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

Thailand is considering building a wall on part of its border with Cambodia to tackle illegal crossings, particularly by gangsters involved in online scam centers and drug smugglers, a government spokesman said on Monday.

Thailand is studying the idea of building a wall on part of its 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.

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

Thai officials say that scamming syndicates displaced by crackdowns in eastern Myanmar are relocating to the Thailand-Cambodia border area.

Thailand's police on Wednesday detained 100 people for their alleged involvement in a scam centre in Cambodia, its first arrest of Thai nationals in a regional crackdown on massive fraud operations.

Thailand authorities have arrested 100 nationals for involvement in a Cambodia-based transnational scam operation.

UN estimates hundreds of thousands of people are trapped inside the compounds after falling victim to online crypto and romance cons

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

Thailand will seek discussions with Cambodia about the fire that gutted the Tri Muk Pavilion near the Thai-Cambodian border in Ubon Ratchathani province last Saturday, Deputy Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai said on Wednesdsay.

Arrest warrants were also issued for two Chinese nationals who were alleged “gang leaders”. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Thai officials say that scamming syndicates displaced by crackdowns in eastern Myanmar are relocating to the Thailand-Cambodia border area.