.
Cambodia says nearly 200 scam centres closed
Reuters, Published on 11/02/2026
» KAMPOT, Cambodia - Cambodia has closed almost 200 scam centres in a crackdown on transnational fraud in recent weeks, a senior government official said, with authorities providing rare access to one centre in a bid to show they are tackling the sophisticated operations targeting people across the globe.
AI helps scam centres evade crackdown in Asia, dupe more victims
Bloomberg, Published on 10/02/2026
» Criminals in Southeast Asia are harnessing inexpensive AI tools to target bigger pools of potential victims at high speed, keeping scam centers humming even as governments try and crack down, senior officials at Interpol say.
Lies, horror, trauma: Kenyans recount forced Russian recruitment
AFP, Published on 09/02/2026
» NAIROBI — The scars on Victor's forearm remind him constantly of the day a Ukrainian drone attacked him after he was forcibly conscripted, like hundreds of young Kenyans, into the Russian army.
China executed a series of Myanmar crime bosses
South China Morning Post, Published on 08/02/2026
» BEIJING — In less than a week, China conducted a series of executions on a scale rarely seen in recent decades.
Nearly 1,800 Chinese among thousands held in huge Cambodian raid on scam compound
South China Morning Post, Published on 02/02/2026
» Cambodia has carried out a massive raid on scammer gangs, detaining more than 2,000 people amid pressure from China to crack down on its online fraud industry.
The foreign POWs stuck in Ukrainian prison limbo
AFP, Published on 30/01/2026
» UNDISCLOSED (UKRAINE) — "Assemble!" someone bellowed in the prison corridor, cutting through the silence.
US immigration agents face backlash after Minneapolis killings
AFP, Published on 27/01/2026
» WASHINGTON — The fatal shooting of two civilians in Minneapolis has reignited accusations that federal agents enforcing US President Donald Trump's militarised immigration crackdown are inexperienced, under-trained and operating outside law enforcement norms.
Why China was so keen to get to alleged cybercrime boss Chen Zhi first
South China Morning Post, Published on 27/01/2026
» When a film about an investigation into a phone scam in Cambodia debuted at the Busan International Film Festival in 2018, it was not the cast or the plot that drew attention in China.
South Korea police say detain 55 scam suspects repatriated from Cambodia
Reuters, Published on 26/01/2026
» SEOUL - South Korean authorities on Monday detained 55 of the 73 people repatriated from Cambodia last week as part of an investigation into suspected involvement in online scam operations, police said.