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The United States has called on Cambodia to pursue the orchestrators and facilitators of online scam operations during high-level talks in Phnom Penh, as the Cambodian government reiterates its commitment to eliminating technology-enabled fraud.
The International Organisation for Migration warns that trafficking into online scam centres has become one of the world's fastest-growing forms of human trafficking, with criminals targeting educated job seekers across more than 80 countries through deceptive social media advertisements.
Cambodia has dismantled more than 200 online scam operations in Banteay Meanchey province and deported tens of thousands of foreign suspects in a seven-month crackdown, though Poipet town remains incompletely cleared of fraudulent activities.