A nationwide crackdown on technology fraud has resulted in over 2,270 arrests as of July 18, 2025.

 The Secretariat of the Commission for Combating Online Fraud on July 18, 2025, presented the results of the operation to suppress online fraud activities (ONLINESCAMS) throughout the Kingdom of Cambodia:

The Unified Command Committee of the 25 capital and provincial administrations has taken measures to suppress fraudulent activities through technology systems in the capital and provincial regions from June 27, 2025 to July 18, 2025:

1-12 unified capital-provincial command committees: Phnom Penh, Kandal, Sihanoukville, Kampong Speu, Banteay Meanchey, Kratie, Pursat, Kampot, Koh Kong, Oddar Meanchey, Stung Treng, and Kampong Cham provinces total of 45 locations/cases of fraud using technology were investigated, an increase of 25 locations compared to the total on July 17, demonstrating the momentum of the campaign to crack down on suspected locations.

2- A total of 2,270 suspects (424 women) were arrested, including 429 Vietnamese (115 women), 271 Indonesians (45 women), 702 Chinese (97 women), and 57 Koreans (2 women) ,70 Bangladeshis (27 women), 42 Pakistanis (3 women), and other nationalities including Thailand, Laos, India, Nepal, the Philippines, and Myanmar. please note that over the past two days, the campaign to clean up online scams has found nearly 100 foreigners who have come to Cambodia to commit online scams.

3- Seize some evidence used in online scams, such as computers, laptops, phones, and ecstasy powder (drugs) some Chinese police uniforms, scales, drug boxes, white powder suspected of being drugs, weapons, ammunition, and other items.

4- After the suppression operation, the location and suspects were controlled by the capital and provincial authorities and the location was closed off to prevent entry and exit. The perpetrators were sent to court to carry out the procedure (Phnom Penh sent 11 perpetrators) and evidence to the court) and cooperate with the General Department of Immigration to prepare to send foreigners to detention centers to prepare for deportation abroad In particular, some of the seized evidence has been handed over to the court, while others are under the control and storage of the capital and provincial authorities for use by experts in continuing their research.

Source from: Ministry of Information