Southeast Asia's Scam Gangs Regroup After Cambodia's Purge The recent crackdown on scam gangs in Cambodia may have been a public relations coup for the government, but it has become clear that these cybercrime cartels are far from defeated.
In fact, they have simply regrouped in neighboring countries, including Laos, Myanmar, and Malaysia. This is no surprise, given the long history of transnational crime syndicates operating in the region.
Scam gangs have been preying on unsuspecting victims worldwide with bogus romance, cryptocurrency, and investment scams for years.