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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Sopheng Cheang

Cambodia aims to shut down all online scam centers there by the end of April

Cambodia Scam Centers - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Cambodia hopes to shut down all of the country’s notorious online scam centers by the end of next month, the head of the Southeast Asian nation's effort to combat the cybercrime said Wednesday.

Senior Minister Chhay Sinarith, in charge of the Commission for Combating Online Scams, told The Associated Press in an interview that the government since July had targeted 250 locations believed to be carrying out the lucrative criminal activity, and has shut down about 80%, or 200 of them.

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