Following a number of cases involving Thais being duped into working for cybercriminal gangs operating in Cambodia, the neighbouring country’s police have cast a net to seize nationals who are involved in such activities.
Top officials from the Thai Police Cyber Taskforce (PCT) and the Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry met top brass in Cambodia earlier this week to discuss the extradition of cybercriminals believed to be hiding in the Kingdom.
“A married couple was arrested on February 3 in Thailand’s Sa Kaew province for allegedly coordinating the transfer of Thais to work at two call centre gangs in Cambodia. This operation is reportedly overseen by a Chinese gang leader,” The Nation reported Police General Damrongsak Kittipraphat, deputy national police chief and director of the PCT, as saying.
“The PCT is tracking down other accomplices and has called on the court to issue arrest warrants for 71 individuals involved with two cybercriminal gangs believed to be hiding in Cambodia.”
Pol Gen Damrongsak said Cambodian authorities will cooperate with PCT to inspect three locations in Phnom Penh and Preah Sihanouk’s Sihanoukville where the suspects are believed to be hiding. They will then be arrested and handed over to Thailand for legal action.
“During Covid lockdowns, there have been many reports of people living along the Thai-Cambodian border being tricked into joining call-centre gangs in Cambodia, which scam victims in Thailand via the…
