Cambodian Police and Military Guards with Shock Batons Linked to Scam Compounds
The report says 151 survivors described abuse at 86 compounds guarded by firms tied to the military, police and business elites.
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The Independent (US)Cambodian police and military guards with shock batons linked to scam compounds
Amnesty alleges security companies enabled forced confinement, rape and abuse in scam compounds
It is a new report that describes the terrible living conditions in the "scam centers", the famous centres of scams. In these complexes, people deprived of their liberty are forced to swindle victims online around the world. In Cambodia, where the authorities launched an extensive crackdown at the end of 2025 to close these centres, Amnesty International denounces the involvement of five security companies, some of which even hold positions in t…
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Yang Soo-yeon = Private security firms in Cambodia’s scam crime complexes were involved in human rights violations and formed collusive relationships with the military and police...
Cambodia: Politically connected security companies enabled slavery and rape in scamming compounds Cambodia security companies enabled slavery and rape in scamming compounds
Cambodian private security companies connected to the country’s military, police and powerful business networks have helped sustain a scamming industry built on trafficking, forced labour, torture and slavery, Amnesty International said in a new report published today. Official Business: Security companies and authorities at scamming compounds in Cambodia identifies five private security companies that provided […]
Amnesty chief: Cambodian state ‘probably complicit’ in scam compounds
Agnes Callamard, Secretary-General of Amnesty International, who is in Bangkok to launch a new report on scamming centres in Cambodia on 29 October 2026, said the Cambodian government had failed to earnestly crack down on dozens of scamming compounds, while five politically connected security guard firms allegedly involved had not faced prosecution by the Cambodian […]
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