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Thailand mulls wall at Cambodia border as scam centre crackdown widens

Thailand is considering building a wall on its border with Cambodia to prevent illegal crossings, according to government spokesperson Jirayu Houngsub.
Cambodia recently deported 119 Thai nationals who worked illegally in the country, part of a regional crackdown on cyberscam centres.
The crackdown addresses the proliferation of cyberscam centres in Southeast Asia that have lured foreigners into fraud schemes.
Thai police received the returned Thais after their detention in a scam compound in Poipet, as raids targeted financial fraud networks.

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Thailand mulls wall at Cambodia border as scam centre crackdown widens

Thailand is studying the idea of building a wall on part of its border with Cambodia to prevent illegal crossings, its government said on Monday, as a multi-national effort to dismantle a sprawling network of illicit scam centres mounts.

4 hours ago·United Kingdom

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VOA News

Thailand mulls wall at Cambodia border as scam center crackdown widens

Bangkok — Thailand is studying the idea of building a wall on part of its border with Cambodia to prevent illegal crossings, its government said on Monday, as a multi-national effort to dismantle a sprawling network of illicit scam centers mounts. The crackdown is widening against scam centers responsible for using the internet to contact potential victims and carrying out massive financial fraud out of Southeast Asia, especially those on Thaila…

9 hours ago·United States

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Malay Mail

Thailand mulls building border wall with Cambodia to curb illegal crossings as scam centre crackdown widens

BANGKOK, March 3 —Thailand is studying the idea of building a wall on part of its border with Cambodia to prevent illegal crossings, its government said today, as a multi-national effort to dismantle a sprawling network of illicit scam centres mounts. The crackdown is widening against scam centres responsible for carrying out massive financial fraud out of Southeast Asia, especially those on Thailand’s porous borders with Myanmar and Cambodia, w…

12 hours ago·Selangor, Malaysia

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The Straits Times

Thailand mulls over wall at Cambodia border as scam centre crackdown widens

Thailand looking to stop illegal crossings, amid efforts to dismantle network of scam centres. Read more at straitstimes.com.

12 hours ago·Singapore

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South China Morning Post

Cambodia returns 119 Thais in crackdown on cyberscam centres

Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia have ramped up efforts to curb a cyberscam industry worth billions of dollars a year.

2 days ago·Hong Kong

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Bangkok Post

119 Thais found in Cambodian call centres

A total of 119 Thais were among 230 foreigners reported freed from a scam call centre in Poipet, Cambodia, as authorities continue their crackfown on cybercrimes.

3 days ago·Bangkok, Thailand

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