Cambodia crackdown closes almost 190 scam centres

A private room where managers overseeing scam operations stayed, is amid debris inside a compound in O'Smach used for scam operations, at the Chong Chom-O'Smach border crossing, which was bombed and occupied by the Thai military in December following clashes between Thailand and Cambodia along a disputed border area, in Samraong. Photo: Reuters Cambodia has closed almost 200 scam centres in a crackdown on trans-national fraud in recent weeks, a senior government official said.