"Online scam operations have proliferated in Cambodia since the COVID-19 pandemic, when the global shutdown saw many Chinese-owned casinos and hotels in the country pivot to illicit operations. Operating from industrial-scale scam centres, tens of thousands of workers perpetrate online romance scams known as pig-butchering, often targeting people in the West in a vastly lucrative industry responsible for the theft of tens of billions of dollars each year."
"South Korea has banned citizens from going to parts of Cambodia amid growing concerns over the country's scam industry. Dozens of South Korean nationals who had been detained in Cambodia for alleged involvement in cyberscam operations have been returned home and placed under arrest, according to South Korean authorities. Officers arrested the individuals on board a chartered flight sent to collect them from Cambodia, a South Korean police official told the AFP news agency."
South Korea has banned citizens from visiting parts of Cambodia amid concerns about a growing scam industry. Sixty-four South Korean nationals were flown back on a chartered flight and taken into custody as criminal suspects. Authorities arrested the individuals on board the flight after sending a team to Cambodia to investigate reports that nationals had been kidnapped into online scam operations. Detained people included both voluntary and involuntary participants in scam operations. Cambodian and South Korean officials said the repatriation reflected cooperation in suppression of scams. Cambodia has seen a proliferation of industrial-scale scam centres since the COVID-19 pandemic, operating pig-butchering cryptocurrency frauds that steal tens of billions annually.
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